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Nice tool, makes me want to go look for some surplus Industrial form presses. I have seen them sell at auction to 0.01 a pound. Probably a 50 ton press with a 4'x4' bed would cost more to transport than it would go for at auction.
so i called a friend to help making the next part of the door as its too big and flat to hold on my own, here is the man himself peter tommasini, with a shiny new door skin. i have trimmed and folded the top shape in today and will fold the edges and bottom tomorrow, ready for fitting
Wow, Neil U got the Meister himself
U cant get it wrong with that kind of backup...
Peter looks much more happy doing a Porsche 356 door than a full size Holden fender
Please give us more juicy shoots from the door.
Thx
Per
have been getting this door frame sorted, tweaking and setting the hinge brackets, gapping the window frame to the roof opening. I have a nice gap around the inside along with the window frame, the top of the old door skin is at 303mm from the 1/4 window opening, should be 304mm so I'm not far away
my lower hinge bracket needs to come out a little,I have 2 spacers in at the moment but needs a bit more.
Please note the long subtle curved numbered blades hanging on the wall behind the English wheel (and the happy wheelers). Those are crucial for getting the compound curves of something like a door skin absolutely (close) in replication.
IF you have (most) of an original door that is undamaged or repaired in it's past, you can take the most representative curves horizontally in steps and mark the locations for checking while wheeling, otherwise it is very easy to go too far or too little with the wheel or get the improper curve on the opposing (unseen in the video) lower roller.
The curve vertically comes from the curve change horizontally but the most difficult part is the change from a positive crown to a reversed crown......and then you have the edges to break on a subtle curve once the oversized outer skin is formed. It is NOT as easy as it looks in the video, but thanks for sharing that!!!! (Those!)
It's all a blend of patience mixed with true art...with "old school" equipment to make it possible. It is NOT something that is totally trainable and certainly learned overnight. It's rather "you have it or you don't." It comes through practice while being overseen and the best overseers are fading fast, thus the term "lost art."
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