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noexit
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Repairing Nose for Eventual Paint

sputnick60 wrote:

Have a peek at this.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=697771&start=17

and the dimensions for the VW workshop punch tool here

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I think dimensions for the die tool exist but I cannot find them at the minute.

Nicholas

Looks like the dimensions are right there on the drawing.
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:35 am Post subject: Re: Repairing Nose for Eventual Paint

TDCTDI wrote:

OOH, that is nice! Although it would be difficult to use on the car without a second set of hands.

The OPs car could easily be worked back into shape to reduce the amount of filler used.

That would totally kick ass if paired with a plannishing hammer.

I made my own tool to form a piece of metal to replace the ridge with round and square rod welded together and finished with a file.
The two pieces were joined with a piece of rebar.
Set the main block in a vice and ran a piece of metal back and forth while lightly hammering the suspended part of the die.
Kept working it to and fro until the ridge was complete and the arch matched the nose. Mine was so bad, ground through is many places, the I had to replace the entire ridge from the emblem down. Here it is before cutting out the old ridge.

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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 1:41 am Post subject: Re: Repairing Nose for Eventual Paint

noexit wrote:

sputnick60 wrote:

I think dimensions for the die tool exist but I cannot find them at the minute.

Nicholas

Looks like the dimensions are right there on the drawing.

Yes.. but I was referring to the tool that would go on the other side of the skin.
No matter.. Danny Gabbard has put up an advert for the pair of them
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1844040
for $150 its a reasonably economical prospect.

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