On 2/3/2012 4:44 PM, Ben wrote:
> Hello Don, Terry
>
> @Gordon
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
> Yes, 18ga 1.2mm cold rolled steel.I bought a whole sheet for this project.
(Tons of other rust in the vehicle)
>
> Ok, so you mean I should:
> 1) Roll the beads all the way to the end.
> 3) Carelly make cuts / nothes through the beads where I want to bend it up.
> 4) bend up the end and shrink / flatten /remove the beads from the bent up
part.
> 5) Weld the bent up part back onto to the beads.
>
> That sounds doable!
>
>
Speaking from the blacksmith point of view, I wonder how well it would
go if you reduced the end to a truly pliable state and hammer formed it
into a suitable swage.
It still amazes me how much it is like working play-doh.

Mike Graf