Curved Flanges

Creator: U.S. Navy (see Castle Films)

Format: 16mm

Description: Shows in detail the tools and steps used in hand forming a flange on a disk and the corners of a rectangular tray, both of which are made of aluminum. Metal Bumping & Hot Shrinkage. (52 pictures-63 frames) Jam Handy. Instructions in the fundamentals of bumping sheet metal and in "hot shrinking" stretched sheet metal. Sheet Metal Work. $2. SVK. Tool Box Part I. (69 pictures-43 frames) Jam Handy. How to lay out, make and assemble the bottom, sides, ends, and corners reinforcing angles—laying out light weight sheet metal for trim, bends, flanges, offsets, hems, beads, slots, corners—and rivet holes forming of parts by hand shears, squaring shears, hand snips, cornice brake, bar folder, beading rolls—center punching, drilling, regulating, and riveting of laid out rivet holes. (Supplementary printed material is furnished.) Tool Box Jam Handy. Part II. (34 pictures-29 frames) Top and tray of tool box laid out on and fabricated from lightweight sheet metal scribing—centerlines to locate positions bending top to a—fifty-four degree angle and illustration of bend—angle formula laying out and forming of rivet holes, slots, hems and bend lines—use of tinsmith's oval head rivets square drilling and—riveting of end pieces. (Supplementary printed material is furnished.) Tool Box Part Jam Handy. III. (56 pictures-49 frames) Simplicity of hardware design how to lay out,—form and assemble simple hinges, hasps, staples, staple plates, sleeve type handles, handle clips, tray supports and tray stops—rod work added to—sheet metal work—fitting and setting in place of—fabricated hardware finished tool box painted and ready for use. (Supplementary printed material is furnished.) Marine Industry

Complete Record: Category: Shipbuilding Subcategory: USBM. Type: Motion Picture Source: Navy Castle Catalog number: SN291

Metadata Source:Index of Training Films 1946