More post dollies

[knoba]

For profiling/shaping metal sheet



Page link: https://knoba.wordpress.com/2014/06/...-post-dollies/

Thanks Ken!

[kbalch]

Thanks knoba! I've added your Post Dollies to our Metalworking category, as well as to your builder page: knoba's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Post Dollies by knoba

tags: dollies, welding

[Captainleeward]

Hi knoba, Do you put them in a vise to use them? I have never seen these before.
Also can you give an example of some parts you have made with them? Thanks .....:O)
Inquiring minds want to know.

[knoba]

Either vice mounted or hand-held.

I've been using them vice mounted with my metal horse to make new body panels, from 1.0mm zintec sheet steel, for my old rust-prone van (originals/replacements are no longer available). They did an outstanding job!

These 2 panel sections, shown bordered by white, had to include the seal profiles at the bottom, lower style line & original right angled joining seams for spot welding;



Hand-held, they allowed me to shape & redress, in situ, the metal roof (originally entirely corrugated) to fit both these sunroofs, as there was no provision for them in the original design (I have a good collection of bodywork dollies, but none that would properly address the shapes the new roof openings needed);



They're like mini shaping anvils. Great too for new panels, that never seem to fit like they should.

hth

[Captainleeward]

Wow That's great Thanks for sharing I love to learn as much as I can Really nice job by the way!!!!!!

[DIYer]

Great job on that bodywork, knoba! I like the solar panel array too.

[knoba]

Thanks for the compliments, guys! I love learning too. It's always impressed me; the unstinting generosity of other engineers I have met, that have given their time and knowledge so freely. I hope, one day, to be as good as any one of them.

[Altair]

Those lines are neat! Nice job. Mine would probably look like the amazon river especially if the lines are that long!