I paid 35 for the tool steel and 65.
Diy sheet metal louvers.
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I made my own dies from tool steel with a lot of grinding and filing.
Here are some pics of my just completed louver press.
This was a kit from lowbuck tools.
Conventional sheet metal shops are plentiful but the dies commonly used for air conditioning and similar sheet metal applications are not the right shape for a morgan.
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A louver in sheet metal design is typically a formed feature made with a punch press incorporating a top and bottom die.
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When formed the metal is slit across the length of the louver and forced up into the die.
This forms a raised window in the part which is protected on three sides and open on the fourth.
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Each box represents a louvered zone on the metal and is divided by vertical lines that will be the louver opening s edge.
This particular model can punch 2 1 2 or 1 1 4 round top hot rod louvers.
As you can see it.
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Here is the finished pattern.
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There s no hold down clamp so the metal flares up a bit between the louvers.
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See this lowbuck louver press in action.
I started out with the heavy duty frame from an old oliver jig saw that i bought for 100.