My latest problem....LOL.
I need to make a section of trunk (boot) seal channel for my 57 chev. It's about a 2" radius I guess? Peter suggested a way to make it in one piece but that seems beyond me - at least without video instruction! So I thought I would make it in two parts - inner and outer with it welded right down the middle of the channel. I cut two 2" strips of 19ga and bent them with about an 80-85deg bend which matches the sidewall slope of the channel. I started with the inner, used the lancaster to shrink and stretch the flange to match the corner radius. Now the fun begins when turning the upper flange with pliers , it needed a lot of shrinking over a stake to make the turn obviously. First problem the sidewall around this radius wanted to stand up- it became more like 90 than 80-85. So I tried shrinking the new top flange which I thought would pull the sidewall over. Of course it more preferred to pull in the two legs of the "panel". The path of least resistance I guess. Well, with much hammering I managed to re-establish the correct sidewall angle. Finally turned over the top flange to make the wired edge looking turn where another panel fits into it.
So it's a bit of a mess at this point, there HAS to be a better way. All this turning of multiple flanges tends to make everything move.
And this is just half of the job, there has to be an easier way?



I need to make a section of trunk (boot) seal channel for my 57 chev. It's about a 2" radius I guess? Peter suggested a way to make it in one piece but that seems beyond me - at least without video instruction! So I thought I would make it in two parts - inner and outer with it welded right down the middle of the channel. I cut two 2" strips of 19ga and bent them with about an 80-85deg bend which matches the sidewall slope of the channel. I started with the inner, used the lancaster to shrink and stretch the flange to match the corner radius. Now the fun begins when turning the upper flange with pliers , it needed a lot of shrinking over a stake to make the turn obviously. First problem the sidewall around this radius wanted to stand up- it became more like 90 than 80-85. So I tried shrinking the new top flange which I thought would pull the sidewall over. Of course it more preferred to pull in the two legs of the "panel". The path of least resistance I guess. Well, with much hammering I managed to re-establish the correct sidewall angle. Finally turned over the top flange to make the wired edge looking turn where another panel fits into it.
So it's a bit of a mess at this point, there HAS to be a better way. All this turning of multiple flanges tends to make everything move.
And this is just half of the job, there has to be an easier way?
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