I wish more of this was done in US. So satisfying to watch such skillful work. I don't know what I envy most, the panel beating skills or that Rock and Roll hair ! Fantastic.
So many guys say I'm going to keep this short or simple then proceed to make a 45 minute long video and still don't cover everything! LoL, you did a excellent job on the repair and explained it just perfectly! I have been doing body work for a long time but i still like watching others doit to compare techniques and to pickup on new tips that will help me become better at metal working. Just found your channel today actually and I'm glad I did! Thanks for sharing with all of us!!
Being an auto body repair man for 40 years now all I can say to you is thank you for helping to keep a lost art/skill alive. I have several slap files and spoons that new comers out of trade schools have never seen or have been taught to use. Keep up the great old school workmanship
With a 67 GM truck, I can do this as the best part is, it’s wide open behind for the most part. It actually has metal in the panels. The panels for the most part, all unbolt making reaching around easier. A dent like that, displaces metal around it. By pushing up, slapping the toe dolly around the dent, working toward the middle. Each time, this lifts the metal upward and pulling the displaced metal inward. This is a unique way to to reduce product use, achieve a flatter surface to start any repair toward a completed finish. It eliminates “Oil Canning” effect from just filling as that alone and will not cut it in many places, creating more problems. I want a heavy slapping file like that one. It has to be at least 10 mm thick or almost 7/16”. Thanks!
I have just started a restoration on a TR6. As mechanic the body work costs have always deturred me from restoring a car . Thankyou for passing on your amazing skill set it has given me the confidence to attempt more of the body work.
Robin Charlton ore new videos in the pipeline, it’s a shame I had to upload the old ones again but it’s going to save me grief in the long run. Cheers Trev
My dad did this type of body work car building before I was born , went into towing and moving into big rig towing he passed and I inherited his toolbox I found drawers of these tools 😞 now I’m interested in using his tool to work on my own street rods I’ve never done body work just Engine building , but with these I’m going to start 🙏🏻👍🏻 thank you for passing this on
Nice work. Iam a metal repairman at Ford motor company I can only use lead or a couple coats of prime to build with I use a eagle alot the file isn’t going to lie to you been doing metal repair about 15 yrs your a real pro
Superb video, very instructive without the usual 20 minute preamble you get from other garages that are on TH-cam. I have subscribed. Thank you, all the best, Dave.
Excellent vid. There are few of us file finishers left and they don't even teach lead wiping at tech school anymore. At around the 10 min mark is where I would use a dust coat of black as a guide when filing. Also I use a wooden file as I find the flexible file can flex just when you don't want it to and always hold the file with both hands to ensure the file is flat on the steel. People don't understand that the file is used to show highs and lows and and isn't for the actual smoothing of the steel. Of course it also needs to be understood that the quality of steel in modern cars, does not lend itself to a file finish repair.
Metal done right, just as I used to watch the craftsmen do it in the 50s and 60s ! Some of the guys still used lead filler, but first generation plastic fillers were coming on strong. Dad's friends in auto restoration showed me how to then shoot Dupont 30S or 60s giller primers... Old memories you are bringing back watching the panels come back to life.
Great vids for the folks working on impossible to find body panels. Great haircut....very period correct. Thanks much for sharing. Best to you and yours.
G'day from West Australia, 😉🙂👍👍 Boy do I miss doing this kind of stuff. So cool to see someone with the skills I was taught. Helps keep my skills alive 🙂 thanks much appreciated indeed😉🙂👍👍
Thank you for your work making these videos and greetings from Sweden! After the garage is restored I will start working on a tractor. I have been working a bit with correcting panels but I really need more good advice as yours.
Incredible, how one video can explain something ive wondered for years, i had an idea of how this works but never seen it done. everything is just filler nowadays, not true metal crafting. gonna binge for a while. just earned another sub, excellent info!
Thank you . i was watching some years ago my mate , do this with just a normal file( large one ) ! i was so pleased that you showed us this ,not just cake iceing ! i have seen a few , workers that can ice a cake because that is what they do at work !! in a car body shop !!
All your videos are incredible. Unfortunately, this craft dies out. Keep it up. I'm just restoring my Ford Van. Your videos are very helpful. Greetings from Berlin. Ben
what most people forget it's only metal u can make it bend to ur will I tell u I miss doing this kind of work I did it for years in my playlist u will fine a video of the cars I used to work on cheers brother keep up the good work
Trev! Dude! You are the man! I learn so much over your shoulder. That repair is fabulous and the van is really looking terrific :) Thanks so much for taking the time to show us :)
I take delivery tomorrow of a '59 Thunderbird that... well, let's just say I'm gonna need a bigger hammer. Fortunately it has minimal rust. So I shouldn't need much in the way of patchwork. Since I'm mainly an engine guy I subbed for some guidance on sorting the body.
i had made a bunch of different shaped tools that fit into my air hammer so that i could "bang" out dents from the reverse side. the softer but more rapid hammering was extremely effective and required minimal force on my end, which saved my arms loads of fatigue..
"... next step, resume from the Trev-double-hit to the slightly finer Trev-triple hit with the bumping spoon ..." 😂😂😂 Thanks Trevor for letting look it so easy that even I am tempted to try it again!
@@trevsblog I suspect there's still at least one part of golden wrist in the game. As a former boatbuilder I am good with wood and composites, I weld, too, and even built quite some beech forms for metal restorations, but You thin-gauge tin wizards still have some destinctively shamanic element to Your art of creating organic spherals outta recently stubborn flat sheets using ever-so-slight bumps'n hits. Thanks for sharing!
Your videos are helping me no end Trev, thanks. I'm currently working on an aluminum petrol tank for my caff racer. Limited tools ain't helping and it being the first job of it's kind I've undertaken of course. I've got a load of those little pein dents from hammering (probably wrong) to planish out now. Wish I had a spoon
My Friend I spent years in auto body repair. I took pride in my work and always tried to do a good job and used as little body filler (bondo) as possible. Still I have never seen that "Exact," technique. I've seen and understand very similar technique's but they weren't as effective as that one. I'm very impressed! Looked like you could have sanded that down with an orbital sander using 180 grit then 220 and finally 400. Then simply prime and block sand a couple times with 400 and your ready to paint. Amazing! Best dent removal I've ever seen no doubt. I still don't fully understand how that got rid of the shoulder or high spot which was all the way around the dent. The metal usually always stretches thus leaving a high shoulder all the way around a dent. Did this work differently because you were working on and older truck which had thicker metal or would you get the same results with the metal on new trucks/cars which have much thinner metal? I'd love to hear your answer. Many thanks for the video. Truly awesome...…..
Robert Jenkins you only have a high spot around the dent because of the metal displaced by the dent, once the dent is relieved so is the high ridge/shoulder. The teeth of the bumping file grip the steel both sides of the dent upon impact helping to shrink any stretch as the dolly pushes the dent upwards. I’m going to do a demo on a modern car panel at some stage. Most old cars thickness is 0.9 mm new cars 0.7mm not that much difference as people assume, obviously there are exceptions. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog Perfect Sir. You got right to the heart of what had me puzzled. ""The stretching."" I didn't know you could take out the stretch in the metal without the quick cooling of extremely hot metal. Keep in mind that I am very old school. I haven't worked on a car body since the early 90s. What you just explained makes perfect since but I had no clue it was even possible. I'm about to buy myself a wrecked truck and fix it to drive as my personal vehicle. I will be putting your repair idea's to the test. Just hope I can be half as successvile as you are Sir. Thank you for sharing as well as for answering me back. You are very impressive to put it modestly!!!
Robert Jenkins hi Robert I think I may have caused you some confusion, cooling the metal with a dampened cloth allows you to quickly asses the repair without having to wait for it to cool down naturally. The shrinking effect is mostly caused by the heated area expanding, the metal around the expanding heated area remains cool forcing the expanding area to get thicker as the metal has nowhere else to go. Once the heat has gone from the area the heated area has shrunk. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog Thank you Sir. However it wasn't you. I watched my Pop shrink metal that way when I was very young. like 10 years old. Apparently I simply misunderstood exactly how the shrinking occurred. Thank you for the clarification and also for your willingness to be so helpful! Your one fine gentleman....
Sir also I was just watching people using hand pump 10 ton porta powers to pull wrecked auto sheet metal as well as frames back into place on TH-cam. Could you please advise me on what the best hand pump porta power would be for this type work for the money and also should I go with a 10 ton or is a 4 ton sufficient? Thank you.....
Excellent video...your videos are some of the best I have seen on u tube..Very good teaching format..Oh yeah your minimal use of bondo is great only goes to show what can be achieved with proper use of your tools and taking a little more time...I know there's those that will say time is money and that is true...But the caliber of ones work is what can give you a higher amount that can be charged especially for those that want the best work that can be found in their area..
Gregory Lopez spot on Gregory, if we’re talking accident repair then there is never any decent budget for that but when it comes to restoration and fabrication you get what you pay for, you have to put the time in to get the right results. Cheers Trev 👍
For the couple of remaining spots, the Americans use a thing called a bulls eye pick. It is basically a big pair of tongs with an anvil on one tong and a pick head on the other tong. You line up the anvil on the small low spot and raise it with the pick. When i first saw someone using a body file to find low spots,they finished off the repair by raising the low spots with a brad awl. They felt around inside the panel for the dent and pushed on it gently with the Brad awl to push the low spot up. Regarding over use of the body file, i have been known to file a hole in a panel which had undergone repairs in the dark distant past. 😁😁
Mercmad I saw Ron Covell using one of those tools, a project for the future maybe? Yes it’s very easy to file stuff thin, it’s best to just lightly use it to outline the low spots, I always say better a skim of filler than a thin panel. Cheers Trev 👍
Trev, long time no chat... I am still watching your content but not commenting much... I would like to add the "teeth'' are for ''shrinking'' the metal back after it has been ''stretched'' by the ''indenting''... If, someone were to use just a non-toothed product, the metal would just crown with the ''extra stretched metal''... Thanks for posting your content, I so enjoy your bodywork skills / metal work skills.
Hey hello 👋 yes your right about the teeth they grip the metal each side and add to the compression on the stretched metal that forms the dent. Using a smooth file still shrinks the dent as it still adds linear compression, a bit like shrinking a tuck, but without the teeth it’s not as effective. As soon as a smooth spoon contacts the dolly sandwiching the metal between the spoon and dolly it starts to thin/stretch. Did you catch my latest video on heat distortion? If not I think you’d like it. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog , I have it on my watchlist; I will be honored to watch it. Thanks again Trev for your knowledge sharing, I appreciate it and love your skill level.
I've always avoided getting involved with bodywork because it seemed like such a voodoo art. Well your videos have at least given me the confidence to give it a try. Love that you stick to the very basic principals. So important when learning anything. Hopefully this will go well. I'll certainly let you know if I have any success. I have a 1969 beetle with extensive hail damage.
Nice to see us old school guys still showing there are skills to learn instead of the throw away and buy new youngsters of today,
This guy is a real artist, someone who has taken in so many aspects of his trade.
You're not a mechanic. You're an artist. Incredible.
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He’s not a mechanic, he’s a panelbeater!
I wish more of this was done in US. So satisfying to watch such skillful work. I don't know what I envy most, the panel beating skills or that Rock and Roll hair ! Fantastic.
@Randy Bingham explain
Mysteries and secrets of metal finishing revealed. Thanks for your amazing videos Trev. You are a genuine artist.
dave maccarter Thanks Dave I’m glad you found it educational. Cheers Trev 👍
Best instruction I've found on you tube...he actually teaches and is very professional. Thank you!
So many guys say I'm going to keep this short or simple then proceed to make a 45 minute long video and still don't cover everything! LoL, you did a excellent job on the repair and explained it just perfectly! I have been doing body work for a long time but i still like watching others doit to compare techniques and to pickup on new tips that will help me become better at metal working. Just found your channel today actually and I'm glad I did! Thanks for sharing with all of us!!
Being an auto body repair man for 40 years now all I can say to you is thank you for helping to keep a lost art/skill alive. I have several slap files and spoons that new comers out of trade schools have never seen or have been taught to use. Keep up the great old school workmanship
You give us all such great inspiration! Beautiful work! Love your style and dedication to skills becoming lost in our 'throw away' societies. Bravo!
Just magic watching that dent melt away and disappear! Loving this channel and all the repairs and tips obviously in the hands of a master craftsman.
Trev as i mentioned time and again, you are an artist! Period!
With a 67 GM truck, I can do this as the best part is, it’s wide open behind for the most part. It actually has metal in the panels. The panels for the most part, all unbolt making reaching around easier.
A dent like that, displaces metal around it. By pushing up, slapping the toe dolly around the dent, working toward the middle. Each time, this lifts the metal upward and pulling the displaced metal inward. This is a unique way to to reduce product use, achieve a flatter surface to start any repair toward a completed finish. It eliminates “Oil Canning” effect from just filling as that alone and will not cut it in many places, creating more problems. I want a heavy slapping file like that one. It has to be at least 10 mm thick or almost 7/16”. Thanks!
I have just started a restoration on a TR6. As mechanic the body work costs have always deturred me from restoring a car . Thankyou for passing on your amazing skill set it has given me the confidence to attempt more of the body work.
Thanks for transmitting your craftsmanship skills with so much dexterity and explained to utter perfection. Regards, Dan
Great to see you back. Will be going through these older videos and hope to see more tips and tricks in the future. Thanks
Robin Charlton ore new videos in the pipeline, it’s a shame I had to upload the old ones again but it’s going to save me grief in the long run. Cheers Trev
Don't you love it when you can get a dolly to reach ! Brilliant demo.
lol isn't that the truth!!
My dad did this type of body work car building before I was born , went into towing and moving into big rig towing he passed and I inherited his toolbox
I found drawers of these tools 😞 now I’m interested in using his tool to work on my own street rods I’ve never done body work just Engine building , but with these I’m going to start 🙏🏻👍🏻 thank you for passing this on
Nice work. Iam a metal repairman at Ford motor company I can only use lead or a couple coats of prime to build with I use a eagle alot the file isn’t going to lie to you been doing metal repair about 15 yrs your a real pro
This man is an artist. (Trust me, I'm a mechanic!) Great to see a right proper job done!
Lol trust this guy, because we all know mechanics don't lie
@@illhaveanother4365 you wouldn't say that if you knew me or knew my work. But I do love the "trust me" line - I think it's hilarious.
Delighted to have come across this channel!
Binging on videos now, never done a days bodywork in my life...but I’m enthralled!!
Davewagon Hey Thanks 🤩. Your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
Superb video, very instructive without the usual 20 minute preamble you get from other garages that are on TH-cam.
I have subscribed. Thank you, all the best, Dave.
Although I restore cars every day I still can't get enough of these vids 👍👍👍
space traveler Hey Thanks your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
I'm with you brother!!! Live,breath and stink up the air car guy here!!!
Excellent vid. There are few of us file finishers left and they don't even teach lead wiping at tech school anymore. At around the 10 min mark is where I would use a dust coat of black as a guide when filing. Also I use a wooden file as I find the flexible file can flex just when you don't want it to and always hold the file with both hands to ensure the file is flat on the steel. People don't understand that the file is used to show highs and lows and and isn't for the actual smoothing of the steel.
Of course it also needs to be understood that the quality of steel in modern cars, does not lend itself to a file finish repair.
Metal done right, just as I used to watch the craftsmen do it in the 50s and 60s ! Some of the guys still used lead filler, but first generation plastic fillers were coming on strong. Dad's friends in auto restoration showed me how to then shoot Dupont 30S or 60s giller primers... Old memories you are bringing back watching the panels come back to life.
Thank you for this video. It's great watching a master craftsman at work.
The before and after of that dent is pretty darn impressive! Nice work and video chap!
Great vids for the folks working on impossible to find body panels. Great haircut....very period correct. Thanks much for sharing. Best to you and yours.
I' m not sure what I like more: your skills or your Pomp hairstyle. Keep rocking!
Great video...really enjoyed watching an old fashioned technique being so effective!
G'day from West Australia,
😉🙂👍👍
Boy do I miss doing this kind of stuff.
So cool to see someone with the skills I was taught. Helps keep my skills alive 🙂 thanks much appreciated indeed😉🙂👍👍
Dude.. metal Bondo. Lol
Nice to see this skill not lost. Thanks for sharing.
Reverse hammering.. insane.
Thank you for your work making these videos and greetings from Sweden! After the garage is restored I will start working on a tractor. I have been working a bit with correcting panels but I really need more good advice as yours.
thats the right way to repair. amazing work, amazing skills.
for newbies like me just putting the bondo and sanding, already finished. haha
Incredible, how one video can explain something ive wondered for years, i had an idea of how this works but never seen it done. everything is just filler nowadays, not true metal crafting. gonna binge for a while. just earned another sub, excellent info!
Yes, excellent workmanship and well explained too, many thanks
Thank you . i was watching some years ago my mate , do this with just a normal file( large one ) ! i was so pleased that you showed us this ,not just cake iceing ! i have seen a few , workers that can ice a cake because that is what they do at work !! in a car body shop !!
Your videos are very interesting and educational. Thanks for sharing them.
Lack of Focus Hey Thanks 🤩. Your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
Thank you for these videos, I’m learning a great deal from them.
Your work is amazing. 👍
All your videos are incredible. Unfortunately, this craft dies out. Keep it up. I'm just restoring my Ford Van. Your videos are very helpful. Greetings from Berlin. Ben
Really appreciate you sharing trade secrets.Thanks.
Truly a lost art.... fantastic video Trevor!
Brice Kelly hey Brice! Hope all is well! Trevor, you should google CFL paintless dent repair, Brice is one of the top techs in our industry.
what most people forget it's only metal u can make it bend to ur will
I tell u I miss doing this kind of work I did it for years
in my playlist u will fine a video of the cars I used to work on
cheers brother keep up the good work
Nice to have advice from a real pro. Thanks.
Thanks for using simple tools. Great video!
mjm McG Hey Thanks 🤩
Always been curious about automotive metal working, great video.
Great job, I am impressed, working on a 4-15-1942 rare army Jeep, Thank you for your videos !
Trev that’s amazing,I can’t believe how you got that dent out...fantastic mate keep em coming 👍
I love the way you show us how it's done very informative top work
I have a 280ZX/S130 project that I need to use these methods on. I definitely need a lot of tools. Awesome work.
Great work Trev. REAL craftsmanship!
Handmade in perfection, I immediately left a subscription, Greetings from Germany
Trev! Dude! You are the man! I learn so much over your shoulder. That repair is fabulous and the van is really looking terrific :) Thanks so much for taking the time to show us :)
Steve Canny Hey Thanks 🤩, your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
Great video, nice and simple. Thanks for finishing to a polish so that we can see the resulting quality. Very helpful!
Nice job looks great you are a sheet metal pro👍
Very fascinating. Clearly demonstrated. Most enjoyable.
I take delivery tomorrow of a '59 Thunderbird that... well, let's just say I'm gonna need a bigger hammer. Fortunately it has minimal rust. So I shouldn't need much in the way of patchwork. Since I'm mainly an engine guy I subbed for some guidance on sorting the body.
this is a great tutorial. you make it look easy it inspires me to av a go. thanks for posting
2wheel charlie Hey Thanks 🤩, your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
Wow your the man Trev. Excellent video
Always a pleasure Trev
Thank you 🙏🏼
I enjoyed the video (and learned from it), but REALLY enjoyed the after-credits! You do some very creative and well-executed work!
i had made a bunch of different shaped tools that fit into my air hammer so that i could "bang" out dents from the reverse side. the softer but more rapid hammering was extremely effective and required minimal force on my end, which saved my arms loads of fatigue..
Great workman ship doing the job the right way Great to watch a master Chears
👍 👍 👍 🏴✌️
Super Trev, thanks, really useful. What a art!
Very impressive and well explained. Thanks
"... next step, resume from the Trev-double-hit to the slightly finer Trev-triple hit with the bumping spoon ..." 😂😂😂 Thanks Trevor for letting look it so easy that even I am tempted to try it again!
manfred schmalbach patience and practice 🤩. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog I suspect there's still at least one part of golden wrist in the game. As a former boatbuilder I am good with wood and composites, I weld, too, and even built quite some beech forms for metal restorations, but You thin-gauge tin wizards still have some destinctively shamanic element to Your art of creating organic spherals outta recently stubborn flat sheets using ever-so-slight bumps'n hits.
Thanks for sharing!
Rare skills there Trev, hope I can tune mine for my restoration.
Subscribed.
Watching and learning from Port Lincoln in South Australia.
Love your videos man and that pomp is on point mate! 👍🏻
A nice light touch with control, love it! Great Channel.
Thank you sir I just ordered a bumping file. I am learning a lot from you.
Wow, you made that look so easy. Great display of skill there. Yes, I did learn something new. Thanks.
Mark Presling Hey Thanks 🤩, your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
The Matt Urch of panel beating!! Fantastic video's ! My panel repair game has improved so much thanks to you after years of doing it incorrectly!!
Your videos are helping me no end Trev, thanks. I'm currently working on an aluminum petrol tank for my caff racer. Limited tools ain't helping and it being the first job of it's kind I've undertaken of course. I've got a load of those little pein dents from hammering (probably wrong) to planish out now. Wish I had a spoon
My spoons are not files. They are quite smooth faced and look more like a smaller but thicker spatchula. Love your channel!
Phenomenal!! I just found your channel today, amazing!
agreed!!
Thank you for these great videos. Very informative
Great job , look forward to seeing more of your work...
Love this video. Very very helpful.
Really like the modified variable speed grinder for polishing 👍
Mark Shepherd Thanks Mark, it’s a simple fix and extremely useful. Cheers Trev 👍
Beautiful work man!
My Friend I spent years in auto body repair. I took pride in my work and always tried to do a good job and used as little body filler (bondo) as possible. Still I have never seen that "Exact," technique. I've seen and understand very similar technique's but they weren't as effective as that one. I'm very impressed! Looked like you could have sanded that down with an orbital sander using 180 grit then 220 and finally 400. Then simply prime and block sand a couple times with 400 and your ready to paint. Amazing! Best dent removal I've ever seen no doubt. I still don't fully understand how that got rid of the shoulder or high spot which was all the way around the dent. The metal usually always stretches thus leaving a high shoulder all the way around a dent. Did this work differently because you were working on and older truck which had thicker metal or would you get the same results with the metal on new trucks/cars which have much thinner metal? I'd love to hear your answer. Many thanks for the video. Truly awesome...…..
Robert Jenkins you only have a high spot around the dent because of the metal displaced by the dent, once the dent is relieved so is the high ridge/shoulder. The teeth of the bumping file grip the steel both sides of the dent upon impact helping to shrink any stretch as the dolly pushes the dent upwards. I’m going to do a demo on a modern car panel at some stage. Most old cars thickness is 0.9 mm new cars 0.7mm not that much difference as people assume, obviously there are exceptions. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog Perfect Sir. You got right to the heart of what had me puzzled. ""The stretching."" I didn't know you could take out the stretch in the metal without the quick cooling of extremely hot metal. Keep in mind that I am very old school. I haven't worked on a car body since the early 90s. What you just explained makes perfect since but I had no clue it was even possible. I'm about to buy myself a wrecked truck and fix it to drive as my personal vehicle. I will be putting your repair idea's to the test. Just hope I can be half as successvile as you are Sir. Thank you for sharing as well as for answering me back. You are very impressive to put it modestly!!!
Robert Jenkins hi Robert I think I may have caused you some confusion, cooling the metal with a dampened cloth allows you to quickly asses the repair without having to wait for it to cool down naturally. The shrinking effect is mostly caused by the heated area expanding, the metal around the expanding heated area remains cool forcing the expanding area to get thicker as the metal has nowhere else to go. Once the heat has gone from the area the heated area has shrunk. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog Thank you Sir. However it wasn't you. I watched my Pop shrink metal that way when I was very young. like 10 years old. Apparently I simply misunderstood exactly how the shrinking occurred. Thank you for the clarification and also for your willingness to be so helpful! Your one fine gentleman....
Sir also I was just watching people using hand pump 10 ton porta powers to pull wrecked auto sheet metal as well as frames back into place on TH-cam. Could you please advise me on what the best hand pump porta power would be for this type work for the money and also should I go with a 10 ton or is a 4 ton sufficient? Thank you.....
This was very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you learned a lot really enjoyed it look forward to more, also great sense of humor
Great informative video thankyou Trev
Thanks for sharing your skill and wisdom. This technique will come in handy on my rebuild!
Really helpful and interesting presentation, may rock and roll live forever.
Well done Trev very educational.
Excellent video...your videos are some of the best I have seen on u tube..Very good teaching format..Oh yeah your minimal use of bondo is great only goes to show what can be achieved with proper use of your tools and taking a little more time...I know there's those that will say time is money and that is true...But the caliber of ones work is what can give you a higher amount that can be charged especially for those that want the best work that can be found in their area..
Gregory Lopez spot on Gregory, if we’re talking accident repair then there is never any decent budget for that but when it comes to restoration and fabrication you get what you pay for, you have to put the time in to get the right results. Cheers Trev 👍
Thanks. Great video. Love your channel
I did metal body at Mancat in Openshaw, Manchester years ago. Wish I'd kept it up. Very satisfying
Thank you for your generous comments, all the very best Trev 👍
Really nice Metal work.
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For the couple of remaining spots, the Americans use a thing called a bulls eye pick. It is basically a big pair of tongs with an anvil on one tong and a pick head on the other tong. You line up the anvil on the small low spot and raise it with the pick. When i first saw someone using a body file to find low spots,they finished off the repair by raising the low spots with a brad awl. They felt around inside the panel for the dent and pushed on it gently with the Brad awl to push the low spot up. Regarding over use of the body file, i have been known to file a hole in a panel which had undergone repairs in the dark distant past. 😁😁
Mercmad I saw Ron Covell using one of those tools, a project for the future maybe? Yes it’s very easy to file stuff thin, it’s best to just lightly use it to outline the low spots, I always say better a skim of filler than a thin panel. Cheers Trev 👍
Pure masterclass
You are THE master !
you are a real metal man.Thanks for a amazing video.
frode sandø Hey Thanks 🤩
Trev, long time no chat... I am still watching your content but not commenting much... I would like to add the "teeth'' are for ''shrinking'' the metal back after it has been ''stretched'' by the ''indenting''... If, someone were to use just a non-toothed product, the metal would just crown with the ''extra stretched metal''...
Thanks for posting your content, I so enjoy your bodywork skills / metal work skills.
Hey hello 👋 yes your right about the teeth they grip the metal each side and add to the compression on the stretched metal that forms the dent. Using a smooth file still shrinks the dent as it still adds linear compression, a bit like shrinking a tuck, but without the teeth it’s not as effective. As soon as a smooth spoon contacts the dolly sandwiching the metal between the spoon and dolly it starts to thin/stretch. Did you catch my latest video on heat distortion? If not I think you’d like it. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog , I have it on my watchlist; I will be honored to watch it.
Thanks again Trev for your knowledge sharing, I appreciate it and love your skill level.
It don't even need paint after the grinder
Excellent blog thanks.
I've always avoided getting involved with bodywork because it seemed like such a voodoo art. Well your videos have at least given me the confidence to give it a try. Love that you stick to the very basic principals. So important when learning anything. Hopefully this will go well. I'll certainly let you know if I have any success. I have a 1969 beetle with extensive hail damage.
Steve Betzhold Hey Thanks 🤩
Hello from Canada Trev. Good tips. 1st time viewer here. Subscribed and will check out ur other videos.
that was a fantastic lesson, thank you Trev.