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Fender made for Rudy
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:34 pm
by Ken Hosford
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
Re: Fender made for Rudy
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:06 pm
by curt
nice
Re: Fender made for Rudy
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:56 am
by budoka
that's brass??? seriously nice work. would you mind describing the process a little?
take care,
-dan
Re: Fender made for Rudy
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:07 am
by Ken Hosford
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 .
Re: Fender made for Rudy
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:31 am
by Swamprabbit1
Brass did someone say brass. I love brass. Thinking about having my girder brass or copper plated. Everybody is chroming.
Re: Fender made for Rudy
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:50 pm
by Dusty-Dave
A good powder coat is pretty cool. This is a two stage powder way cheaper and more forgiving than plating.
Dusty
Re: Fender made for Rudy
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:49 am
by rudog
Great work Ken. We'll talk about a shorty for the front.
Re: Fender made for Rudy
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:17 pm
by Jeff L
That's beautiful
Re: Fender made for Rudy
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 2:13 am
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.
