 Shaping
Hands-on time for projects (majority of the day)
Review of principles covered the first day
- Aluminum number system – AA/ASTM – history – temper designation – cast, wrought products – heat treating, precipitation and age hardening
- Detailing – concept of change of thickness, shaping vs. folding component
- Turning 90 degree flanges – inside and outside radius flanges
- Making offsets/joggles
- Beading – principle of change of thickness vs. folding component
- Edge to edge beading
- Contained beading
- Around compound/radius shapes
- Demonstrate welding 2 flat sheets together, straighten to flat with hand tools
- Demonstrate welding 2 flat sheets, miss cut together, straighten with hand tools, hot shrinking/cold shrinking/stretching back to flat
- Elements of design, use of automotive sweeps, true radius templates, understanding and developing highlight lines – buck making, patterning, surface developments – getting started
- Optional: Go over proper use of leaf brake, how to set up and adjust
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