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04-28-2013 06:41 AM #1
New shrinker-stretcher for my shop
Made a trip to Long Island to pick up a "new" s-s for the shop, this originally came out of a Northrup Grumman aircraft plant on LI. Here's the unloading device ....
....and located in the shop, anchors installed to keep it from moving.
To show a couple test samples, we'll use about a 4" long piece with 1" flanges. The result shown is after about 4 passes, with a close up to show the "finish" result.
Shown against a roll of tape to compare the radius size we've accomplished..
Here's a closer shot to show the stippling on the shrinker jaw....
.....and the shrinking sample....
These Lancasters are what it will be replacing....
Robert
That's going to be nice, like the color. .
Stude M5 build