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Here I'm tiping the door edge lip on the beading machine.

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shrinking the edge back to the correct contour

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I clamped the 19 ga. steel between the plywood forms

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Here I started to hammer the outside edge using a hammer with about a 6 in radius

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For the center I used a much lower crown hammer

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After I roughed in the shape I torqued [or corked] the edges to define them a little more

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I used the planishing hammer to get the final shape and smoth the part.

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I had some 5/8 plywood so I used it to make a simple hammer form.

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Line laser and stand

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I set the line laser on the edge of my steel bench. [see red line]

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I put the part on the bench then line up the part where I need a second hard line hammered in [the line doesn't show in the pics but it works great]

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Finished job took 2 hr. including the wood form [ could be finished better but this is what the customer wanted so it's perfect]

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I tightened and trued the edge on the e-wheel with a flat anvel tiped a little with a shim on one side. this could have been done on the planishing hammer but I find it easier to keep a straight line on the e-wheel

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paper pattern held on held on 19 ga.steel with magnets for tracing

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1/2 in lip added to the front and bottem. 1/2 in. masking tape makes this easy.