A lot of people would scrap the video when the holes started cracking, but thats half of the educational value of watching you work. Thanks for sharing your Skills Karl 👍🇬🇧
Made mine out of a piece of 3/4 round stock, goes around the bend like no ones business. Showing these old tricks is a big help to many, well done Carl
I would say to use 3/16 bar stock, so it took a smaller bite, also, we used to use a tool that was a round rod for a handle, with two rollers bolted on one side. You slipped it on the edge and just roll it back and forth to flange the edge. What I had was 1/4 inch flanges, but a thicker wheel would give a wider flange
I'm #42 like... This video is showing us what not to do which I like. No point in criticizing as after a long day of trying to get somewhere kind of narrows your thinking.
Hey, wouldn't it have been better to cut a piece out of another piece of sheet metal 1/2 to 3/4 inches thick, then weld it in and grind it smooth ?? Anywhere I love your content
seeing thart@@MakeItKustom seeing that it has to be welded, , id cut the flange in about 6 places, makes for easier bending, & wont split. & yes, id grill holes first. not as many.
Karl is a born teacher. This dude’s knowledge, skill and patience is fantastic. Karl, If you’re ever in the market for a middle aged inexperienced intern, sign me up!!
My dad built tools for a special purpose, like you just did sometimes for just a single job never to be used again. I learned a lot from him and I'm still learning from guys like you. Thanks Karl!
The fact you try something new on camera and then post it with no editing (aside from sound and some FF ) is awesome. I know that feeling like the plans not working out and you then adapt and tweak and just don’t quit and it always seems to work out. Great job on the video and sound management !
Thanks for the video Karl! My dad was a metal man from way back (1950`s) and I learned a lot from him. He used to watch me repair dents and always required metal finishing whenever there was access to the backside of the panel. He taught me to always use heat whenever I needed to re-establish a flange. I think that more heat earlier in the process might have avoided the work hardening that caused the cracking. I would also say, an 0 or a number 1 tip on your torch would have allowed for better heat control. But in the end, you made it work and look great, so Cheers to you for a super fly modification.
Takes a lot of guts to do something like this on camera even with the skill this fellow has. That customer must've really wanted that gas cap. Anyway, good job and thanks for keeping it real by showing the trial and error steps. I respect that. Good work.
It takes a lot of courage and self-confidence to dive into a project using new techniques on materials where you can’t go buy a replacement if you make a mistake. Kind of like a surgeon that is deep into an operation that can’t just go home when things aren’t going well and start over tomorrow. You soldier through and achieve a professional result. It is a joy to watch.
I now know what a tool I found in my box is for. It was a round stock piece with a few cuts like yours, all at different angles. Glad I didn't get rid of it. Great work as always.
you are a fine upstanding young Gentleman making it very easy to learn from you because of your friendly, mild mannered aura. May life bless and reward you.
Hey Karl, great educational video and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I’ve just started the metal work on my first project, a 72 Dodge Demon. I plan on using the fuel door from a 69 Charger. I now know how I’m going to do it. I use you’re videos as an educational resource and I’m quite pleased with the results I’m achieving. Thanks!
I love that amazing planishing hammer, it looks almost neolithic like the horns of some ancient mammal I would love to buy one,but i know i do not have the skill to use it,and would merely spend my workshop time polishing it and oiling it !!! I love watching you shaping and forming and teasing the metal to shape Its like being a chil again and watching my father create things
Once you get into your mind that you can often make what you need, it really opens up possibilities. I've made stuff that I've only used once but still well worth the time.
I love these videos that show off a simple tool and technique that us guys with no room for fancy tools can use. Another first class low tech lesson video. THANKS !
Yet another great vid Karl the hole in the housing is to let the rain water out to stop rusting as depending on which model some were mounted on the top of the a lot of cars so it fills up in britain we get lots of rain 🤣 also in the past I have use a set of mole grips to do the same sort of thing and because they clamp to the sheet you can get a very tight radius by gently tapping the top as you bend they come in a lot of different widths and angles and are very cheap
Nice work just the same, you brought us to School as well as yourself, "Every Day is a learning Day"-Gene Winfield Thanks! Karl ! This one was a great Video as always 👍
I know very little about the sheet metal, but I do know that it work hardens much faster than a solid thick piece. Trying to work a piece to shape on an anvil after it's lost it's heat always results in cracks. I suspect the sheet metal work hardens much faster than a thicker lump. That came out very well, even after the edges split. Always a pleasure to watch and learn. Thanks!
Great video Karl and another great tip for making the tool. The learning experience is amazing and for you trying the process for the first time and then telling everyone what you felt was a mistake you made, and don’t do it the way you did it so we don’t make the same mistake. That shows a mark of a good teacher and you caring about the ppl who watch your videos
Loved the heating part Karl, you'll become a blacksmith one day bud! Narrower piece of steel with rounded corners might have worked better on the tight radius? Hammer it out on your anvil.....
That gas cap came out fantastic halfway through i seen the split and I thought you was going to have to do more work than you did. But you nailed it , keep up the great work and God Bless you and your family. 😊👍👍💯👌🙏🏼🙏🏼
A couple months ago one of your videos inspired me to bang on some metal. To make a parts washing basin, I cut about 6" off the bottom of a 5 gal steel can and made the exact same flange tool to turn over the cut edge then hammer and dolly it flat. Works great. Thanks for the inspiration. You rock!
Air grinder? Nice. I need one of those. I have a gagillion spot welds on a 1950s Willys floor pan and that will make my like much easier. Excellent video. I can put that flange tool to use immediately on my project
It takes time as you said. I once asked my grandad how they did the work back in the day without all the tools we have today. He was born in 1908. His answer was " We had the best tool there is... time".
Im not a metal sheet guy.. But I am enjoying this video.. Such attention to detail and very good explanation from start to finish.. Thank you for uploading..
Nice to see a expert admit when the process is wrong and how to put it right, my brother was a sheet metal worker and made rollrice wings for old rollers amongst other stuff but yes it is nice to see a expert working metal thank you.😊
39:19 Excerpt from the diary of Karl's cameraman "Today, while trying to get a close up of Karl's work, he kept sticking his big freakin hat in the way! Every time I moved, there's Karl's hat! COME ON KARL, MOVE YOUR Darn bill!" ;)
I always learn from you Kevin. One thing I like the most is you admit when you make a mistake and tell your audience what happened and you give the don't do what I did but give the audience sound advice on what to do. This says a lot about your character to help people learn. You are awesome 👌
Great video, inspired to do this on my 48 Mercury coupe. The drain should be relocated to the lowest area of the recess to allow draining any rain water or fuel overflow.
You are very brave and honest to show all the video showing the issues you had along the way! Fantastic video as far as production and how educational it is! Thanks!!
When you are a sheet metal fabricator and own a welder every problem looks bendable and weldable. 1. that gas cap looks cool 2. why not save time and make it look good by bending the receiver to match the underside of the gas cap area. add nutplates then matchdrill the screw holes and proseal it in place so it won't leak. The gas cap "look" would then be surrounded by say 6 or 8 fasteners and it would have a cool "aircraft/vehicle" one off kind of look. I also like pop rivets and anything that shouldn't look like it belongs on what ordinarily should be expected. I think your show is amazing and I look forward to more insights on your perspective of how the world can be made better!
Sometimes thinking ahead saves problems that arise afterwards good thinking 🤔😏 I remember working at a body shop where there was a body man working on an old four door hardtop trying to aline the side doors having issues with the door windows not fitting with the roof seal very well I noticed then the doors were off the car that the center half post was angled in at the top from the doors closing all the time slowly bending the metal inward I let him play with it for a few hours before I mentioned it to him to check the center half post for the front door latch and rear door hinges since it's not supported at the top roof area it will slowly bend inward with doors opening and closing or slamming shut and twisting the Angle of the door frame so the window hit the window frame before the door fully closed ...
A lot of people would scrap the video when the holes started cracking, but thats half of the educational value of watching you work. Thanks for sharing your Skills Karl 👍🇬🇧
Made mine out of a piece of 3/4 round stock, goes around the bend like no ones business.
Showing these old tricks is a big help to many, well done Carl
That's a really good idea. I was thinking of a slimmer tool so it wouldn't bite into the corners is hard, but a round tool would avoid that entirely
I would say to use 3/16 bar stock, so it took a smaller bite, also, we used to use a tool that was a round rod for a handle, with two rollers bolted on one side. You slipped it on the edge and just roll it back and forth to flange the edge. What I had was 1/4 inch flanges, but a thicker wheel would give a wider flange
I'm #42 like... This video is showing us what not to do which I like. No point in criticizing as after a long day of trying to get somewhere kind of narrows your thinking.
Came to say the same thing. Easier on the hands too. Also a bit longer for leverage.
I really appreciate the editing of the sound. Like the grinding and pounding turned down, it makes for an enjoyable viewing experience ❤
Que trampo top❤Qual o nome dessa tampa de tanque?
Thanks for noticing! Cheers
Brilliant as usual. 😅
Hey, wouldn't it have been better to cut a piece out of another piece of sheet metal 1/2 to 3/4 inches thick, then weld it in and grind it smooth ?? Anywhere I love your content
seeing thart@@MakeItKustom seeing that it has to be welded, , id cut the flange in about 6 places, makes for easier bending, & wont split. & yes, id grill holes first. not as many.
Karl is a born teacher. This dude’s knowledge, skill and patience is fantastic.
Karl, If you’re ever in the market for a middle aged inexperienced intern, sign me up!!
Very interesting. Certainly reinforces how Fitzee would approach this modification. 👍👍😎👍👍
You are a premium educator. I especially like that you make mistakes (drilling holes) but can show us how to correct and move on. Always inspiring.
Diligence and patience and sense enough to back off and think it thru, nice work.
Karl, you’re like the Bob Ross of metal working.
Whoa there partner where are you trying to go with that what you trying to say
@@chauvinemmons Why the surprise? Bob Ross was a master of his craft and both relaxing and enjoyable to watch.
@@chauvinemmons Happy little accidents LOL
My dad built tools for a special purpose, like you just did sometimes for just a single job never to be used again. I learned a lot from him and I'm still learning from guys like you. Thanks Karl!
YOU are the Bob Ross of metal shaving
The fact you try something new on camera and then post it with no editing (aside from sound and some FF ) is awesome. I know that feeling like the plans not working out and you then adapt and tweak and just don’t quit and it always seems to work out.
Great job on the video and sound management !
the drain is for rainwater, as the cap sits flat ( horizontal ) on the jag, and the well would fill with water. great vid as always
I'm #15 like... He was doing this for his friend after all.
Thanks for the video Karl! My dad was a metal man from way back (1950`s) and I learned a lot from him. He used to watch me repair dents and always required metal finishing whenever there was access to the backside of the panel. He taught me to always use heat whenever I needed to re-establish a flange. I think that more heat earlier in the process might have avoided the work hardening that caused the cracking. I would also say, an 0 or a number 1 tip on your torch would have allowed for better heat control. But in the end, you made it work and look great, so Cheers to you for a super fly modification.
Lets go!!! Love this Karl!
U pulled the rabbit out again. Love your segments on home made tools.
Takes a lot of guts to do something like this on camera even with the skill this fellow has. That customer must've really wanted that gas cap. Anyway, good job and thanks for keeping it real by showing the trial and error steps. I respect that. Good work.
It takes a lot of courage and self-confidence to dive into a project using new techniques on materials where you can’t go buy a replacement if you make a mistake. Kind of like a surgeon that is deep into an operation that can’t just go home when things aren’t going well and start over tomorrow. You soldier through and achieve a professional result. It is a joy to watch.
I enjoyed the working out how your going to make it happen and the corrections made along the way. Makes me want to get out and try that myself
I just love people who can make stuff with their proper hands!!!!❤
I now know what a tool I found in my box is for. It was a round stock piece with a few cuts like yours, all at different angles. Glad I didn't get rid of it. Great work as always.
Wow, talent, brains and patience. Metal is like clay, he shows that to be true. Great video, keep up the fantastic work.
I enjoy that your honest with us, showing the process, not "mistakes" but learning curve. Thanks so much !!
Great finished product. You are a Master with a hammer. That fender looks great again !!!
Thx for your videos, learned a lot through them. Stay healthy and balanced. Regards from Germany to you and all bloody Aussies
Ralf
you are a fine upstanding young Gentleman making it very easy to learn from you because of your friendly, mild mannered aura. May life bless and reward you.
Nice work, Karl, you are very patient!
Hey Karl, great educational video and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I’ve just started the metal work on my first project, a 72 Dodge Demon. I plan on using the fuel door from a 69 Charger. I now know how I’m going to do it. I use you’re videos as an educational resource and I’m quite pleased with the results I’m achieving. Thanks!
Did the Challengers have a similar fuel cap?
That’s great Alan! Thanks very much. I am glad to hear this was well timed for your demon Project!
@@johnkranyics281 Not sure what the Challengers had.
You should make a planishing hammer out of the Milwaukee cordless palm nailer , it work’s awesome!
Enjoy watching you work the metal as you sure know what your doing. As I was a welder myself, now retired.Nice job young man.
I love how honest you are .. I learn so much from your channel.
🙏🙏🙏
Great job! You showed that even the experienced can learn.
There's some learning with new tools but you always find a way. I appreciate that.
You’re a brave man. I’d have had to practice on a dozen junk fenders before I attempted it on the target fender. Thanks for taking us along
Great job , great video , great music !!!!!😊
Great custom work, thanks for showing how you do it,1 step at a time good,bad or indifferent, it comes out with work.
Thank you for sharing the struggles man it’s so much more relatable
I love that amazing planishing hammer, it looks almost neolithic like the horns of some ancient mammal
I would love to buy one,but i know i do not have the skill to use it,and would merely spend my workshop time polishing it and oiling it !!!
I love watching you shaping and forming and teasing the metal to shape
Its like being a chil again and watching my father create things
Best real DiY car shop channel...
Excellent camera work and editing. Thank you for the video
Once you get into your mind that you can often make what you need, it really opens up possibilities. I've made stuff that I've only used once but still well worth the time.
I love that you always show the good and bad of doing metal work. Thank you Karl.
Wish you were our shop teacher in metals class, back in the early70s. You have the gift.
I love these videos that show off a simple tool and technique that us guys with no room for fancy tools can use. Another first class low tech lesson video. THANKS !
Yet another great vid Karl the hole in the housing is to let the rain water out to stop rusting as depending on which model some were mounted on the top of the a lot of cars so it fills up in britain we get lots of rain 🤣 also in the past I have use a set of mole grips to do the same sort of thing and because they clamp to the sheet you can get a very tight radius by gently tapping the top as you bend they come in a lot of different widths and angles and are very cheap
Nice work just the same, you brought us to School as well as yourself, "Every Day is a learning Day"-Gene Winfield
Thanks! Karl ! This one was a great Video as always 👍
Great to see from start to finish. Even with mistakes. Keep up the learning.
Cheers O.
And it all comes together, I knew it would. It is fantastic the way we get to see your thought process as you work your way through the problems.
Yes, Karl and the viewers all knew how this was going to turn out, the adventure was how he was going to get there.
thanks, always nice to have helping hands who understand what your doing and understand what is needed next
Even though it didn't go quite as well as you thought, you once again did a masterful job. You are a true artist. I am very impressed.
You are a PRO! Fantastic job👏👏😊
The sign of a craftsmen Is being able to correct mistakes! Well done.
I know very little about the sheet metal, but I do know that it work hardens much faster than a solid thick piece. Trying to work a piece to shape on an anvil after it's lost it's heat always results in cracks. I suspect the sheet metal work hardens much faster than a thicker lump. That came out very well, even after the edges split. Always a pleasure to watch and learn. Thanks!
🙏🙏🙏
Nicely done work, turned out a lot more work which was expected..a sweet custom gas cap choice.
Fantástico! You Are , ( My Personal Opinion) The best in TH-cam.
pretty cool alternative to stretching
I used this exact gas filler door on my Dad's 32. I wish this video was out back when I did it! Great tips, thanks!
Great video Karl, when you don't have the tools it takes a lot of imagineering to get the results your looking for.
One thing about metal, there's so much to learn. Great video's.👍
as always, it was a fantastic learning experience! Thank you Karl.
Thanks for sharing the mistake parts, it helps us who aren’t metal gods to better understand what happens when you think you got it figured out
Great video Karl and another great tip for making the tool. The learning experience is amazing and for you trying the process for the first time and then telling everyone what you felt was a mistake you made, and don’t do it the way you did it so we don’t make the same mistake. That shows a mark of a good teacher and you caring about the ppl who watch your videos
Loved the heating part Karl, you'll become a blacksmith one day bud! Narrower piece of steel with rounded corners might have worked better on the tight radius? Hammer it out on your anvil.....
Like so many of us older farts have come to realize, life is too short to make all the mistakes yourself. Thank You for this insight. JD
That gas cap came out fantastic halfway through i seen the split and I thought you was going to have to do more work than you did. But you nailed it , keep up the great work and God Bless you and your family. 😊👍👍💯👌🙏🏼🙏🏼
outstanding skills… could watch for hours
A couple months ago one of your videos inspired me to bang on some metal. To make a parts washing basin, I cut about 6" off the bottom of a 5 gal steel can and made the exact same flange tool to turn over the cut edge then hammer and dolly it flat. Works great. Thanks for the inspiration. You rock!
Air grinder? Nice. I need one of those. I have a gagillion spot welds on a 1950s Willys floor pan and that will make my like much easier. Excellent video. I can put that flange tool to use immediately on my project
Karl! You need to buy a number one tip for your torch! better heat control! Great video!
Hahha ya I have them was just lazy Larry 😂
It takes time as you said.
I once asked my grandad how they did the work back in the day without all the tools we have today. He was born in 1908. His answer was " We had the best tool there is... time".
Great video Karl. That process will work well for frenching in any opening.
I would like to do some French to headlights on the Mercury! Good call
Lots of innuendoes in this one, massaging your flange… 🤔🧐😂
Nice work 👍👍👍
Im not a metal sheet guy.. But I am enjoying this video.. Such attention to detail and very good explanation from start to finish.. Thank you for uploading..
You are truly a sheet metal doctor
Nice work sir. Thank you.
Nice to see a expert admit when the process is wrong and how to put it right, my brother was a sheet metal worker and made rollrice wings for old rollers amongst other stuff but yes it is nice to see a expert working metal thank you.😊
Looks freakin sweet!!! It’s always more work than we think it’ll be but if everyone could do it it wouldn’t be special!
That is a slick job there Karl! Take care!
Learned this from Ron Covell in the early 2000's ... great instructional ...
I wish I could drive my ‘82 Vanagon Westy up there and build a custom headliner pan
Wow, 4 hours for such a beautiful metal work.. Impressive..!!
When it comes to art you must move slowly and gradually chip away until you find the sculpture underneath. Thank you for your wisdom
39:19 Excerpt from the diary of Karl's cameraman "Today, while trying to get a close up of Karl's work, he kept sticking his big freakin hat in the way! Every time I moved, there's Karl's hat! COME ON KARL, MOVE YOUR Darn bill!" ;)
Such a great video… I love the flow of the improvisation.
That’s what makes it great!
Awesome job,Carl you are great
It's crazy how much knowledge you have and you're a great teacher. Love your vids and workmanship.
Bro you are so talented and I really appreciate your videos they have help me a lot on my own DIY projects
Love it!! Thanks Gents
That was an awesome teaching class. Thank you.
I always learn from you Kevin. One thing I like the most is you admit when you make a mistake and tell your audience what happened and you give the don't do what I did but give the audience sound advice on what to do. This says a lot about your character to help people learn. You are awesome 👌
Thanks Benny I appreciate you! 👊👊👊
Great video, inspired to do this on my 48 Mercury coupe. The drain should be relocated to the lowest area of the recess to allow draining any rain water or fuel overflow.
You are very brave and honest to show all the video showing the issues you had along the way! Fantastic video as far as production and how educational it is! Thanks!!
Make it look simple, the evidence of a master. Impressive work!
Your great work, with the very helpful camera and everything else man Elio, make terrific videos. Thanks very much.
Hot video, buddy. Don't forget to keep an eye on the flames.
Great work. We are all learning with you.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot Matt! Cheers
When you are a sheet metal fabricator and own a welder every problem looks bendable and weldable. 1. that gas cap looks cool 2. why not save time and make it look good by bending the receiver to match the underside of the gas cap area. add nutplates then matchdrill the screw holes and proseal it in place so it won't leak. The gas cap "look" would then be surrounded by say 6 or 8 fasteners and it would have a cool "aircraft/vehicle" one off kind of look. I also like pop rivets and anything that shouldn't look like it belongs on what ordinarily should be expected. I think your show is amazing and I look forward to more insights on your perspective of how the world can be made better!
I think this is the most useful youtube channel there is. Great work and much learning, thanks.
Old school tech...it still works great ..., Karl...I can't wait for you to do more on your Zephyr... keep up with the great vids bro...be safe
Coming right up!
I often use a Crescent as an improvised flanging tool. Good Stuff Boss🤝
That looked like a job I certainly wouldn’t want to attempt myself ! I know why your buddy bought it over to you Carl nice job dude it looks amazing 👍
Sometimes thinking ahead saves problems that arise afterwards good thinking 🤔😏
I remember working at a body shop where there was a body man working on an old four door hardtop trying to aline the side doors having issues with the door windows not fitting with the roof seal very well I noticed then the doors were off the car that the center half post was angled in at the top from the doors closing all the time slowly bending the metal inward I let him play with it for a few hours before I mentioned it to him to check the center half post for the front door latch and rear door hinges since it's not supported at the top roof area it will slowly bend inward with doors opening and closing or slamming shut and twisting the Angle of the door frame so the window hit the window frame before the door fully closed ...