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Aug 30, 2007 | 05:48 PM

tip49

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Shrinking heat

I don't have acetylene torch, do the hand held soldering torches have enough heat to shrink 14 ga metal ?

Tom

Aug 30, 2007 | 06:07 PM

bobj49f2

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I don't think so, the propane torch doesn't have a hot enough or concentrated enough heat. You will have a too big of an area heated up before the metal will get hot enough.

Aug 30, 2007 | 07:21 PM

jareddill

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a mapp gass torch should, and they are cheap and easy to find

Aug 30, 2007 | 08:30 PM

4tl8ford

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They make some heat guns that go to 2500 degrees, I'm going to try one for S&G's.

Aug 30, 2007 | 09:17 PM

Brian_B

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I have a shrinking disk I am going to try (if I ever get that far). I do not have an acetylene torch either.

Aug 30, 2007 | 09:41 PM

49fordpickumup

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Heat

There is a good article on shrink disc in one of the car magazines this month. I go to Borders and read them all ,so I can't recall which one.Have a great day, chuck

Aug 30, 2007 | 09:43 PM

Brian_B

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metal meet has a good tutorial too. It is online and free.

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Aug 30, 2007 | 10:21 PM

CharlieLed

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14 ga is fairly heavy to be trying to shrink with heat. A shrinking disc will probably not generate enough heat for metal that thick. John Kelly is a metal wizard and has regular posts on the HAMB but he is also found at http://metalshapers.org/101/jkelly/index.html
The metalshapers site is very good if you are looking to develop your skills with metal. I bought a shrinking disc from John Kelly a couple of years ago and I find that it really works magic with most sheetmetal...however, I have never attempted to work 14 ga metal with it.