The problem with having tools...

[progressive hunter]

try using a leather sand bag as an anvil if youre going to hammer out contours,,

So you're doing better work than the average body shop?

the average body shop are just parts replacers,,

I'm an old school metal finisher

 

[Missourian]

F'ed it up...a little.

Tried putting a little shape onto it with a little ball peen hammer.

That didn't work...

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So...franken-bandsaw to the rescue.

Emergency redesign and back I business...

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try using a leather sand bag as an anvil if youre going to hammer out contours,,

Thanks...that's what I was trying to do. I don't have much experience with shaping...tried using a hollow in a chunk of log. That didn't work.

I appreciate the advice. I'll find or make a leather sandbag and practice with some of the leftover scraps.

 

[progressive hunter]

F'ed it up...a little.

Tried putting a little shape onto it with a little ball peen hammer.

That didn't work...

View attachment 485011

So...franken-bandsaw to the rescue.

Emergency redesign and back I business...

View attachment 485014

try using a leather sand bag as an anvil if youre going to hammer out contours,,

Thanks...that's what I was trying to do. I don't have much experience with shaping...tried using a hollow in a chunk of log. That didn't work.

I appreciate the advice. I'll find or make a leather sandbag and practice with some of the leftover scraps.

stainless is always tuff no matter what youre using,,,
take a belt sander to the end of a 2x4 and put upright in a vise for the convex work,,
plan on sanding and polishing afterwards,,

 

[progressive hunter]

F'ed it up...a little.

Tried putting a little shape onto it with a little ball peen hammer.

That didn't work...

View attachment 485011

So...franken-bandsaw to the rescue.

Emergency redesign and back I business...

View attachment 485014

try using a leather sand bag as an anvil if youre going to hammer out contours,,

Thanks...that's what I was trying to do. I don't have much experience with shaping...tried using a hollow in a chunk of log. That didn't work.

I appreciate the advice. I'll find or make a leather sandbag and practice with some of the leftover scraps.

stainless is always tuff no matter what youre using,,,
take a belt sander to the end of a 2x4 and put upright in a vise for the convex work,,
plan on sanding and polishing afterwards,,

OH take some fine sandpaper to the face of your hammer,, it will help against deep marring that cant be sanded or polished out,,

 

[Crepitus]

They must be heavier than they look in the pics.

Bender barely bent it...

I believe this is 18 gauge 316 stainless.

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You have a press? I made a pretty good break with one. 20,000 pounds will bend it for sure.

 

[Crepitus]

try using a leather sand bag as an anvil if youre going to hammer out contours,,

So you're doing better work than the average body shop?

That isn't that hard. Todays body shops mostly just replace bent panels instead of straightening them.

 

[Sunni Man]

Bender barely bent it...
I believe this is 18 gauge 316 stainless.

It's been my experience that stainless steel is harder to bend on a sheet metal brake than regular steel. ...

 

[progressive hunter]

try using a leather sand bag as an anvil if youre going to hammer out contours,,

So you're doing better work than the average body shop?

That isn't that hard. Todays body shops mostly just replace bent panels instead of straightening them.

the modern metals stretch so much they cant be straightened,,, the smallest dent can results in panel replacement,,