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Old 01-22-2014, 03:03 PM   #89
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Re: 47 Step van

wickid demon, I made both 1/8 and 3/16 step dies for my bead roller. On my steel floored projects I use .o60, or 16 gauge. This truck is aluminum and is 14 gauge or .080 thick. Big thing in doing it is making to tight of a radius, because it wants to drag on the edge of the die and shears the corner. I use the lid from the smaller coffee cans for the template for my corners. On the tranny tunnels, when you put it in the slip rolls it does flatten out the indented part but the line from the bead roller is still there. No problem on the tips, always glad to help everyone.


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