SHRINKAGE
Sep 11, 2019
3 minutes
STORY & PHOTOS CHAD ATKINSON
THIS month, we’ll walk you through two of the most common ways to use an oxy torch to straighten a sheet-metal panel, via a process called heat-shrinking. There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to applying heat to steel; hopefully the following will clear up some of those fallacies.
HOT SPOT SHRINKING
THESE high crown areas (below left photo) can be caused by numerous things, including
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