How To Make Profile Dies For Any Bodyline - Home Made Metal Shaping Power Hammer/Pullmax

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  @Dyl-Legit · 3 years ago

  I grew up watching junkyard wars! That takes me back, really wish they would bring that back.

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• MI

  @mightymikethebear · 3 years ago (edited)

  These videos show basic machining  and tool and die making processes that many of us can use at home. Thanks!

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  @lompatin · 3 years ago

  Wow, this guy is really impressive! <br><br>I would love to learn more about the tools you use in your shop. Would it be possible for you to create a video showcasing all of your powered and non-powered tools, and provide a brief explanation of what each one is used for? I think that would be incredibly informative and interesting to watch.

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  @artmake3 · 6 days ago

  Great channel guys, im really interested in building my own workshop and maybe channel. Im in the UK, i have a rented yard space and 4 shipping containers, loads of tools from an wood work shop i used to have. Im now thinking of metal working and building sculptures. Thanks for the insperation. 🤜

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  @steveveness3829 · 3 years ago

  G&apos;day from West Australia,😉<br>3rd gen Automotive Engineer with 43yrs trade life, that actually learned Coach building from some of the old masters in Sydney NSW my father grew up with, is tipping his hat to you buddy.<br>( old school sign of respect lost on todays world).<br><br>Well done me thinketh🙂👍👍

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  @PapaJimDuprey · 3 years ago

  The ability to tilt the table on the die filer is commonly used for making a draft angle in &apos;split dies&apos;, allowing a punched shape to fall out the bottom of a progressive die set. &nbsp;CNC Wire EDM machines displaced die filers the way the FastCut displaced torch and shears. &nbsp;You can get your form tools to sit proud of the tool holder faces by compressing metal shims in the bottom of the tool holder troughs. &nbsp;Toolmakers use thin, foil shims for setting gaps perfectly. &nbsp;Shims allow the interfaces of form tools &apos;bottomed&apos; in holder troughs to achieve a perfect gap with tools &apos;centered&apos; in the holders. The best &apos;centered&apos; condition is to have the form tool shape doing the heaviest work centered in the tool holder troughs in alignment with the shaft hammering forces to keep forms, shims, and holders all in compression. &nbsp;300-grade stainless for shims/foil works great because it work-hardens to higher yield strength than the 1008-low-carbon-steel, body panel as forming pressure hammers away. &nbsp;The overhang (cantilever) off to one side in the holders was a quick solution for the video, but that quick fix can lead to trouble maintaining constant tooling gap while forming sheet metal, especially on thicker stock or large upset shapes.

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  @SuperBossman9 · 3 years ago

  Man, tap magic smokes like crazy! I sometimes use it on my lathe but then I remember how much I hate all the smoke.

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  @christopherohara9421 · 3 years ago

  You are so talented you make me feel like such a hack

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  @christopheranderson8275 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Check out hard sculpting wax for the molds rather than Bondo. It’s formable when warmed but becomes quite hard once it reaches room temperature. I warm mine in an old crockpot. They sell 3 hardnesses. I’d get the hardest one. I use it to form master molds out of silicone and use them to make various fiberglass parts. You’re gonna love it for that purpose and possibly more uses for you considering the type of work you do.

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  @mikecrout1214 · 3 years ago

  Sweet.<br>Two things I would have done in addition to your work; I would have created a jig to hold future patterns that have corresponding holes to the tap screws and drilling dimples in the patterns to hold them in place.

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  @danamcintyre3565 · 3 years ago

  All it take is some thought and know how to do these types of bulds, then you just put your olan into action. Trile and error is how you lern ! Love the context of this channel you may not have the equipment to buld exactly what he has to do this but i truly believe it can be done !

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  @steelcityperformancesaws · 3 years ago

  i use to love that show, junk yard wars was great. that and monster garage were two shows that gave me a lot of inspiration

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