what kind of equipment to do this?

[JRouche]

Originally Posted by Jim Nilsen

You can do them the old fashioned way with a wood form and a wooden mallet. Hammerforming is still the way for some of us.

YES!! That is the first thing the popped into my head when I saw the edge. The pros use purposes made bucks. I tend to use stuff thats around the shop.

Before I got some of my tools, (I had more time than money) I formed alot of sheetmetal with a hard rubber mallet, many clamps and whatever piece of material that I could find that would give me the shape I needed. Even a piece of 1/2" steel rod bent to the shape needed will work. And that was with 16ga steel because I had a few sheets of it.

I still like to mallet sheetmetal. And when the mallet isnt putting enough force on the steel I like a BFH with a piece of wood to act as a buffer. With sheetmetal I still like to hammer it out. And I dont have a shrinker. Id like to have one, no room. But I do have the space for many hammers and clamps

There are many ways to form sheetmetal. Steel is great!!! JR