Topic: new shop machine for forming sheet metal

[Cornfield Customs]

picked this up today, i have been looking for a pullmax, or other reciprocating machine for a while. luck was on my side yesterday, had to drop off a tail gate skin i louvered to a customer, he had this sitting in his shop. told him i had been looking for one, and he offered to sell it to me cheap! came with some tooling, phase converter, and the head was recently rebuilt.

made some dies to make 30-31 door body lines, they came out pretty much perfect.




the dies, i made



making some panels



end result

[jsmithbm]

Thats bad ass, unlimit things you can do with a tool like that

[Dustin Arnett]

As always, handling business the best way possible.. Congrats on the new machine!


~Dustin

[Grumpyoldman]

Congrats on the GREAT SCORE.... Just goes back to what I said before,with the quality of your work you should be selling replacement  parts and accessories,and or CUSTOM parts.. 

[Greybeards Customs]

You know that no one sells that panel you just made , I can see some $$$$ available there . Lookout Howells sheatmetal , there is a new player in the game !

[obama]

Great score, I see more custom sheet metal work headin your way.

[hotwheels]

wow, that is freakin kewl as hell...........

[Cornfield Customs]

i am working on uploading a video, hope it will be up soon.

here are some pics of the first rough draft of a model a door skin. it is a little wavy. mainly that was because i was alone at the shop when i was doing it, so i was having problems supporting it. not bad for the first one.

[Grumpyoldman]

That is so cooooooool.. Why not build a couple of support tables with carpet on top to hold up your work? Just an idea....

[RangerRat]

Very nice work

[Cornfield Customs]

grumpy, the tables are a good idea, but then i will have tables in the way lol. it is easier to just have on of my buddies to help hold it. there is pretty much always someone hanging out around the shop that i can convince to lend a hand.

i do have a table for my bead roller, but it is mostly in the way, so i leave it leaned up against the wall lol

[Greybeards Customs]

Very nice , dude I am jealous , I would love to have something like that .

[Cornfield Customs]

here is the video

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[Grumpyoldman]

You really know your machines. How much force does it take to push (shove) that metal thru there? What gauge metal are you using? How much shrinkage do you get when its complete? Sorry for all the question, I guess it comes from being a machinist for way too many years..

[hotwheels]

wow, that is freaking incredible how fast it made that part.............man, i hope one day to have some tools like that in my shop.

[Greybeards Customs]

You know what they say about men and boys , it's the price of thier toys , and this boy wants one of those toys !

[Hot Rod Builder]

Wow nice machine and work ,I. Own a pullmax p7 myself  and there is so much you can do with them.

[Samster]

great to see! though  earcaps or -plugs, and 'on-holiday-neighbours' seems appropriate for this 

have fun with it!