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Willys CJ3B Jeep body fabrication- side panels on the hammer form part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2016
- In this video I am continuing on the Willys CJ3B body tub build. Today I am continuing on the side panel. I will finish up and remove the panel from the hammer form. Watch as I stretch and shrink the metal into shape.
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Perfect workmanship. I'd like to make some body panels and weld them up myself. I was thinking about using an everlast pulse mig to reduce the heat distortion and to avoid blowing holes.
You really took me to school on this - didn't know you could shrink that much without a shrinker... beautiful work!
There is a lot of shrinking on that panel, but if you take your time and have a full understanding of how to shrink metal it works out ok. Thanks for watching and sending a comment. More vids on the way.
Brian
Very nicely done! I'm learning from guys like you, thanks.
thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Glad you are learning, that is the goal of my videos. Keep watching, more on the way.
Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge.
Thank You !! So much a joy watching a PRO at work !!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Great to have viewers like you.
Brian
Great workmanship! I didn't think making perfectly square folds over a curve was possible until seeing this. I couldn't figure out how the former held up so well until you said it was steel at some point - it surely makes a big difference to the finished piece.
thanks for watching.
Wow... thank God that there are guys like you that share and teach these techniques. Thanks for your knowledge, time and will...!
Glad you like the videos and took the time to make a good comment. Sure is good to know there are people out there who enjoy the content of my channel. Keep watching for more.
Brian
Fantastic! Really nice to see a master at work. Great instructional style too. Thanks very much 👍
thanks for watching and making a comment. There are many more videos coming so keep watching.
I appreciate your effort of making videos and spreading your knowledge/skill to ordinary people like me who want to start their dream project or business 👍👍👍👍
Nice work Sir! one man with a hammer!
I've seen that done in the Philippines when I was 12 years old in the late '50s. They were using solid steel jigs for body parts for left and right (I supposed), but I only saw one front fender being formed in ss steel.
Excellent work
This brings back memorys, same technic i used making frames for F-16 and Sea King helicopters. We where using aluminium though but still. Love it when we transform flat sheetmetal to something with curves :-)
Great to hear from another metal worker. Thanks for watching and sending a positive comment.
Amazing!!! Very nice work, thanks for sharing it.
Well impressed, loved the way the tucks magically melted into one. Given me the knowledge to have a go my self now, cheers.
Give it a shot and try to make your own panels, just remember to be patient and try to learn from my videos.
10/10 👌 great job and well explained!😎
Years ago on a trip to New Zealand I had the honor of meeting a man by the name of John Geesink who fabricated many early Jeep body parts (lots of GP parts). At the time I was there he had just completed a body for a rare WWII 4 wheel steering Jeep. He'd build the entire body in what was basically a 2 car garage. It looked factory made...the only part he didn't build was the top of the dash. I was amazed at what he could accomplish. The walls of his shop were lined with dies to make various parts. Your video gives me some insight into the process. He would be quite elderly now, if he's still around, so I hope someone like yourself has acquired some of his knowledge and equipment.
I have built many, many jeep bodies and have dies and patterns for just about every part. i am in the same situation as the guy John that you spoke about. there isn't anybody who wants to learn my trade. Lots of young people out there but none of those in my area want to learn about sheetmetal work, welding, metal fabrication, etc..... Started this youtube channel to show people how things are done in hopes that someone, somewhere on the planet may be interested enough to get involved.
Brian
I am definitely impressed with your work. My background is as a tool & die maker but what you do requires a completely different set of skills, that no doubt took years to learn. I hope you can find someone that you can pass your knowledge on to. We've lost way too much of our industrial skill in this country already.
I agree, we have lost a generation of skilled workers here in the USA and there doesn't seem to be too much interest from anyone who wants to learn my skills. I make all my own tooling, dies for the power hammer and blacksmith hammer, pullmax tooling etc.... just put a shaper on the floor and will bring some videos of that working next time I am making a die with a dovetail.
thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Thats a good fabricating job, thanks for posting it.
Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching.
Brian
WOW👌 👏 Thank you for making videos! I really enjoyed learning this new area of metal working.
very interesting how you shrink the streched metal i've never seen that done before
learnt something good from you that will help me restoring my car as it has a lot of curves in the body
i'll be waiting for the next video on how you curve the rear section
If you are new to the channel check out my other videos on metal shaping, there are a variety of videos that show different techniques
Amazing work.
Thank you very much for your knowledge I just started messing with sheet-metal you do awesome work knows all machines you have unbelievable thanks again for your knowledge and for taking time out for little guy
That is an art form for sure.
That was incredible to watch. Tremendous skills and obviously a lot of experience. I'm working on my welding of sheet metal. I think I will be able to try an everlast pulse mig welder. I'd really like to be able fabricate my own creations.
be patient, take your time, and don't get discouraged and you should do fine. follow along on my videos for help in areas you are not sure of.
Brian
That is some beautiful work you are truly a master
Thanks for the positive comment, always nice to hear from folks who like my video series. Usually I just get negative comments, thumbs down, and nasty emails, so your comment is sure nice to see. Thanks again,
Brian
a pleasure to watch..... thank you :)
Glad you enjoyed the video. Keep watching many more coming soon.
Brian
Muy bueno saludos desde Cali Colombia 🇨🇴
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Your welcome. Keep watching for more new videos.
Air hammer ,,,rivit gun??? Very nice work my man excellent Vid you my friend are the one in a million that can teach others you are a metal God,,,,, excellent work.
Parabéns pelo trabalho!
Thanks for watching and taking time to comment.
Brian
Brilliant this man is so patient takes his time he is so clever and great to watch love it larrysullivan in London well done cheers mate
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video. Brian
amazing working...
Хорошая работа, красота!
В какой-то момент, думал сейчас по носу мне ударит)))
Perfect job brooo. Great skill 👍👌. So inspiring.
Good educational video. Surprising how much the metal shrinks.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Good job!
Mesmerizing playability... almost as satisfying as watching fire.
Excellent video thank you
Nice work! that's some nice steel plate that you have for your form too. I had to make some smaller hammer forms to make body parts for my Gipsy restorations.
Caraca bicho que capricho
wow ! This is amazing !
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Good to have you here watching.
metalshaper . Thank you ! For the demo of your wonderful skills
I will keep making videos as long as there are people like yourself that enjoy them. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Brian
Хорошая работа 👍
Awesome to watch. people forget what you can do with your hands
Appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment
Excellent workmanship dude....
Thanks for watching
This is like *Raising Metal.*
great work.
U are genius man thank u and I hope to show us more vedio
Check out my other videos to see the body being built. More videos on the way.
I love this kind of 'metal bashing' when I get a chance to do it. I see that you say you used cold rolled metal - to a degree already 'work hardened' so are you able to avoid the kind of 'torch annealing' we see other people use?
Oddly a had two successive 'fathers in law' the first of whom was involved in building the massive presses which do this kind of work in one go and the other who was a trained 'hands on' sheet metal worker.
yes the metal is cold rolled 18 gauge steel. .047" thick. Knowing how the metal will react, and using solid hammer forms keeps me from having to anneal it with heat. Everything done cold and you can watch as I hand shrink the metal together. For power shrinking check out some of my earlier videos when I am using my Power Hammer to shrink metal to make some front cab corners.
metalshaper thanks for your swift reply
You make that look easy. It probably is if you've been doing body work for a few years.
Been shaping metal for most of my life so far. Glad you liked the video.
Brian
Buenisimo saludo de argentina
Thank you for sharing.
nice work
thanks for the comment. Keep watching for more videos.
Brian
That was fascinating thank you
Very interesting thanks
glad you enjoyed it. Keep watching.
Perfect!
Could you use a shrinking hammer?
coolest!
Great work, been watching you work for a couple hours now, do you sell patch panels for the willys cj2a or do you have a website, thx paul
good hard work
Amazing to see the shrink part ... almost like clay ... Good job. Good observation. You probably have a tad of Italian blood in you, hehe ... Good luck bud.
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as far as car or jeeps and other vihecles body building is concern you have to visit philippines and see a looks a like factory made.
the phillipino body tubs are terrible. If you have never put one on a jeep chassis then you don't know how bad they are. Nothing fits properly, they put a horrible primer on them, the windshields never fit properly on the cowl, hat channel in the wrong place, etc...... they may look good but they don't fit good.
You probably saw the ones that were not built by the best fabricators around.I remember in the late 70's my dad assembled a jeep that he bought the entire body, (after market)fenders,tailgate and windshield.The entire body panel is made of 16gauge galvanized sheet metal and the hood was so heavy is made of 15gauge and the tailgate.The parts are just so smooth that we didn't even paint the jeep after assembly.The roof frame is made of stainless tubular steel for the rugtop.In those days jeeps are customize in so many different combinations, if you wanna install stainless steel fenders you can order them what gauge you want from fabricators.Some fabricators assembled them with semi-stainless and the rest of the body panels are painted.It was really craze among fabricators in those days even the front grilles are made of stainless steel.Anything you wanna order for your jeep parts in those days you can select whether a galvanized,cold roll or stainless steel you can have it.
Also from the Philippines here. I assembled two flat fenders and a YJ Wrangler which I still have built by M.D. Juan Enterprises (Jeepstar). Nothing is impossible down here. If it does not fit we will make it fit.
I have installed many Philippine body tubs and none of them fit properly. Not sure why you can't get things right in your factory. Primer is terrible, body tubs don't fit on the chassis properly, hat channel is always in the wrong place, windshields never fit the body cowl..... etc...... That is why I build my own bodies here in the USA
Yah I agree. That's the reason why we down here buy the whole kit frame and everything else. I am third gen. American and dreamed of having the original Jeep.. But as the saying goes "Only in your dreams". The entire jeep body building industry went under in the 90"s when second hand vehicles were more affordable. Shops used to lie side by side where I lived. By the way there are a gazillion small/independent body makers in the Philippines at the time. There are two categories. One is the "Owner type" which is a clone of the American U.S. Army Jeep and the passenger jeep for our mass transport. Most craftsmen at the time hammer out front grill design of whichever car is popular. Donor cars at that time were scarce so if a new body panel is needed, it is made by hand and made to fit. I am now 63 years old and lived in this era. M.D. Juan or M.D. Jeepstar is the only one that uses stamping process instead of the hammer and dolly method. They discontinued the wrangler and are probably exporting restoration jeep body parts to the U.S.
great video
many thanks.
Thank you
you are welcome, thanks for watching
very well done and amazing what you have achieved. I would never have thought that shrinking like that was possible. What sort of composition is the sheet metal you use and what thicknesses does it come in? I have some car body fenders and I was hoping to use that panel stell for fabrication work I need to do but is there something better?
Sheetmetal is 18 gauge .047" cold rolled steel. Takes a bit of practice but soon you should be able to shrink metal by hand as I did in the video.
Beautiful work, thank you !
Thanks for the comment, appreciate you watching.
Brian
Have you ever checked out TM technologies? Lots of sheet metal tools. Some old school and some are old school with a little update. Like your rivet gun
Does the top roll over have a second U section strip welded up under it like the MB does ?
Yes, same as MB/GPW. Will show how I make it in a future video
I saw another video you did and used a wooden form. A 1" thick steel plate is a lot of money when I only need a rear corner. Could I pull this off with a plywood form? Awesome job. I inspired me.
Plywood does not work good for hammerforms. If you have a small part to make without a lot of shrinking you may be ok. With heavy shrinking the plywood will fall apart.
I really liked the video
thanks for the comment. Keep watching there are many more videos coming.
Amazing - May I ask how thick (mm) is the steel sheet? Thanks
the sheet is 18 gauge steel .047" thick.
Satisfactory video
pure talent
thanks for comment, hope you are enjoying the series. Keep watching many more videos coming.
Lindo trabalho parabéns 👏👏👏👍🏼🇧🇷
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I was stupid lost my password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me
@Alden Zachariah Instablaster :)
@Grey Archer Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Grey Archer It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thank you so much you really help me out!
@Alden Zachariah You are welcome :D
VERY NICE
Subbed...good stuff sir...🇬🇧
Thanks for watching and the comment. More videos coming out so keep watching. Good to have you with my channel.
Brian
Wow!
awsome work good video
Tai-Chong, thanks for being a subscriber and your comments. Always nice to get feedback on the type of videos I am making. More videos to follow in the series, thanks again for your positive comments !
Your welcome Thank you
Great! How did you do that :)
A matter Craftsman at work!!
thanks for watching, hope you will continue to enjoy my video channel.
Do you sell patches and panels? I have a 2a where the top rear corners are roached.
You must wake up in the middle of the night with an urge to squash tucks. :)
Nicely done! I've tried basically this exact thing and you really made it look easy. In reality it takes a lot of patience and you have to keep your eyes on the metal all the time.
Thanks for watching, yes patience is a key part of metalshaping.
Wouldn't you put a bit of heat into the curves to help not split...the sheet ?
Thank you for the informative video...I make duct for HVAC and love old cars/trucks...where can I get the hammers? Thank you in advance
My body hammers are made by Snap on as well as dead blow hammers. The plastic shaping mallets can be gotten just about anywhere these days, ebay is one place. EastWood, has them along with lots of other tool retailers.
I think this is so cool.
Where does one learn this?
Wow
Impressive
Good to have you watching, thanks.
Exceptional. Do you build entire bodies from scratch?
Yes I build entire bodies. I usually use the original firewall and cowl when doing a complete build. I don't like to get into changing or removing vin tags that are on the firewall, and body numbers that are on the toe gussets.
This video answered so many of my questions . What gauge metal are you using there? Thanks
18 gauge cold rolled steel. .047" thick
Muito bem . Gostei da fabricação.. Não sei traduzir .
hello well done dude! I have an MB jeep, the side edges of my jeep were altered by the previous owners of the jeep. they tried to make a door and messed up the side edges of the jeep and the back was also redone. What advice do you have on how to restore the faces of the jeep in its original form?
Cut out everything that is bad and fabricate new parts to make it look original again.
what gauge metal are you using?
metal is 18 gauge, .047" cold rolled steel as original.
metalshaper thank you Sir for replying..
Son's of Liberty good
....What is your air pressure regulator set to on that pneumatic river gun?... Do you ever start at low pressure, and then work/make subsequent passes at increasing pressures?... Does your form/buck have a uniform radiused edge on it? What is that radius (in terms of metal thickness) .... (maybe 3x, - 6x?)...
rivet gun is set at 90 psi. Not sure what you are asking about radius.
.....well, the "edge" of the form, that you are hammering the sheet metal around, is the "edge" in question. Is it a Sharp edge, or chamfered at a small angle, or rounded off/radiused. Look at your countertops at home, Do they have a rounded edge, or a sharp edge. ( = the same concept).
The edge is sharp, not rounded. When I made the forms the edge was sharp enough to cut your hand on. I took a sander with some 80 grit sandpaper on it to just make the edge smooth enough not to get cut on it. Hope that helps with your question.
Brian
Yes, thanks! FYI: in Aviation work (where "stress cracks" could be lethal, they routinely try to establish a specific "minimum bend radius" so that the metal achieves it Maximum strength, but doesn't become dangerously work hardened, thinned, or fatigued, during fabrication. Rounded/radiused surfaces hold their finish better too, (IMHO), and often look much better). Perhaps you might consider taking a flap-disk wheel, on a right angle grinder, to those sharp edges, and put a small, (1/8"?) radius on them, all along where you hammer the sheet over that edge line. Great videos, BTW! THANKS!!
The material is different. Steel behaves quite differently than aluminum. Also the jeep tub won't be pressurized/depressurized many times
It's good to see someone working steel instead of aluminum. I, myself would have to use steel because aluminum is way out of my budget! Especially as a newbie ! Maybe a dumb question ,but how thick are the steel forms you are using? I really enjoy watching your video's! Thanks.
hammer form is 3/4" thick. .750"
metalshaper , thanks ,I thought they looked pretty thick! Great technique.
Would putting some heat into that curve allow the metal to form better..being more pliable?
No I don't like to use heat on the panels. I can cold shrink the metal with no problem
Sir, how to make willys mb's windshield glass channel? Plz explain.
Brian how can I get a hold of a paper pattern to make a plywood form to bang out a side panel for a CJ3B ?
Which guage of metal sheet you are using in this??
18 gauge .047" thick
do you prefer using heavy steel plate for templates or is wood a good substitute another great video enjoy watching them
on parts that don't require much shrinking such as the rear floor cross sill, you can get by for one or two parts with a good hardwood buck. It won't last long though. for side panels, front or rear the only thing that will hold up to shrinking is steel. Wood will deform under the heavy shrinks and aluminum will dent and deteriorate as well. Many guys have tried wood in frustration and have failed at making a panel. Don't waste your time with wood it just won't hold up.
I have read your comment about using wood for forms here, I have a cj2a all original except wheels, looks great with body filler, however some panels actually need replacing due to rust gone too far.. I'm from south Africa here and our steel prices are crazy. are there absolutely no alternative to steel forms? I had an idea in my mind of using plywood and possibly making aluminium panels as it won't rust.. what is your opinion?
Plywood will not hold up on the areas that need shrinking and stretching, even if you are making aluminum panels. Also if you make aluminum panels you have to attach them to the steel body..... how were you planning that? Or are you going to make an entire aluminum body tub? If steel is expensive in your area, why not just buy panels already made and just weld them on?
metalshaper true what you say there and thanks for your opinion.. yea was thinking of complete aluminum tub.. and so far after many months of research.. panels for the cj2a are not available in south africa.. only import