Making An Aluminum Car Body Part 9: Shaping Tail Panel With English Wheel and Pullmax Type Hammer

[@RonCovell]

You're doing a fantastic job, Chris! I can't wait to see the next videos in the series.

[@thehotrodstation3313]

Kind words from Professor Hammer! Niiiice.......Big fist bump to ya master wheeler👊

Thank you Ron! Greatly appreciate your support!

[@michaelfowler7154]

Awsome work....maybe in my next life ill have a car ...like that.

[@russelljones5294]

thanks for taking the time to post these videos and share your metal shaping knowledge Chris. you are doing the global metal shaping community a great service with this wonderful series.

[@gorfulator]

More machinery close-ups! woo hoo! It's Friday, I've had a couple!

[@bumfie]

Brilliant . ! It's great to see your content back on KZbin

[@sailingsvzara]

You truly are an artist.

[@sterling215]

Thank you for this. You are a genius.

[@robertdelaney5994]

you amaze me with how work metal , you also explain clearly would you doing ,thankyou .

[@pameladunn7346]

your skills are only surpassed by your willingness to share your amazing knowledge THANK YOU

[@thehotrodstation3313]

Call me crazy,but fitting to the buck with the back and forth. Being able to see what you've accomplished is what I love most about metal shaping. And when it fits! The sweet satisfaction of clecos! Nice work...

[@andrewmcallister9250]

Hey Chris Nice work and Nice commentary too ! 👍 Looking forward to the next chapter ! 🤗 From Down Under 🦘 Cheers Andy

[@1itim]

Its like magic

[@bleizbreizh6264]

Excellent series, please keep posting more! Nice to see a bit F J Edwards machinery still working for a living too

[@ciscokidfab7595]

Da@& you have come I long way in your metal work. Your design is still on point.

[@guywilson187]

This is a great series. I recognise how much effort it must take to put these videos together so much appreciate you sharing your techniques. I really wish I could try something like this. Like many talented folk, you make it look easy when I'm sure it isn't. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@maya00795]

Awesome chris great work 🎉🎉....... Greetings from india

[@jeffbannon1345]

Awesome series! Keep them coming!

[@floridian7143]

Thanks for sharing!

[@stevemurphy402]

Loving this series!

Thank You Steve!

[@dyzine1studios344]

Brilliant

[@camhick1]

Love watching how this is done

[@TheCarlhungness]

Would like to see some of the 'hand shrinking' you did on this panel, and others. Fabulous workmanship.

[@thomasollinger7922]

Hi Chris. I can tell you're a young guy with a healthy back because I would definitely have that buck on some type of lift. Take care.

[@OwenFromOhio]

Art and Science... or... Science and Art!!!

[@chrisbenn8691]

My namesake, nice work. I've actually admired the Maserati 450S and thought about building one. Your build is similar in proportions and the steps you are doing will help to undertake such a project. Enjoying from Sydney 🇦🇺 .

The 450S is beautiful! You’ve got to do it!

[@XenonJohnD]

Watching and learning here.

[@351kostakis]

Fantastic

[@atonefew]

Have really been enjoying this series keep up the fantastic work !

[@chopper_1987_]

Cool work ❤

[@VladSkoryna]

Work of art😍 Looking forward to next episodes!

[@JeepDraw]

An absolute joy to watch it come together. Kudos to your workmanship and craftsmanship....

[@midnighttutor]

Informative and well done series of presentations! I am doing somewhat similar fabrication, 18 - 20 gauge steel, tig welding, no pullmax haha. I would greatly appreciate any comments you have on how you decide where to cut and make separate panels that are later welded together vs trying to make the whole compound shape in one sheet of metal. Thank you.

[@GLF-Video]

Amazing skills. Thanks for sharing.

[@chrisgarside7974]

Top content ! Thanks for sharing.

[@polehenge8237]

Very entertaining content.

[@robborto]

That’s funny because I’m attempting to restore a jaguar with a rusted body so I’m literally trying to skin a cat 😂

[@sammason133]

Hey chris your work is amazing do you have any videos on how you made the small scale model ?

[@DowneastBeast]

At a certain point I understand you'll run into mechanical lock, where you can no longer get the body panels on/off the buck to double check fitment. Does it just become a measurements game at that point?

Great question, As you’re moving through the shaping of each panel, confirming it’s as close to the buck as possible but also stepping back and looking at the overall flow… you have to finally decide if everything is satisfactory enough to weld together. At that point you’re committed and there’s not much turning back! Although, I have cut an entire welded clip apart to make adjustments 😅

[@zekecook6586]

Can you please show how you fill the cleco holes? I seem to use too much heat, I need a better technique.

That’s a great idea. I will specifically show that when I get the rear clip welded together!

[@dougstenger4085]

I love this series. Hopefully you will show later, how you attach the skin to the structure underneath. Question: how often do you have to replace the plastic thumbnail dies?

Great input and question! If I had to estimate how many hours I get out of a set I would probably say around 200 actual working hours. That’s about 1.5 years worth of service with my builds.

[@dougstenger4085]

@ I appreciate your response. You're doing what I've dreamed of doing for my entire life. Your workmanship is unbelievable. Thanks for doing the videos.

[@edwardtaylor4785]

Really great series!!! I particularly enjoy the explanation of your thought processes as you move from stage to stage. Just out of curiosity, what is the actual elapsed time for a panel like this? Once again, thanks for taking the time to put these videos together.

This panel took 14 hours.

[@edwardtaylor4785]

@ Thanks! So, in this case, roughly an hour of actual work for each minute of the video.

[@grumman38]

Kinda wondering why you don’t have the buck on a lift to save your back a bit on the lower panel fitment? Great information!

[@kertackle]

Do you have a video on how the aluminium tube bucks are constructed? Amazing work

I did touch on some of the process here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4Wlan-Inb1sfck

[@Lookbusybuddy]

Wonder if hes built a car round the driver and luggage before making the car. Lemans style front with a shooting brake back. Looks fun to build and design.

[@olewurtz7625]

True artistry ✊ Can you tell how many hours you put into th panel shown in this video ?

[@Iconicmetalworks]

Chris where did you get your plastic thumbnail shrinking dies for your reciprocating hammer thanks

I got them from Stan Fulton who has a shop in Illinois. If you Google his name it should come up 👍🏻

[@budde007]

Did you make and shape the shrinking dies or are they commercial dies . Great job really enjoy the work .

The shrinking does are available from Stan Fulton metalworks In Illinois. Google the name/info and it will pop up. Tell him I sent ya!

[@angusmackay7281]

High art.

[@davegrispen3643]

What thicknes material do you use in MM?

.063”

[@davegrispen3643]

@ thank you verry much. Love your video's, and it inspires me to build my own GT40 out of aluminium. Keep up the good work.👍

[@thatguy83ful]

​@@davegrispen3643 me and you need to hook up. Im also building a Gt-40

[@chriszucker7500]

Chris...curious, you started this lower panel thinking you would begin by stretching/blocking an area before you started shrinking. Yet, you ended up not doing that and went straight to shrinking and then used your wheel to blend and stretch. What did you see that changed your mind to omit the initial blocking operation?

Great point, I believe my explanation for this got edited out. Here it is: Because the radius was fairly tight, I felt the shrinking was more favorable than blocking over the shotbag. In hindsight, the shrinking actually creates a challenge by forming a sort of hard shoulder (which I’ve talked about in earlier videos). In the end I think if I would have given it a little bit of crown by blocking that shoulder wouldn’t have been so pronounced and would have shaved off about 1/2 an hour of cleanup (and a little bit of panic!)

[@chriszucker7500]

@RUNGECARS Thank you for the detailed explanation. I understand that the intended path can change in this craft based on "the road conditions observed".

[@dtm2448]

Can these aluminum bodies survive the Impact test required by Vehicle Safety Standards?