learned a new skill!!

[Rod]

Learned a new skill... I'm always willing to learn new stuff, two years ago I learned to paint (not like the Sistine Chapel but cars that is) and for the last few weeks I have been learning to bead roll....here's a few pcs I've done...I show you the sail Panels I did this morning! for a Race car, any advice is appreciated! thanks guys

cardboard Template


draw it on some aluminum


cut with tin snips


done now to draw a pattern


simple pattern, its cool because it doesn't have to be perfect, its just a guide


pick out the die I want on the bead roller and start


done with one!


heres the sail panel in the car


heres some of the other parts I did, like a rear seat closeout and package tray with a waterfall front



heres an interior quarter panel


and cowl closeout panels

[dragonfly jones]

Its fun learning new stuff.

[Todd in Vancouver]

Very cool. It's nice to keep it new and interesting and the car is looking good.

[Motorcitydak]

Very cool, did you find that it was difficult to pick up? I have never tried it but have been thinking about getting a roller. Read that it is really hard to get a straight line without a fence and that hand powered ones are a PITA to use by yourself

Also as a side note for anyone reading this (and I cannot see what you used for fasteners) but I have also read to never use simply sheet metal screws to hold anything in place, they can back out and fall off possibly causing you or someone else to lose a tire and crash. It is either pop rivets or riv-nuts and cap screws

[Rod]

Very cool, did you find that it was difficult to pick up? I have never tried it but have been thinking about getting a roller. Read that it is really hard to get a straight line without a fence and that hand powered ones are a PITA to use by yourself

Its pretty easy to get a straight line, if you draw out your pattern like i did with a straight edge and then just go slow, Im using a powered one with a foot pedal its kinda likea sewing machine for the garage!

Also as a side note for anyone reading this (and I cannot see what you used for fasteners) but I have also read to never use simply sheet metal screws to hold anything in place, they can back out and fall off possibly causing you or someone else to lose a tire and crash. It is either pop rivets or riv-nuts and cap screws

good to know!! those are just sheet-metal screws holding the cowl closeouts in place, I will change them right away, I think pop-rivets because the panel will not have to be opened later, theres nothing to be serviced underneath