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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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eyetzr wrote: |
Quality job sir! Is that masking tape you are using to create your pattern? |
Yes it is . I use low tack spray adhesive first. I spray the panel I am trying to reproduce first. Then go over with cheap masking tape ,With the sticky side up . Then go over one more pass with tape sticky side down in a cross hatch pattern. Now I can peel off and transfer to new metal and start shape'n _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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ibjack wrote: |
danny gabbard wrote: |
Got a little project make'n a couple lowlight fender tops for a customer. First I start off makeing a flexable pattern to transfer to 20 gauge piece of steel I will be shape'n new parts and the rest are roughed out pieces that I need to finish turning leading edge next to headlight bucket. |
I sure hope you would consider making some metal parts for type 3 ghias. |
That would not be a problem , Just need the donner section to copy. _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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jzjames Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2007 Posts: 1921 Location: Windy Point, WA
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Ok. Is that beat'n sheetmetal on a beanbag or sump'n? |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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jzjames wrote: |
Ok. Is that beat'n sheetmetal on a beanbag or sump'n? |
Lil rubber pad , lil power shrinking and stretching and a lot of hammer and dolly work. _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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57BLITZ Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 2385 Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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WOW Danny . . . looks awesome! _________________ Jesucristo es mi Seņor y Salvador! |
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eyetzr Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2013 Posts: 1423 Location: Toronto, Ontario. Canada
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Danny. I used to use mactac cut into strips. Your work is like metal shop porn. I love it. _________________ I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done" |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:57 am Post subject: |
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eyetzr wrote: |
Thanks Danny. I used to use mactac cut into strips. Your work is like metal shop porn. I love it. |
Glad ya like ! What it Mactac ?? _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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eyetzr Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2013 Posts: 1423 Location: Toronto, Ontario. Canada
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:39 am Post subject: |
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low tack kitchen shelf liner. I learned that trick from an old panel beater. _________________ I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done" |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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eyetzr wrote: |
low tack kitchen shelf liner. I learned that trick from an old panel beater. |
Whats cool about the tape deal , You can turn it inside out and use to make the other side if its missing and you can not make pattern from it. I use to just use thin paper and where you gathered it was a good sign where shrinks are going to be. _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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eyetzr Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2013 Posts: 1423 Location: Toronto, Ontario. Canada
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:41 am Post subject: |
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yeah, that was why we were doing that. I had the great pleasure of working with a old panel beater & we were tasked to build a one off car from pictures, customer had some pieces & the rest we made. copy one side to make the other. He also did a trick where he would roll tires over flat sheet metal to start a shape, (he also drank a lot) he would yell out the shop door that I was rolling the tire to fast. _________________ I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done" |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Here is a EMPI style decklid I just finished _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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57BLITZ Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 2385 Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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danny gabbard wrote: |
Here is a EMPI style decklid I just finished |
That looks great Danny!
I like that one a lot!! _________________ Jesucristo es mi Seņor y Salvador! |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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57BLITZ wrote: |
danny gabbard wrote: |
Here is a EMPI style decklid I just finished |
That looks great Danny!
I like that one a lot!! |
Thanks Mark , Was trying something different . Wanted bottoms of the scoops to have the same shap as bottom of decklid. _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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57BLITZ Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 2385 Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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danny gabbard wrote: |
Wanted bottoms of the scoops to have the same shap as bottom of decklid. |
Yep . . . cool!
I also very much like that you placed the scoops closer to the upper edge of the lid!
AWESOME WORK! _________________ Jesucristo es mi Seņor y Salvador! |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again Mark . Ya the first couple I did, I did not cut out the hinge panel / inner structure out . An thought scoops where a little low on lid. _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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theKbStockpiler Samba Member
Joined: July 07, 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Rust Belt
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, what gauge is the ghia patch panel made from? _________________ My beetle is not competing with your beetle. I have the yellow beetle in my town. There is a red one, a green one ......
Use all safety devices including a mask. |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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I use 20 gauge on all VW repairs _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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theKbStockpiler Samba Member
Joined: July 07, 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Rust Belt
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:41 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reply!
Did you use an annealing technique on the ghia panel at all? Also When you make a dome shaped piece , is one of the compound angles worked out first or do you have to do one part of the compound bend a little and then switch to the other compound bend? _________________ My beetle is not competing with your beetle. I have the yellow beetle in my town. There is a red one, a green one ......
Use all safety devices including a mask. |
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danny gabbard Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2008 Posts: 588 Location: carson city. Nevada
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:41 am Post subject: |
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I do not anneal the metal . When shape'n the metal , I am just working everything at the same time . It is hard to describe on a keyboard . constantly moveing around panel shrinking and stretching and wheeling _________________ Shipping is NOT included in any of my products or parts. Just want to say thanks from GAB-FAB for any purchase!! |
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