Steel fabricators?
Mar 10, 2013 | 09:01 AM
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Steel fabricators?
Does anyone know of someone who can fabricate something(s) from Steel? I've emailed 2 steel fabricators local to me and had no reply from either...
Mar 10, 2013 | 12:21 PM
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Mar 10, 2013 | 12:36 PM
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Rear quarter panels, in the southeast, and no, but working on a template.
Mar 10, 2013 | 06:53 PM
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You don't need a fabricator, they work on 5mm plate up. You need a panel beater.
Mar 10, 2013 | 06:58 PM
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You don't need a fabricator, they work on 5mm plate up. You need a panel beater.
To make some from scratch?
Mar 10, 2013 | 08:09 PM
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I`d say someone within the body/panel department not your average steel worker
Mar 10, 2013 | 08:47 PM
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making panels from sheet steel is a hugely specialised job IMO cant be that many people that still even know what an "english wheel" is, never mind use one.............
Mar 10, 2013 | 08:47 PM
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To make some from scratch?
Yep. How do you think old fashioned sportscars were made?
Mar 10, 2013 | 09:24 PM
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Yep. How do you think old fashioned sportscars were made?
Ok ta, maybe try a different avenue
Mar 10, 2013 | 09:42 PM
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A half-decent bodyshop would do it, but it won't be cheap, sadly.
Mar 10, 2013 | 09:50 PM
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Why not just have the rust cut out and patches welded in rather than replace the whole quarter?
Mar 11, 2013 | 06:48 AM
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Why not just have the rust cut out and patches welded in rather than replace the whole quarter?
From what I've read on here it can still return.
Mar 11, 2013 | 01:19 PM
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It can, but not if it's cut right back beyond the rust, ie: done properly.
Mar 11, 2013 | 01:26 PM
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Ali panels
Mar 11, 2013 | 07:11 PM
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Ali panels
Is it not a nightmare welding ali to steel?
Mar 11, 2013 | 08:17 PM
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Is it not a nightmare welding ali to steel?
Nightmare being that its impossible
Mar 11, 2013 | 08:34 PM
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Nightmare being that its impossible
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