floor panel attempt #1

[mrmorrisminor]

I was reading some of the posts by Taupe on fabricating panels and was inspired to have a go.......[frame][/frame]

I started by creating a wooden former of the rear floor panel. I made a full rear floor pattern for future use.....[frame][/frame]

Then cut the sheet to the approx size of the repair needed, marking the indentations to be fabricated[frame][/frame]

It is far from perfect but it's my first go at proper panel beating.... we are on a very restricted budget for this resto (my cousin's first car) so thought it was the perfect time to have a go

[brian]

well done

[taupe]

Hey Mrmorris minor

Looks good to me too

Tip if you want to reduce the small bumps and ripples - place a metal bar in the radius and tap any high spots lightly with your hammer.

Excellent work and will be nice and strong.

Taupe

[mrmorrisminor]

Thanks for the tip..... I will be doing some fine tuning at the weekend before fitting

[chickenjohn]

Good effort!

BTW, you can make your own tool to stamp out these indentations by taking an old, wide bladed chisel and rounding the edge with a grinder. This will give a sharper/ neater line at the edge of each indentation.

[RobThomas]

If you could borrow a wheeling machine for 10 minutes then you'd have an awesome finish. Gets all of the dents out of the panels. You can borrow mine but I'm in cardiff!

[RobMoore]

This may seem a bit silly but why do the floor panels have these indentations?

[taupe]

Rob

The indentations add a lot of strength and reduce drumming.

Taupe

[RobMoore]

ah right ty

[Sam_Finlay]

Now there's a coincidence. I posted this video I took last month of my home made floor panels to You Tube the other day. LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIibEpMt_4w

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[mrmorrisminor]

Like the vid..... I've got that self same job to do on my pick up resto that I started 3 years ago and got 'side tracked'