Woodward Fab Euro Style Heavy Duty Shrinker Stretcher - Woodward Fab

The Woodward Fab WFSSHD2 Euro Style Heavy Duty Shrinker Stretcher is an essential tool for professional automotive technicians and industrial fabricators engaged in precision sheet metal work. Engineered for durability and consistent performance, this unit allows for the intricate shaping of metal panels, creating smooth radii and contours without cutting or welding. It is ideal for restoration projects, custom fabrication, and repairing damaged body panels with professional-grade results.

Key Features

• Heavy-Duty Steel Frame: Constructed from robust fabricated steel, this tool provides a stable and rigid platform for demanding metal shaping tasks, ensuring long-term reliability in a workshop environment.
• Cam-Activated Jaws: Equipped with a cam-activated mechanism for both upper and lower jaws, the design delivers powerful and precise control over the shrinking and stretching process, enabling intricate and repeatable bends.
• Enclosed Spring-Loaded Jaws: The enclosed, spring-loaded jaw design ensures lasting performance by maintaining consistent pressure and protecting internal components from workshop debris, leading to extended tool life.
• Generous 8-inch Throat Depth: A substantial 8-inch throat depth provides ample clearance for working with larger sheet metal pieces, offering versatility for a wide range of automotive and industrial applications.
• Foot-Operated Stand: The included foot-operated stand features a stable footprint, allowing technicians hands-free control of the workpiece for enhanced precision and safety during operation.
• Dual Jaw Sets Included: Comes complete with both shrinking and stretching jaw sets, enabling immediate operation and flexibility to manipulate sheet metal in various directions to achieve desired shapes and curves.

Applications

This heavy-duty shrinker stretcher is suited for a variety of tasks requiring precise metal forming. It is commonly used in automotive body shops for repairing fender wells, door skins, and other contoured panels. Custom car builders and hot rod shops utilize it for fabricating unique bodywork and trim pieces. In industrial settings, it assists in prototyping, creating enclosures with rounded edges, and forming specialized components from sheet metal.

Specifications

• Capacity: 16 Gauge Mild Steel
• Throat Depth: 8 inches