How To Use Gauge Wheel Sheet Metal

Clamp or hold a straightedge or square along the cutting marks and score a line with the tip of a sharp utility knife blade.

How to use gauge wheel sheet metal. An oversized piece of flat stock is placed against the body so leonard schrock can trace the shape of the wheel opening and cut the metal to shape. The trace line is very faint. Follow along as i demonstrate how you can begin shaping metal with hand tools only. The lower the number the thicker the metal is.

Just place your sheet between the dies snug down the lever and give the wheel a turn. Using two separate pieces and welding together will make the piece stronger and also make it easier to shape the metal than making the piece out of one piece of metal. How to measure metal sheet and wire using a standard metal gauge. And you can use the same technique anytime you need a straight cut on aluminum or other light gauge sheet metal even steel.

Once transferred the shape is called a bead presumably due to its resemblance to a welding bead. Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it. How can you go about shaping metal with hand tools alone.