HOW TO Make a SIMPLE Steel Plate HAMMER FORM - Door Corners on 1939 Lincoln ZEPHYR Chopped Coupe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- On this episode of Make It Kustom, I'm forming and welding door frames on my 1939 Lincoln Zephyr. We go thru step by step, chopping, welding, grinding, and sanding.
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Your metal work is incredible. I watched the whole thing and I am still in awe. You are very talented.
Hey Karl,
This was one of the best videos you have put out !
I have seen guys try to make unusual corners and or bends in some screwed up way and the work they did looked screwed up.
Your talent, wisdom and ability working metal is Master Craftsmanship.
The parts you turn out are just so well done.
You mentioned you might need a bit of Bondo for the finish but it looks to me like you will need very little if any at all.
Maybe a little glazing putty and you got it !
I always look forward to your videos.
Thank you for allowing us into your shop and life.
Work Safe, Be Well
Enjoy Life
Great Job!
I'm really enjoying the way the Zephyr is coming along, the shape is fitting the window frame very nicely, nice curves, well shaped. I wish I could be there to run my hands over the lines. I really enjoy your form work. Thanks!
Like my grandfather used to say: "I love work. I could watch it all day!" 😁
My oldest son just bought a '79 Firebird, and we'll have a bunch of rust repair to do. You and DD, and Bad Chad have all inspired me to help him in this project, and I will definitely be using your videos to help us get through the various problems we'll be facing.
Great stuff, as usual
that great to hear you will be working on this project together!
I've welded and done steel fab, as well as done mechanics for well over 20 years but very little sheet metal work. I think that type of work is a craft, and you are definatly one of the better ones on you tube. Most of the people doing sheet metal fab at your level are my age (57). You are amazing to watch I learn something from every video. Thanks for the awesome content Carl.
Karl, you are one of the best artistic tin knocker I have seen on TH-cam. You have attention to detail and lots of patience. Looks great!
Your metal work is very impressive to say the least! You're a master at your trade! 😊
Mater? 🤔
Hoping you meant Master 🤣
@@maggs131 😅🤣😂 that's hilarious! My bad, I definitely meant master! stupid autocorrect!
Loved the video as always. The effort you put into making parts in order to make other parts is awesome. And you take the time to redo stuff multiple times if needed-which is something I’ve been trying to apply to my builds. Awesome job as always
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... lotsa' oak on junk pallets my friend! KUDO'S, Seth
I’m wondering if you would have soaked the wooden forms in water for awhile and let them get saturated if it would have kept it from burning as you heated and formed. I use wet pieces of wood sometimes to hold behind 2 pieces of thin metal that I’m worried about burning through when welding 👍
What an absolute JOY to see this build come along, can't wait for further updates and to see the holy grail finished. It just doesn't get any better than this!
I love the look of a radically chopped car like that but my head is all but scraping the roof on most vehicles the way they are, and I don’t like having the seat super low either so I could never drive something like that but I really love how they look 👍
If there was a double thumbs-up button I definitely would have hit it!!!
Absolutley agree. I'm not even a metal worker, but I super enjoy watching him make things out of flat sheets of metal. It's crazy the amount of talent he has and not even that old.
Fantastic artistry on this project so far. As you’ve made such a perfect job of these doors, why not go the extra mile and use lead filling instead of Bondo. It deserves it, surely. Great video as always, thanks Karl.
All I can say is “wow”
Thank you for showing not only what worked, but what didn't.
That turned out great and I don't think you'll regret using the 16g next to the hinge, it's gonna add more strength to the corners, nice work Karl
You need some criticism...don't like your hat.
Nah making that up. hahaha
All I can come up with & I had to make that up, great videos...down to earth & hugely informative. This type of content is seriously under rated. Its seriously, this is how we do it, you can do it to, just dive in, learn & don't stop.
This sort of thing will be hopefully be looked back on as one biggest aids to improving the hobby in...well since ever.
Don't stop.
Keep on keeping on.
Two Thumbs up. I have a lot of favourite youtube channels, was cool to know 2 of them know each other very well.
You & Bennet Customs. Missed your meet n greet tour to West Australia but I thought it was cool you knew each other & you both were head down knee deep in fixing metal when you got here. Hope you got a look around the touristy stuff...we don't notice that in our own backyard
Love watching you make art. That coupe conversion is gonna look real nice. Thanks for bringing all of us along for the ride mate.
Dude I love your content and most of all the way you present it. I QUICK description of what youre going to do, then show a working view of the idea taking form. Nothing worse than listening to guys pontificate on a something to lengthen the video! Keep it up brother, amazing work!
I love your work, and recommend so many people as your explainations are so easy to understand. I would make one suggestion I have discovered however. When cutting for a butt weld latter, I don’t cut to a square corner. I always where possible add a rounded corner, as I find comers get too hot when tig welding.
Ahh that class in Texas *so* nearly lined up right to break my trip to Seattle and do something fun, but not quite - a week adrift! So near and yet so far :)
Karl your metal work is just beautiful. Loved watching you working on the Zephyr. Thanks for sharing. 💯👍👊
I enjoy watching your work. Just a suggestion for forming the rounded part what if you useround bar instead of the wood to get your profile
Always love the hammer forming. Can get shapes it would take a huge press to make normally.
Really interesting video. So can the original window glass be used or do you have to buy custom ones?
Watching one of Karl's never ending timelapses is the perfect sleeping aid...
Great video as always learned a lot. Those welding tank caps come in handy...
Hi Karl, is the Zephyr going to be a 3 or 5 window coupe? Andy
I never imagined a TH-cam video could be suspenseful, but I am 11 minutes in and find myself on the edge of my seat nervous for how this is going to go. I trust all will be well because of your talent!
Awesome video and love grin when you said "I formed them out of 16ga.!" such nice progress, this car is epic man!!
lol i was like man that looks thic
Good tutorial. It's just amazing how much work goes into metal work, especially on a chop.
If you're looking for hardwoods go look for a oak pallet some pallets are still made of oak.😎
Wow, so cool Karl. That was truly fun to watch. I also love the music selection in min 38/39 timeframe. Old-school vibe for sure!
Keep on keeping on man! Thanks!
thanks Brian!! year this was more involved than originally anticipated lol
Awesome content
Love all the hard work
Mad fab skills
Really cool to see your pad being put together and finished.😊😊😊
I was quite surprised at how big the hammer form actually was. What was the advantage? The Zephyr is looking really cool keep at it.
Ya, i wouldnt want to see what you are thinking,way too much going on in there.
Two steps, maybe 3, but seems like your at 10 steps ahead.
I was curious what gauge you were using. Makes sense now.
gotta have the "fore-thought" lol its like looking to see if there's TP before taking a $%&*
well done sir,thanks for taking us along.
Hey Karl, the zephyr is gonna be sweet! What was the brown hammer you used to hammer into the form? I couldn’t tell if it was wood or some other material.
thanks John! it was a wood hammer
Great finish Karl.
Your skill level is way up there and you so readily share that with us lesser mortals.
Kudos to you.
What brand is that paint stripping wheel with rounded edge on die grinder
You got me hooked with this Lincoln Siffert , I hope you continue working on it until it’s finished .Oh man that’ll be a blessing to see it completely finished thank you Coral for sharing.
Great work, really inspiring I know how long some of these panels take to make often a lot if not all the panels I make go unseen as they are usually internal and hidden by an outer skin so no one but me knows what went into it but that's a glorious display that everyone can see and appreciate. The channel, production editing everything is spot on, none of your videos make me skip thought them so credit where due. You're making it happen and couldn't be happier for you and your girl, keep at it Karl
I tell you what you're amazing with metal I really enjoyed watching you build these door tops I've been around cars all my life I've had good friends that have chalk I've chopped some of my own cars Made mistakes but that's how you learn This was totally awesome
You blow me away man! Fit and finish number one!
Karl shares tremendous talent and vision with us. Great video.
In my world everything's a hammer.
Why destroy a beautiful car low riders are disgusting, most chops end up bad, 😭
Did the front flex up after you cut the roof? I assume some tension is relieved when you make cuts in metal ?
i dont know if it flexed up significantly. i think the roof just had a natual sweep that was meant to continue rising further for the longer roof as a 4dr
You won't hear any rebuttal from this peanut gallery! I really liked this video! Thanks, JD
I love your chaotic lawful approach. Like - you kinda go with whatever feels right to you but then you're super careful with whatever it is you've done
У меня вопрос, покажете как будете сваривать внутренние усилители в передних стойках крыши?
Vc é muinto proficional..cara..vc tem..todo nosso Respeito..vc é Digno dessa profiçao..obrigado por vc existir
So because of your videos I am about to get started on the patches on my 63 mercury comet, and hell yeah I live in Somerville Texas, so that is definitely doable
Man you nailed that!! I really like how much effort you put in to make something fit!! Keep them coming! Tale care!
Great job! Those corners flow perfectly with the rest of the window frame. Probably not a bad thing to have them made out of 16 gauge either, that's a good spot to have a little extra strength.
If you wanted to have more visibility in the side windows but keep your chop low like this could you thin the top of the door frame to allow for more glass?
I used to believe anything was possible with the right tools and equipment - and then you go and push the limits of what is 'possible'! Well done man!
Great work and very interesting to see how you formed that complex curve. Top marks young man!
Karl just super man…you have a lot of patience with your great skill .. your smile like .. JOB WELL DONE… would give me some confidence if i was your apprentice…! HOW ABOUT SOME CHROME BUMPER SHORTENING…? 🇺🇸🏁
OH!.......Heat!
Exactly what I needed to see. Thanks Karl.
I'm going to try it with propane...and MDF.
Whilst I totally enjoy your builds, and video content, I would like to see some finished. Caddy unfinished , haul truck unfinished , baby buick unfinished, but hey dont stop and return to any of them, lets finish the Zeff.
Morning Karl, all I can say is "WOW", I've been a metal fabricator/machinist for 40+ years, I'm still learning, since I've been watching your videos (& a couple others) things like chopping tops etc. don't scare me, that's coming on my 31 A project, I will update you with some pics on Instagram soon
Looks great. But, brother, I would get working on those sail panels before finalizing those door tops! (Ask me how I know!) Keep@it,,,Izzy Strong,,
I was thinking man i hope he is putting a B pillar in there... Then at the end you stepped back and i could see the whole door. I thought the arched window was going to be weird, but now i see the light. And the legit! Don't you have hardwood trees in Canada? You don't need a plained perfect piece of lumber just a chunk of wood. Hell even a 50 year old chunk of pine will be hard as granite. (Ok maybe 80 year old)
I get impressed every time!
But the rear worries me, I know you want a catwalk, but the rear is sooo long! With a short roof it might look too heavy in the rear like a weird strech coupe, especially with a heavy chop like that and a lot of wasted space in there.
In the previous video where you were chopping the windshield quite an amount more than you already had I was like no no no no no noooo!!! I was thinking that restrain is the way to perfect proportions, subtelty and all that. But now that one door is finished I agree the roofline is gonna be siiiiiiick!! I admit to being a wimp, you went in the right direction! Can't wait to see the Lincoln getting done!!
In other notes, how's Kristinas Caddy coming along? Aaaaand what's up with that hearse in the background there? ^^
Thanks for uploading! Always a pleasure to see you do magic! Greetings from Sweden
Pure joy to watch you do all the stuff you do! 🤩😎👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for sharing
Anders
Sweden
Would make a great motor bike carrier. That’s if your friend wanted something special to carry a couple of bikes. I guess you answered my last question, will it be a coupe or a fast back. Your skill set is truly amazing. Take care and all the best from England.
Everyone has access to hardwood. Just stop by Home Depot and spend your kid's college fund. Or, wait until the next time a major storm takes trees down in your area and head out with your chainsaw. You're bound to find some hapless homeowner cutting up an oak or maple tree. Offer to help in exchange for keeping the wood you cut.
Hey Karl! When you are done messing around in Canada, I have a project for you here in Argentina hehe. And you can show everyone have to reproduce cab corners for pickup trucks 😊 I really admire your craftsmanship and determination to figure out how to shape metal.
Tickets secured! Thank you for coming to Texas!!! I'm looking forward to meeting and learning from you. And thanks for picking such great co-instructors, too.
Awesome!!! thank for coming im really looking forward to this one!
How do you guys deal with the custom glass? Is there a particular place you order it from? Do you just make flat pane glass work somehow?
Beauty, Karl! Hey, when you have to do a wood form, soak it in a bucket of water for a few hours before heat. Then if it starts to char, toss it back in the water for a few mins & continue. It'll cheat you thru many times for onesies-twosies. (Steel, of course, is still sweetest). Rock on! 🤘😎🤘
Hi Karl , When I deep draw metal I start of by Annealing it , First add soot to your peace by using only the Acetylene , then you burn the soot off by turning the Oxy on ( like welding with a big tip ) I hope that helps , Love your work Mate
hey buddy nice job but look next time try joggle cutting the roof so you have fingers to slide apart really aids in the line up and then you end up with small 4 x4 or 4x6 depending on the stretch squares to fill in instead of a whole strip to fit and formits way easier ! i learned that method from rod and custom how to chop a 51 mercury came out early 80's?😉😎👍
Your getting to technical with that bro! 😂 there's many prebent exhaust tubing out there that would have worked with way less effort. Lol but all seriousness you do some awesome shit and glad you share it with us all! Your amazing at what you do and how you achieve your goals bro. Keep on doing what you do, there's always more than one way to skin a cat. I enjoy watching what you do and your creativity that you share. Can't wait for the next vid!
Maybe I missed this in a previous video, but could you comment a little about the various safety equipment you use. I noticed you use a respirator setup in a few shots cutting wood but then just a mask while sanding. I’m old and just wear safety glasses for pretty much everything and safety squints when I can’t find my glasses.
Karl having the fast cut cnc really made quick work of the hammer form! Any chance you can do a full video with step by step on what you did making the form, thought process, cad steps etc. figuring out how much extra material you needed for the actual part etc.
As always, informative and excellent workmanship. Great example of what is possible with a little planning and execution. Thanks for sharing your skills.
I mean, the metal work is killer. Almost like Karl is afraid of a skim coat, he wants to go straight to icing.... Can we talk about the music though, you don't know what's coming next but it's always good. Whoever is on that knows what I like.
Is there anything more descriptive about the metal shaping class? Thank you
the class is going to be a overview of many tools and techniques that make the basics for shrink stretch and form. My goal is for students to have a greater understanding of the 3, how to asses shapes, break them down and choose techniques that will get them there with basic tools. The model a chop, we will go thru the process of layout strategy the actual surgery to bring it down
@@MakeItKustom appreciate it, sounds awesome. I live in San Antonio but have a conflict Friday and Saturday. Hope you have safe travels and a productive class.
When you need hardwood for bucks just look for businesses with pallets laying around. Ask and they will gladly give you all the oak pallets you want for free. It's costly to dispose of pallets. And keep up the great work.
Love the nervous laugh Karl ! Mine would have started when I first picked up the grinder lol ! Great content as usual sir ! Keep them coming, learning a bunch here always ! Thanks
Thank you for sharing ,I was wondering what was going on .And now I know thank you I wish you the best of luck, I’m going to pray for you and family that God will open doors for you my brother, you do fantastic work I enjoy your videos .
The next time I'm in my Maple Ridge crawlspace I'll grab something for you that's a little more durable than plywood. I'll get back to you soon.
I was watching thinking 'you don't need heat to hammer form those', but I'm sure it speeds things up a lot. But I bet you do for 16 gauge! The chop is starting to look really good.
For the new players out there, just remember that both parts of the door frame, needs to be exactly the same. You cannot not tip one in more than the other. You cannot twist glass! Same goes when you tip the top of the door frame in, you need to tip the bottom of the window channel inside the door outwards to keep it dead straight.
Love to come to that class. How about classes at your shop? Are they coming down the pipe line? Also I have a bunch of oak maple and birch wood. Can cut a few chunks if you like.
If you have a truck and trailer repair shop locally, they can be a good source for hardwood. I get laminated offcuts that they use for the trailer flooring. Nice, thick stuff. Works well.
I appreciate your body work. Well done. Go on like that! 😎👍
Absolutely nice work, always a pleasure to watch your videos! Keep going!
Best regards from Germany,
Pat
Very awesome channel. I think it’s great to see young fabricators and machinist hone their skills. On your bead roll dyes, something to keep in mind if you want to repair the center hole or resize it, you could always make some bushings. I have picked up old dyes and bushed the centers to fit my roller.. that might save you time if you like the profile but the center is not correct or worn… Keep up the great content…
thats a great idea thanks!
Nice work, replicating stamped sheet metal is not easy with big machines and you got it done, although I bet there is some time in these corners! In the end the finished car will be worth it!
I’m needing to replace the same area on my 31 Tudor doors but the contour is complicated. This video might help me fix those. Thanks man!
Another youtuber does this.
He buys BONDO by the tons.
We would take a magnet to car sales.
You put in the work to make it right.
I like in your videos, albeit sped up , that you show yourself just looking at what you are planning to do , the observation of a project is the foundation of the starting point . If you don't know where you're coming from it's hard to get where you want to go.
I would love to see more of this build also any chance of getting some more hard to make floor parts by hand I have been struggling with my curves and angles thanks your videos have got my project moving again got my spark back
You are very impressive. You are not only very talented and clever but you speak very well and explain what you are doing very clearly.
Im excited!
Another great video! Nobody understands how much work it is to do the modifications your doing. I can't wait to see the roof being formed at least that will only take a few minutes.🤣