Bead rolling.

[Brandy]

Do anyone know a trick to put beads in a sheetmetal trunk pan without a bead roller?

 

[69L48Z27]

Create dies and use a press or something that would apply pressure. Kinda like the pliers that make a step joint for lapping sheetmetal.

 

[Brandy]

Create dies out of what?

 

[1962polara]

You can make a plywood hammerform,then use a chaser (profiled chisel or shaped steel )with a hammer.

Here is a good read http://www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=473&highlight=floor+bead

 

[snakeyes]

don`t shoot me I found this maybe it will help you

 

[69L48Z27]

Create dies out of what?

Steel

Pirated image off the internet.

 

[cryplydog]

Buy a Pullmax.

 

[Brandy]

Buy a Pullmax.

Send me the money....

 

[mosquito13]

plywood and a router. then get creative with a grinder and a air chisel hammer bit. I got this off the internet , think from the jalopy journal. but it worked for me.

 

[Brandy]

You can make a plywood hammerform,then use a chaser (profiled chisel or shaped steel )with a hammer.

Here is a good read http://www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=473&highlight=floor+bead

Thanks! I joined up so that I could see the pics in that thread and so I can see what all else I can learn from them.

 

[gkent]

18 gauge is easy to form. Dies can be made from anything hard. Apparently Russian plywood is hard enough to make multiple use dies but for a one-shot deal you could probably use pieces of oak. The real trick if you plan to "press" the metal is getting it to press evenly.

 

[Cranky]

Looks to me that a bead roller would be the easier way to go....and they ain't all that expensive.

 

[snakeyes]

there all over and there not bad in price you can alter the cheap one to make them real good check the internet for videos , I just picked up a Woodward fab one with the stand and all the dies $125.00 doesn't even look like the guy used it