How To Shrink Warped Sheet Metal

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How to shrink warped sheet metal.

A lot of people think sheetmetal work is the hot rodding equivalent of rocket science. Need a fix for oil canning auto body panels. I have identified 14 distinct ways to shrink. We are using a dime size heat shrinking method.

Also if you do this be careful. We are using. Sorry for the poor narration my first. The condition known as an oil can is often encountered when performing automotive bodywork.

Mattm writing tech articles can be tough sometimes i need to keep it simple and concise to keep readers from falling asleep throughout the article as well as still being informative. It can be described much like an oil can lid. In this very short video i will show you how to repair shrink sheet metal and stiffen body panels the easy wa. The sorcery of tuck shrinking sheet metal posted.

There are imitators out there but the original was designed and patented by ken sakamoto of sunchaser tools. The latest method of heating and shrinking metal is the shrinking disk. April 5 2016 by. In mechanical engineering or medieval chemistry.

You have to adjust your mind to the concept that when you hammer on sheet metal with a steel hammer onto a steel dolly or anvil that you will expand or increase the surface area by thinning the metal.