Fender made for Rudy

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Fender made for Rudy

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Rudy asked that I post pictures of a fender I made for him. After looking at the pictures I realized I should have wiped the fender first . It is a 13" radius with 6 3/8" of width and 2.5" deep
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Re: Fender made for Rudy

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nice
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Re: Fender made for Rudy

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that's brass??? seriously nice work. would you mind describing the process a little?

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The fender is formed with a pull max using doming die progressively them the shape is traded using an English wheel with twin upper wheels.
I make them in steel ,aluminum, stainless steel, and titanium also .
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Brass did someone say brass. I love brass. Thinking about having my girder brass or copper plated. Everybody is chroming.
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A good powder coat is pretty cool. This is a two stage powder way cheaper and more forgiving than plating.
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Great work Ken. We'll talk about a shorty for the front.
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That's beautiful
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Post by railroad bob »

Thats beautiful work Ken. I love the looks of brass too, but Dave made some good points about powder.

And I think copper is the first step for chrome plating, followed by nickel, then chrome.

A chrome plating shop should be able to do copper plating.

Beautiful fender by Ken, tho.
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