Re: Any sheet metal part for any car, no dies used
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Originally Posted by nkaminar
This is aluminum but in the future mild sheet steel may be able to be formed. Although I think aluminum sheet metal parts for a Model A would be a good idea to save lots of weight. The sheet metal part is a CAD model and then a machine forms it without the use of a die. The cost is probably high but that may come down in the future. It is the machine time that eats up the money.
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That is cool. Guy says he has 19,000 hours into the car they are forming. I feel like I have 19,000 hours into one fender doing it by hand (but I'm a crappy sheet metal person and an even worse welder).
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