Diy Sheet Metal Louvers

This particular model can punch 2 1 2 or 1 1 4 round top hot rod louvers.

Diy sheet metal louvers. Subscribe my channel for more new videos. I m punching some scrap 060 aluminum. 20 diy homemade striking anvil with hardy hole. Each box represents a louvered zone on the metal and is divided by vertical lines that will be the louver opening s edge.

Could you use a third hand in the shop. Here is the finished pattern. The best way to make louvers is to take your panel to a shop that has a proper louver press and dies that are the right shape. When formed the metal is slit across the length of the louver and forced up into the die.

How to create hand hammered 1930 s style louvers for your hot rod. See more ideas about metal working tools metal shaping metal working. There s no hold down clamp so the metal flares up a bit between the louvers. Box tube and sheet stock rob s hand built from scratch rat rod.

Here are some pics of my just completed louver press. This forms a raised window in the part which is protected on three sides and open on the fourth. I hope you like this video. Airstream restoration car restoration aluminum sheet metal aluminium sheet custom metal fabrication power hammer car workshop metal forming metal working tools.

For dimension and more informat. As you can see it. A louver in sheet metal design is typically a formed feature made with a punch press incorporating a top and bottom die. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool.

This was a kit from lowbuck tools. I paid 35 for the tool steel and 65. See all 25 photos. The sides of the feature will not be slit.

I made my own dies from tool steel with a lot of grinding and filing. I scrounged up an old two way ram with a broken end and a 12volt power unit from a lift gate. Providing on site airstream restoration services. I started out with the heavy duty frame from an old oliver jig saw that i bought for 100.

Butt welding vs overlapping sheet metal panels. Check out exclusive features and details as well as this machine in action at. Bad chad s homemade diy louver press.