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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
I saw last night on fb about John. The world sure lost a great one. I'm going to miss his humor, advice, and perspective from another portion of the world. Rest in Peace Johnboy.
John Norton aka johnboy