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Interested in restoration metal working? I sure am. I was just looking at a very complexed small piece (sheet metal, side engine panel) from 1902. I'm starting to see now -how the carriage trade guys made the transition into doing other stuff.
Kent White (The Tin Man) who learned from the best at Harrah's has been doing it for 30 years. He also has done a good job at cornering the internet market on metal working .coms' . Take a look at his fantastic chain of web sites and learn a few tricks of the trade. Yes, it's heavily commercialized but also contains alot of useful information. Lots of info on aluminum for cars and planes. If you click "Sources" bottom left menu, and then scroll to the bottom of that page. You will see a listing of all the sites that he has linked up. I enjoyed reading about the english wheel, the air hammer, and hand work. An excellent read.
Strangely this is the stuff I think about when looking at severly dented parts. ie. gas tanks. Or contemplating undertaking my own metal reproduction fabricating some day.
http://www.metal-working.com
Additionally I found this really casual yak session to be funny, and very informative! A guy (Wray Schelin) demonstrating an english wheel with step by step pictures. From the artmetal web site.
http://www.artmetal.com/village/chat...01MN.htm#wheel
If you have experience pounding metal by hand. *(not the result of a road side electrical failure) I'd really like to hear from you. Or any comments about the above two sites.
I tracked Wray to this international group also. Great photos of the group get togethers *Note you can make bench mounted English wheels. Hummmmm......
http://www.metalshapers.org/
Kent White (The Tin Man) who learned from the best at Harrah's has been doing it for 30 years. He also has done a good job at cornering the internet market on metal working .coms' . Take a look at his fantastic chain of web sites and learn a few tricks of the trade. Yes, it's heavily commercialized but also contains alot of useful information. Lots of info on aluminum for cars and planes. If you click "Sources" bottom left menu, and then scroll to the bottom of that page. You will see a listing of all the sites that he has linked up. I enjoyed reading about the english wheel, the air hammer, and hand work. An excellent read.
Strangely this is the stuff I think about when looking at severly dented parts. ie. gas tanks. Or contemplating undertaking my own metal reproduction fabricating some day.
http://www.metal-working.com
Additionally I found this really casual yak session to be funny, and very informative! A guy (Wray Schelin) demonstrating an english wheel with step by step pictures. From the artmetal web site.
http://www.artmetal.com/village/chat...01MN.htm#wheel
If you have experience pounding metal by hand. *(not the result of a road side electrical failure) I'd really like to hear from you. Or any comments about the above two sites.
I tracked Wray to this international group also. Great photos of the group get togethers *Note you can make bench mounted English wheels. Hummmmm......
http://www.metalshapers.org/
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