24 Jan
2015
24 Jan
'15
8:40 p.m.
On 01/19/2015 05:28 AM, Jay West wrote:
I?m in the process of building another HP2000/Access
TSB system. I pulled a
7970E tape drive out of a shipping container (I had not opened the shipping
container since I bought it about 8 years ago). When I got the unit on the
bench to give it a going over, while it looked pristine ? someone had
dropped something very heavy (heavy enough to severely deform ?? steel) on
the top of the unit.
Well, if this were my unit, I'd remove the warped panel (it looks like
aluminum to me). Drilling out the rivets shouldn't be a problem.
Then I'd put it on my English wheel with a flat anvil and roll it
completely flat--and then reattach with screws or rivets.
This is why you should talk to a competent auto body shop for whom, once
you remove the panel, the work should be a few minutes of child's play.
FWIW,
Chuck
P.S. English wheels are wonderful--not only can you stretch metal to
form a curve (e.g. a car fender), but you can also "shrink" it (to
"unstretch" the metal from a dent.