Made some floor patches

[oldtinsmith]

Hand made right and left rear floor patch pans for my El Camino.

Thanks for looking.

Doug

 

[L.A.X-RATED]

WOW!!! looks great there doug :wink:

 

[CWPottenger]

Great work! how did you form the curved sides?

 

[oldtinsmith]

Great work! how did you form the curved sides?

I used 18 ga. steel, hammers and dollies, right & left tin snips, and a bead roller (with 1/2" beading dies). The only power tool I used was a pistol air tool with a 3" cleaning pad. I used the bead roller like an English wheel and shrunk the "corners" with dollies and a rawhide mallet.

Doug

 

[84clonewars]

Wow really nice work

 

[pontiacgp]

nicely done, got a picture of your bead roller? You must have a English wheel too....

 

[oldtinsmith]

nicely done, got a picture of your bead roller? You must have a English wheel too....

The bead roller is the cheap "Eastwood" model and yes, I do have a cheap English wheel that I bought at a going out of business sale. I also have a 36" leaf brake that I built myself!

Doug

 

[pontiacgp]

you do some great work with those tools, each of those beads are the perfect size and line up perfectly. The larger the bead the harder to line them all up and yours are perfect. We bead roll alot for the interior of a circle track car but they don't turn out nearly as good as yours. I am impressed

 

[procircuit]

Looks just mint!

 

[oldtinsmith]

nicely done, got a picture of your bead roller? You must have a English wheel too....

Let me check for some pictures (I know I don't have any pics of the store bought bead roller).
engine leveler I made:

bead roller I did make:

the 36" brake I made:

Doug