Mark Oja

Sheet Metal Shrinker/Stretcher For Your Classic Car

Mark Oja
Duration:   1  mins

Description

A sheet metal shrinker/stretcher is perfect for any type of metal fabrication you need for your classic car, and it keeps the metal completely flat (without crimps). Mark Oja gives a brief demonstration on how the stretcher works and then shows you an example of a finished product.

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One Response to “Sheet Metal Shrinker/Stretcher For Your Classic Car”

  1. Ken

    What brand/model is that foot pedal operated shrinker/stretcher? I haven't seen it before.

For anyone who does any kind of metal fabrication, this is an amazing tool. For a couple of hundred bucks you can have one of these in your garage. It's basically a shrinker and a stretcher. And the bottom line is you take metal, and you run it through the jaws and you can build an amazing number of things. Mark's gonna show us, you know, he's got a piece of metal that's very straight. He's put a bend in it, and as you can see it's pretty straight. Looks like a magic act here but. Watch what he does it really is pretty magical. The beauty of the machine is it actually doesn't crimp, if you go slow the metal will be completely flat. It's not a situation where it causes a crease, you just have to go slow about it and work the metal. The more patient you are, the more proficient you are, the better the final outcome. There you go. Great. Great final product. This is great if you're say repairing a muscle car or you've got rust at the bottom edge of the window. It's a great way to build metal up, so you can stretch it and do a great job. You got the stretcher, you got the shrinker. And a great tool for your garage.
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