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daverod · 06-08-2011, 02:59 PM

I watch some stuff on youtube about disks. I'll try that. I tried using a torch and heating it uo then cooloin it off fast but it did'nt seeem to do anything? I can get to the inside it's kinda tight. I'm not sure if the meal needs to be shrunk or expanded. All I know is it warped in. I can push it out but it does'nt stay out.

xpickup · 06-08-2011, 03:07 PM

daverod, I try the torch thing with no luck. The shrinking disc is slow but very controlable. Best $200 I spent (2 shrinking dics, video and craftsman 7" grinder). But I am a tool junkie!

Shannon

xpickup · 06-13-2011, 09:20 PM

Started the do some metal work tonight. Was working on the hood corner and closed the hood and now I can't open it! Some how it got stuck, I worked it for a while and still could not open it. It irritated me so I will save that for another day. I need to redo the corner because something twisted it up and it does not fit at all. so I decided to start on the hammer and dolly work on the fenders. I think both fenders were hit by everything known to man. I have the front of the drivers fender fairly good. After the hammer and dolly I used the shrinking disc and that really smooths out the high spots. I like to get the metal as straight as possible then there is not so much filler. The last picture looks rough but is the finish from hammering and dollying, then running the shrinking disc over it. I should have ran the DA over it for the picture.

Shannon

xpickup · 06-15-2011, 09:42 PM

Finally got the hood open so I could fix the corner of the hood and fill the sides where the emblems were to go. I ground out the bent up pieces the emblems go onto and cut new pieces to weld in. I got the one side done and will do the other side tomorrow.

Shannon

xpickup · 07-04-2011, 04:08 PM

Well back from vacation now. The next thing on the list of things to do is make the front fender braces. The truck did not come with any so I got out the 1x1 .125 wall tubing and bent it in my roll cage bender. I will mount it to the radiator mount and to the fender. Then I am making custom headlight buckets and welding the headlight rims to the fenders and the headlight adjustment will be in the fender well. I am using the headlights that the bulb can be removed from the back so once they are adjusted they should not need to be adjusted again. Also made the running board brackets too.

Shannon

06-08-2011, 02:59 PM	#1
daverod SSN 706 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Pocatello Idaho Posts: 3,821	Re: 1954 Chevy / S10 I watch some stuff on youtube about disks. I'll try that. I tried using a torch and heating it uo then cooloin it off fast but it did'nt seeem to do anything? I can get to the inside it's kinda tight. I'm not sure if the meal needs to be shrunk or expanded. All I know is it warped in. I can push it out but it does'nt stay out. __________________ Daverods 64 C10 Daily driver 292 3 speed "Driver" Daverods 66 Build C10 Bags 350/350(On Hold) Daverods 52 Build 3100 S10 chassis,Bags, 350/700r4 "Click it" Last edited by daverod; 06-08-2011 at 03:01 PM.

06-08-2011, 03:07 PM	#2
xpickup Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: York, Pa. Posts: 1,386	Re: 1954 Chevy / S10 daverod, I try the torch thing with no luck. The shrinking disc is slow but very controlable. Best $200 I spent (2 shrinking dics, video and craftsman 7" grinder). But I am a tool junkie! Shannon

06-13-2011, 09:20 PM	#3
xpickup Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: York, Pa. Posts: 1,386	Re: 1954 Chevy / S10 Started the do some metal work tonight. Was working on the hood corner and closed the hood and now I can't open it! Some how it got stuck, I worked it for a while and still could not open it. It irritated me so I will save that for another day. I need to redo the corner because something twisted it up and it does not fit at all. so I decided to start on the hammer and dolly work on the fenders. I think both fenders were hit by everything known to man. I have the front of the drivers fender fairly good. After the hammer and dolly I used the shrinking disc and that really smooths out the high spots. I like to get the metal as straight as possible then there is not so much filler. The last picture looks rough but is the finish from hammering and dollying, then running the shrinking disc over it. I should have ran the DA over it for the picture. Shannon Attached Images Last edited by xpickup; 06-13-2011 at 09:27 PM.

06-15-2011, 09:42 PM	#4
xpickup Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: York, Pa. Posts: 1,386	Re: 1954 Chevy / S10 Finally got the hood open so I could fix the corner of the hood and fill the sides where the emblems were to go. I ground out the bent up pieces the emblems go onto and cut new pieces to weld in. I got the one side done and will do the other side tomorrow. Shannon Attached Images

07-04-2011, 04:08 PM	#5
xpickup Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: York, Pa. Posts: 1,386	Re: 1954 Chevy / S10 Well back from vacation now. The next thing on the list of things to do is make the front fender braces. The truck did not come with any so I got out the 1x1 .125 wall tubing and bent it in my roll cage bender. I will mount it to the radiator mount and to the fender. Then I am making custom headlight buckets and welding the headlight rims to the fenders and the headlight adjustment will be in the fender well. I am using the headlights that the bulb can be removed from the back so once they are adjusted they should not need to be adjusted again. Also made the running board brackets too. Shannon Attached Images



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