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Thanks Strodder. Won't know if you don't ask!

BTW, I found the angle grinder, the mandrel, and discs at Harbor Freight, so I'll be making a trip there sometime this week. It's fast becoming a weekly event for me, much to the dismay of the boss!

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There's no end to buying tools. :lol:
Sorry Allan, now we are hijacking. :haha:

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Alan, you might try using a slapper shrinking file rather than the hammer. My "old goat" (he's 72) uses this, and he can fix dang near anything. They come flat, so he heats it up to make a handle. You hold it fairly loosely do is slaps the metal to shrink it, and use it off dolly.

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Can a guy pretty much use any type of file if he wants or do you have to buy a shrinking file.

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This file isn't exactly something you would drag across metal as you would a regular file. You might be able to, but I couldn't vouch for the results you would get, other than ruining a file. The teeth on this are pretty large.

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I was just wondering if a guy could use a regular file as a shrinking file, but I'll just look into buying an actual shrink file.

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I have a shrinking file, and a shrinking hammer, but don't know how to use them.:lol:
That reminds me, I have to call Mike to come up and give me a lesson.

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Sorry Alan

But Dennis what you do is take the shrinking hammer to a big guy and hit him over the head to get him down to your size, then slap him across the face with the shrinking file for good measure. I think that would help you.

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Yeah and if you make it out alive he will actually help you fix that high spot on your forehead

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:haha::haha::haha:

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Thanks Heath, practice, practice and more practice

I grind perpendicular to the weld. Stay off the sheetmetal if you don't need to be there. Once I hit sheet metal I go to the 1407 to finish it out.

Thanks for the help Heath.

It's not hijacking if you are learning. ;)

;)

Amen brother to the tools.

I got a couple of those from an old timer that retired and haven't used them yet. I got on youtube and couldn't find any demonstrations yet under "slapping file" or "metal shrinking". Did find some on the shrinking disc.

That makes 2 of us. Don't forget to call Mike. I wish I started out young as a bodyman I would really be dangerous. I could have learned a lot from the old timers. There's not many around now, at least where I work.

:haha:

This guy has some good ideas on basic body work tools. It's not me haha


This is another choice of mine. It's actually a 5" grinder, but I got the adapter to use the 2" and 3" roloc disc. I prefer to use it instead of a die grinder. It's a little heavier than a die grinder and more stable. Just my personal preference. There's nothing wrong with a die grinder just throwing out more ideas.

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I always enjoy reading your thread Alan. You learn something new every day.

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Me too! Thanks again Alan.

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Thanks Guys!! :metal:

Brought home my stud gun with a shrinking tip and used the slapping file and water.

I started with this.

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC02471.jpg

Here it is close to being done. I thought I took another picture before filler. It was closer than this before I spread filler.

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC02473.jpg

During the shrinking process had more low spots develope. I used the pins in conjunction with the shrinking process.

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC02474.jpg

In hindsight I don't recommend this process of cutting and welding to reduce tension. Even taking my time it gave me fits. In this pic I ground the welds to see where I missed.

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC02475.jpg

Ready for filler

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC02476.jpg

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC02477.jpg

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Very nice work Alan. I tend to loose patience when dealing with those issues. I guess that's why mine has taken so long. Just have to walk away before I get pissed and smah something :rolleyes:

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Man thats going to look awesome!!

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Looking good Alan!!!

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Nice job Allan :metal:

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Wow coming along nicely and making it well over a hundred pages Congrats lots of information in this build that I know has help me with a few things. Keep up the great work!

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Dang Alan, very nice work.

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Will someone go through Alan's thread and count how many times someone has said.........


Nice job Alan



Maybe a new Guinness world record ;)

Again Alan great work !!!!!!!!

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It will take you all day, so start counting. I rather be reading Allan's thread, and working on my truck. :lol:
Again one more time. Good Job Allan for the best thread on this forum. :metal:
Besides mine. :haha:

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There have been many times I had to walk away from a car at my real job and work on something else. Then I come back to it and it falls into place. BTW thanks

:thumbs: X6

Thanks Dennis! I did a search of this thread for "good job" just for the heck of it and this is what it said.

:haha:

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Nice progress buddy.;) I'm glad to see that you got that checked off the list.

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I did a serch for Bad Job, and came up with this. :haha: :haha:


The Good, the Bad and the Ugly…

1. Good: Your wife is pregnant.
Bad: It's triplets.
Ugly: You had a vasectomy five years ago.

2. Good: Your wife's not talking to you.
Bad: She wants a divorce.
Ugly: She's a lawyer.

3. Good: Your son is finally maturing.
Bad: He's involved with the Woman next door.
Ugly: So are you.

4. Good: Your son studies a lot in his room..
Bad: You find several porn movies hidden there.
Ugly: You're in them.

5. Good: Your hubby and you agree, no more kids.
Bad: You can't find your birth control pills.
Ugly: Your 13 year old daughter borrowed them.

6. Good: Your husband understands fashion.
Bad: He's a cross-dresser.
Ugly: He looks better than you.

7. Good: You give the "birds and bees" talk to your daughter.
Bad: She keeps interrupting.
Ugly: With corrections.

8. Good: The postman's early.
Bad: He's wearing fatigues and carrying a shotgun.
Ugly: You gave him nothing for Christmas.

9. Good: Your son is dating someone new.
Bad: It's another man.
Ugly: He's your best friend.

10. Good: Your daughter got a new job.
Bad: As a hooker.
Ugly: Your coworkers are her best clients.
Way ugly: She makes more money than you do.