Straightening Sheet Metal

Step 1 remove any plastic trim from the metal that requires straightening.

Straightening sheet metal.

The steel should be heated slowly to around 600 620 c and straightened at that temperature before being allowed to cool slowly and naturally. There are two common processes for reducing thick steel sections into thin sheet metal. 3 do not put your hands around the roller during operation. Diameter faces flat or medium crowns and are heavy 1 16 oz or medium 8 10 oz in weight.

Two additional striking tools are the traditional slapper and spoon figs. A serrated metal disc when spun at 5 000 to 6 000 rpm against the sheetmetal will heat any high spots though not to red hot as with the torch without touching the surrounding areas. Operation requirements 1 use the roller leveler correctly. Most hammers have large 11 2 in.

Automotive sheet metal starts out as a flat sheet usually in the form of a large coil. The most common way to add grooved seams to sheet metal is to use a bead roller. 1 mechanical straightening of sheet metal parts. Any paint on the surface of the metal will crack and flake off when it is bent but plastic trim may make straightening the metal more difficult.

Choose the right contour size and weight hammer spoon or slapper and dolly. Bead rollers can be mechanical or electric. Operation steps 1 mechanical leveling of metal sheets. Diameter or medium 11 4 in.

Heat straightening does not symmetrically straighten the metal and is a gradual process. Heat straightening involves applying controlled heat to a deformed part of steel in heating and cooling cycles until the metal gradually straightens. With a bead roller you put the metal between a male and female die that are tightened down to press the design that is cut into the dies into the metal.