Thread: Bodywork - dolly, hamer, and torch - How to shrink ???

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it takes time to know how and were to start i would tell you not to work on any thing that is a good panel to get the shrinking down with time and knowing where to hit and how hard keeps from having to shrink the metal in the first place. i never had to do much heat shinking with a torch more for my freind that like to over work the steel if i had to move steel i used a slapping file or a shinking hammer and would kink or used the washer welder / stud/ pin gun and cool with a wet rag

With an acetylene torch, heat in spots, about as big as a dime, heat the circle until the middle just gets cherry red, cool it slowly with a damp rag. Heat three spots at a time in a triangle for larger areas. Use slap hammer and dolly to metal finish and keep it flat, do not overwork the panel.

You may learn some things by looking through this when you have time; Metalshaping Class Room

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

You may learn some things by looking through this when you have time; Metalshaping Class Room

fantastic site. I will spend much time there, thank you.

Jim