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posted on June 6th, 2008 at 06:49 PM
What thickness of sheetmetal
So for body work on my '63 beetle, what thickness of mild steel should I get? 1.0mm? Less?
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posted on June 6th, 2008 at 09:18 PM
1.0mm Cold rolled annealed uncoated sheet is the best to get for forming car body panels.
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posted on June 7th, 2008 at 04:56 PM
Thanks Hellbus. Is this also known as zinc anneal or is that something different?
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posted on June 7th, 2008 at 05:03 PM
That is different. We find zinc anneal is harder to form into complex shapes when making new panels. It makes the difference between 50 thousand
hammer hits to form the panel, or double that for the zinc anneal. It can be used for straight edged parts, folded on a sheet folder easily though.
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