Making trunk panels.

 The plan was to make the panels out of aluminium but wanted "try" my idea on some skrap sheet metal first. Pattern drawn on sheetmetal with sharpie.

Used a nylon roll as lower wheel and a "sharp" uppe wheel on the bead roller to make the pattern. As can be seen from picture there is quite a lot of wharping going on. Learned that it is a good idea to try and straighten the peace between beads to keep the wharping under control. Straightening the piece after all beads where done was dificult and result not that good. 

For more info on the motorised bead roller project visit:

  https://mybeadroller.blogspot.com/

Front side.

Back side. The tejp on backside is there to prevent scratches on the newly painted sofa while test fitting the pieces.

Some semi gloss black rattle can spray paint and I concider the panels ready.

 

If I where to do these panels again as originally planned I would change the design a bit. Estetically it would probably look better to have the flat part a bit narrower and I think it would be possible to minimise the wharping with not making beads on the scuare pattern all the way to the side of the panel. 

BUT, the result came out good enough so I think I will use these ones even if I now wish I would have removed old paint and rust more gently when prepping the panel before bead rolling it.