Hem in a door skin wheel opening

[catgo22]

Trying to figure out how to roll a hem in a door skin wheel opening. Moved the bead roller all around and can't figure out how to hold the door and get this through the die without having the door way up in the air. Anybody have a good way to do it?

[3wheelinphotos]

Hammer an a dolly is how every one is done here at Warrior Race Cars

[tin man]

Snap on duck billed pliers and a small hammer

[zeroracing]

I can't see the picture but I use vice grips to start the bend, softly not to mar, then hammer and dolly it to 90 then hammer on over with a wood block to smash it. If you doing the 180 1/4" heim. If I am doing a 90 degree 1' glance then I built a tool similar to the allstar performance wood block deal and use it.

[Dirt36]

I bought a piece of key stock ( 1/2" square) about 12inches long. Cut into the center of one end 1/4"-3/8" deep, then beveled one side till it was rounded. Works great but you still end up hammering it nice and flat. I hope my description made enough sense haha, before that I use a crescent wrench and hammer

[Racer96m]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rMiDuTab4 Youtube video from Mittler Brothers on making the hem with your bead roller.

Dave

[Punisher88]

^^what he said. But I use an Irvan smith bead roller.

[Lizardracing]

I use a piece of oak dowel about 6" long and cut a slot in the end with the grain. Working a little a time until it can be hammered over or in my case I leave it at 90'. Takes me 15 minutes per opening. I use the same tool on roof posts too.
my wheels are on 3/8 hems though. I've never tried more than that.

[catgo22]

Thanks for all the ideas. I did one doorskin wheelwell hem with the Irvin-Smith roller and hem dies, the other with a 1"x6" oak dowel. On the electric roller, I just hoisted the door up in the air and ran it through. It does a good job but it was way to hard to hold it steady and get it through without screwing it up. On the other door, used the dowel rod with a slot to start the hem and a body hammer to finish. That worked better. I didn't think it could turn out that good. Thanks again.

[hucktyson]

I have the rolling dies for my mitler brothers power bead roller but honestly electrical linesman pliers , a body hammer and a block of ipe do a better job

[dorman19]

for the best results angle the bead roller at 45 deg so the bottom roller is level with bench learned this from looking at rockets setup

[RacerX10]

for the best results angle the bead roller at 45 deg so the bottom roller is level with bench learned this from looking at rockets setup

Brillilant !

[7uptruckracer]

Can you explain that a little better I can't put it together this morning lol

Brillilant !

[RacerX10]

Can you explain that a little better I can't put it together this morning lol

He's saying you'd lay the quarter panel down flat on your work bench, and tilt the bead roller up on something so it's sitting at at 45 degree angle down .. then you just rotate the panel around with the bench holding it up and flat.

[Lizardracing]

Racing is a contact sport in my neck of the woods so spending too much time on body work seems ludicrous when it's not gonna be that way by lap three any way.