Turtledeck Former Flanges

[GordonTurner]

Gaps at flanges

In the podcast About turtledeck Jeff mentions that one of the steps is to adjust the flanges to be the right angle to sit flat. I can’t figure out how to do this. My attempts have resulted in pretty abused looking formers that are twisting out of plane, without a whole lot of improvement to the flange part.

[sonex892.]

Hi Gordon. There is too much flute on the photo shown. Use pliers or something to flatten or squash those existing flutes a tiny bit and that gap will close.

[pfhoeycfi]

I had a real tough time w the flanges and gave up trying to adjust too much and shimmed where I could. I think the podcast mentioned shimming as well.

peter h
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