Hand Forming Aluminum Sheet

To get a primer on basic metal shaping we headed over to walden speed in pomona.

Hand forming aluminum sheet.

Place the material. But can be used on anything you might be working with that requires something built out of aluminum sheet. Follow along as i demonstrate how you can begin shaping metal with hand tools only. Resistance to corrosion varies.

With a combination of these manipulations you can create anything from flat sheet and you can do it by hand. Some are heat treatable and some are not. Some are quite malleable and others so hard and springy as to challenge attempts to work them. Locate and drill holes for alignment pins.

Hand forming sheet aluminum requires a knowledge of the characteristics of this metal in the many alloys in which it is available. Eventually i d like to tackle a new tank and fenders but obviously to start i d just want to. Remove all burrs jagged edges. It didn t take long to realize that he s a master of the art of hand forming sheet aluminum into things ranging from parts for antique automobiles and modern racing car bodies to airplane cowlings fairings and wheel pants.

This reduces the possibility of the material cracking at the edges during the forming. Cut the material to size allowing about 1 4 inch excess material for trim and drill holes for alignment pins.