"Bill Noble" wrote in message
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I''m still searching all over for some way to make the 4 ft long curl
on the end of some .040 stainless to form a hood hinge for my 36
cadillac - it puzzles me to no end that this thing could be made in
1936 and no one I've contacted has a clue how to make it today - looks
like either a roll mill or hammer mill job to me - no this is not a
hinge with a pin, it is a typical interlocking spiral car hood hinge.
any clues?
Cad Coupe? Boss of mine in high school had one of the 2 1936 Cad
coupes in the SF Bay area.
it's a series 6019 (look on www.wbnoble.com, click on hobbies, then
cars) - some day I'll finish it. It is the smallest of the V-8s of that
year, 4 doors, dual side mounts, should be nice if I ever get it
finished.
by the way, I"ve posted images and a diagram of the part I need to the
drop box using the file name "36-cad-hinge-*" they should show up "real
soon now"
here's the links to the images in the dropbox
The file 36-cad-hinge-3.JPG has been added to the Drop Box as
"36-cad-hinge-3.JPG".
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/36-cad-hinge-3.JPG
The file 36-cad-hinge-drawing.jpg has been added to the Drop Box as
"36-cad-hinge-drawing.jpg".
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...ge-drawing.jpg
The file 36-cad-hinge-1.jpg has been added to the Drop Box as
"36-cad-hinge-1.jpg".
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/36-cad-hinge-1.jpg
The file 36-cad-hinge-2.jpg has been DEFERRED for manual handling as
"36-cad-hinge-2.jpg-1".
It was deferred because: because it is too small (min size = 5000)
The file 36-cad-hinge.txt has been added to the Drop Box as
"36-cad-hinge.txt".
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/36-cad-hinge.txt
It looks to me like you may need an inside pattern and figure out how to
roll the strip around it. I have seen that type of hinge but never thought
about how it was made. Wonder if it could be drawn thru a suitably shaped
tapered die, with maybe some preliminary forming? Seems like a good repro
part to sell if you can figure it out reasonably.
Don Young