Homemade Sheet Metal Shrinker

Basically this tool is used to make smooth radius curves in a sheet metal.

Homemade sheet metal shrinker.

Form sheet metal mild steel or aluminum with one of our shrinker and stretcher systems. Start by placing the sheet metal over the bowl so it covers the bowl and lays as flat as you can hold it. Cut a 2 by 4 inch piece of sheet metal using the tin snips. If you ve done it right this action will cause the metal to pucker on the edge and give you a little ripple or ridge.

Powder coated to prevent rust. Sandwich the 2 by 4 inch piece of sheet metal between the two pieces of bar stock with the drift pins slanted toward each other. English wheel metal shaping iron tools metal fab diy welding metal working tools metal shop homemade tools sheet metal this metalace shrinker and stretcher stand is a simple design that gives a powerful pedal ratio for easy shrinking and stretching. Sheet metal can be formed without heating cutting or welding and by using a shrinker stretcher tool.

Then take your teardrop mallet and make one hard blow on the metal driving down and towards the outside of the bowl. Hardened steel jaws have powerful force to curve and angle any 16 gauge aluminum 18 gauge mild steel 20 gauge stainless. This sheet metal should be of the same thickness as the metal that you will be shrinking. Heres some drawings of a home made shrinker stretcher for the jaws you use sections of flat files cut to fit and welded on the guy i got these from.

Great for auto body trim work and door panel edging this metal shrinker and stretcher set is designed to create radius bends and contours in sheet metal. Up to 3 in. Sheet metal tools metal working tools homemade tools sliders how to plan drawings flat files drawing drawing minden. One of the most common questions lazze gets is why doesn t my sheet metal shrinker stretcher work like the one in your video in this video lazze gives sug.

The r d team has developed a pair of tools that use compound leverage from a handle to create the bends and curves you need in small metal pieces. Will make any standard metal shrinker or stretcher a more productive and useful machine.