Panel Beating Aluminium Sheet

All the panel beaters i know won t touch alloy there are only a few that will and apparently they charge for the skill.

Panel beating aluminium sheet.

Beating dents out of aluminium sheet. The two magic tools for shrinking are practice and careful observation. Some prefer to heat with the neutral torch flame and rub the panel with either a bar of soap or a stick of soft pine waiting for the material to char. Made of high quality 5 to 6 oz leather.

Straightening tempered aluminum sheets key words. Richard s datsunz lappin. Fill bags with pro fill beater bag filler material below or 9 birdshot available at your. But none do any more than limit the stretch to some degree at the cost of beating up the work.

If it is just a dent you are trying to get rid of you can spray washing detergent on the dent heat the dent slowly until the detergent dries up and hit it with the cold water should have told you this first have a bucket of ice cold water ready. Stretching hot shrinking annealing. Aluminum must be annealed to move it very far. You may have to do it a few time depending how bad the dent is.

The panel can be stretched again imagining a wedge shape by beating out from the tip of the wedge and gradually increasing the width of the beaten area and the force of the blows up to the panel edge. Planishing is the traditional term used for the process of smoothing a rough panel. When working with aluminium it must be remembered that it is a much softer material than steel and less force is therefore required to manipulate it. Any way this can be done to in effect shrink the dented part back to the original size.

Form and shape sheet metal panels easily with these amazing leather beater bags. Bag has 1 1 2 hole on one side with extra wide hook loop for filling and refilling. First i coated it with soot.