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On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 08:18:53 +1100, Ron Clarke wrote:
>> What is professional panel beating?
> In the olden days, before traffic damage was repaired by simply replacing the
> damaged panels, a fairly decent living could be made by straightening out
> dented
> and bashed car components. These folks were called panel-beaters, and my Dad
> was
> one such. It involves using mallets and various metal shapes. You hold the
> correct shape on one side of the panel and bash the other side with a mallet,
> in
> order to work the metal back to its original shape. It was hard work and
> required a great deal of skill to re-mould the curves, folds and flat areas
> back
> to the original form.
In the USA this "panel beater" was called a "bump and paint man" and the
place where he worked was called a "bump shop".
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan
USA
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