11:28 AM 18/06/97 -0400, you wrote:
>ron botting wrote:
>>
>> At 09:10 AM 18/06/97 -0400, you wrote:
>> >John T. Nichols wrote:
>>
>> >> I agree absolutely. I was just curious as to how a complicated piece
>> >> could be fashioned in one's garage without a metal brake.
>>
>> >John, I do have a metal brake, but the channel has a curve to it that
>> >makes it easier to do this way.
>> >
>> >As for "ingenius", well I got the idea out of a book. ;-)
>> >
>>
>> George,
>>
>> I must be missing part (the start) of this thread. As the re-fabrication of
>> the rear channels on my late '57 is on my 'to-do' list, I would really
>> appreciate a copy of this thread and/or any insight into your
>> method-and-procedure for re-fabrication.
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> rcb
>>
>> Ron Botting
>> Surrey, B.C. Canada
>> rcb2@istar.ca
>> 73' 450SL
>> 57' TR3A (TS23731)
>
>
>Ron, basically, all I've done is make forms out of maple wood that match
>what was left of the original channels and use a hammer and vise to
>pound sheet metal around the forms and into the proper shape.
>
>If you've never worked steel in this way, you'd be surprised at how good
>the results can be.
>
>I've also used this method to form pars of the rear wheel wells.
>
>
>George Richardson
>'57 TR3, TS15559L
>(still in the works)
>
George,
Well thank you for the insight, I too have been calculating the use of
'wooden forms' as I have to fabricate lower dogleg sections as well as
sections of the wheel arch's as you mention. Glad to here you've achieved
satisfactory results.
rgds
rcb
Ron Botting
Surrey, B.C. Canada
rcb2@istar.ca
73' 450SL
57' TR3A (TS23731)
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