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Originally Posted by dsraven
looks good. nice to get some parts back where they are supposed to be eh?
for the bullets, how about some reverse thinking and using a formed dolly on the inside and a formed "plannisher" hammer on the outside that you hit against? once you get the dents bashed outward you could have you helper hold the panel level on the "dolly" while you hammer on it from the outside to get it levelled out some. just try not to hammer on dolly too much or the metal will expand and make a bigger mess for you to figure out. you might also wanna take the sharp edges off the wooden hammering tools. if the bullet is supposed to be "round" like a piece of pipe, what about that theory of using a piece of pipe the right size as the "hammer" or "dolly", depending on which side is which at the time? a piece of pipe could be cut to fit in the backside, a piece if metal could be welded to that to hold in a fixture of some sort, then the panel could be held over the dolly as a form to hammer the high spots down against from the outside. the longer the pipe dolly the straighter the bullet would be, theoretically. lol.
just a thought. the wood looks like it is working too, for the basic shape. a smaller dolly could also work once that part is finished off.
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All good ideas. I've got some pretty large and heavy pipe that I'll use try to smooth like you suggested. Regardless, the bullets are a mess. Like my roof, I'll make it better but don't have the time to make it show quality. Thanks