1/4" long bolts with the head and threads cut off welded to the pliers fits into 3/8" channel just fine.Bugs66 said:I JB Weld the round stock to pliers. My homemade fluting pliers haven't failed yet.
For the 3/8 channel though, seems you would need something pretty narrow. Maybe the duct pliers are the best.
Pat Bowers said:Unfortunately the shrinker stretcher won't work on the small channel, only on angle stock. At Legend we make a form and bend it around using a hammer to flatten the kinks. If you have to make a tight bend the crimpers are the only way I know of. Pat at Legend[/
This is the same way my friend does the Piper channel, he is a former contractor for Wag Aero. He also does the rear window "D" frame channels a real efficient way, he starts out with the straight channel and a steel pattern the shape of the D window and stretches them around the male die with a thick steel female shoe, this is done with a cheap Harbor Freight muffler cutter air gun.
Cub junkie said:...This is the same way my friend does the Piper channel, he is a former contractor for Wag Aero. He also does the rear window "D" frame channels a real efficient way, he starts out with the straight channel and a steel pattern the shape of the D window and stretches them around the male die with a thick steel female shoe, this is done with a cheap Harbor Freight muffler cutter air gun.
Bugs66 said:Cub junkie said:...This is the same way my friend does the Piper channel, he is a former contractor for Wag Aero. He also does the rear window "D" frame channels a real efficient way, he starts out with the straight channel and a steel pattern the shape of the D window and stretches them around the male die with a thick steel female shoe, this is done with a cheap Harbor Freight muffler cutter air gun.
Can your friend make me a set of D frames? How much?
Longwinglover said:I have been to Ralphs shop and seen his work. The shop is adiquate (but more like a large home workshop) but the quality of Ralphs metal work is very high. Ralph is getting on in years and I don't know how much work he is still doing. The one thing I will warn you about is because he is a one man show, if he doesn't have on hand, he can be as slow as Christmas! :lol:
Good luck,
John Scott