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Re: For those of you hacking up beds
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Originally Posted by 69chevy lwb
When you weld it shrinks the metal there's no way around that stitch welding reduces shrinking but you will still need to hammer and dolly the area to stretch the metal back out so it fits the shape and stiffens up
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Well,guys making shortbeds out of longbeds have to weld top to bottom twice on each side and somehow the beds come out nice. Seen some novice body men turn out nice results. No one said there wasn't work in bodywork.
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