Working With Aluminum Sheet Metal

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Working with aluminum sheet metal.

This tech tip is related to their sportster project but can be used on anything you might be working with that requires something built out of aluminum sheet. I m new to all this but it s still possible for me to form flat sheet into some simple shapes using basic tools. Interior gauge panel save yourself some cash and make a gauge panel pod that fits your exact application. Fabricators use specialized tools such as press brakes to cut drill holes bend and join sheet metal to create all sorts of two dimensional structures for a variety of commercial industrial and residential applications.

Welcome to the latest how to installment from jay roche at special 79 barnstorm cycles. 5 sheet metal projects to get you work in aluminum 1. Panel blister clearance blister with custom cars you re always trying to fit a lot into a package that it may not. Today i show a bit of basic metal shaping.

Commonly known as aviation snips or tinsnips these scissor like tools are great for cutting soft sheet metals such as tin aluminum brass and thin gauge 24 gauge or thinner steel. Depending on the cut shape you ll use left cut right cut or straight snips typically indicated by the handle color.