Good morning,
I am assembling a brass steeplecab kit. All of the pieces come flat.
The roof consists of a piece of 0.040" thick brass. (Wire gauge 19.) I am
supposed to curve it to create a standard boxcab roof: flat with curves only
from side-to-side. The radius at the edge is about 1/4 inch and the rest is a
wide, gentle curve.
I just shaped the first roof for my steeplecab fleet. It was not fun and I am
not trilled with the results. (Fortunately a wooden pantograph platform will
cover most of the mess.) The piece is too wide for my bending brake. My
hands
are not strong enough to shape this 0.040 or 19 gauge brass sheet. It is too
slippery for my vice to hold with a rod plus I am trying to not damage the
rivet detail. Do I need a specialty tool?
This one is small at only 3 1/2 inches in length. I plan to build some big
boxcabs, starting with a NYNH&H EF-3b. These will be the same width but much
longer.
I know these lists includes some masters of brass. How do you shape such
things?
Thorin
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