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Forum: Introductions 03-09-2017, 06:49 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,188
Posted By Richard-S
You do get around. I know you from the metal...

You do get around. I know you from the metal casting forum. I am the administrator there. If your metal shaping set-up is anything like your foundry set-up, we need some photographs. (He built a...
Forum: Introductions 01-15-2017, 07:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,334
Posted By Richard-S
I am referring to Metalmeet No onw who was in the...

I am referring to Metalmeet No onw who was in the know would ever tell it straight, so all we had was conjecture and rumor. When that kind of thing happens, and the folks in charge only say, "We have...
Forum: Introductions 01-14-2017, 08:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,334
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome back Vern. A lot has happened. It seems...

Welcome back Vern. A lot has happened. It seems that one or more of the members of the old forum attempted some kind of hijack, and in the resulting shutdown most of the old threads were lost...
Forum: Introductions 12-01-2016, 08:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,254
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome Gino. This is the perfect place for you. ...

Welcome Gino. This is the perfect place for you.

Show us your Buick. (The mantra here is: "No photos? it doesn't exist.)
Forum: Introductions 12-01-2016, 07:54 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,652
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome. This is the place. What's under the...

Welcome. This is the place.

What's under the hood of that thing?
Forum: Introductions 10-31-2016, 06:51 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,842
Posted By Richard-S
This is a great forum. There are master metal...

This is a great forum. There are master metal shapers here.

I live in Mexico, but I am very far from you. I am in Oaxaca down near Guatemala.

Richard
Forum: Introductions 06-06-2016, 06:04 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,300
Posted By Richard-S
Then all that's left to do is to planish it. ...

Then all that's left to do is to planish it.

Richard
Forum: Introductions 06-28-2015, 06:09 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,236
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome Ben. I am in southern Mexico down...

Welcome Ben.

I am in southern Mexico down near the Guatemala border. I have a similar situation regarding materials and supplies. I can go up to Mexico City and get almost anything but it is...
Forum: Introductions 01-28-2015, 07:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,316
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome here Trevor. Start a thread about your...

Welcome here Trevor. Start a thread about your project cars and post some photographs of the before stage, and then add to the thread as you work on them.

Richard
Forum: Introductions 08-09-2014, 04:44 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,264
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome to the forum. What are you...

Welcome to the forum.

What are you interested in making?

And what have you made? We love photographs here. nd we like it when people brag about their work, and when they ask dumb questions. (No...
Forum: Introductions 06-11-2014, 07:58 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,230
Posted By Richard-S
You don't need power hammers or English wheels to...

You don't need power hammers or English wheels to do expert metal shaping. Just get yourself a few hand tools and start beating on metal.
Forum: Introductions 03-17-2014, 06:21 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,741
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome aboard, Jerry. I learned aluminum...

Welcome aboard, Jerry.

I learned aluminum welding from Kent White's video. I kept trying to weld it the way I weld steel. Kent's video was a revelation.

Mathews County. Makes me a bit homesick....
Forum: Introductions 02-18-2014, 06:05 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,745
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome David, There is just about...

Welcome David,

There is just about everything you will need to know on this forum. Show us some photographs of what you are making.
Forum: Introductions 01-14-2014, 06:28 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,096
Posted By Richard-S
Your work is too good to not have a photograph of...

Your work is too good to not have a photograph of it posted here. This piece is really superb.

http://sjames.users.sonic.net/misc./Matei.jpg

So I took one from your facebook page and put it...
Forum: Introductions 11-23-2012, 06:42 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,394
Posted By Richard-S
Sounds like Heaven to me: a tractor junk yard and...

Sounds like Heaven to me: a tractor junk yard and an automobile junk yard. What more could a kid ask for?

I always liked Allis Chalmers tractors the best. They also made some fairly good sized...
Forum: Introductions 09-26-2012, 11:09 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,052
Posted By Richard-S
I don't see how anyone in their right mind could...

I don't see how anyone in their right mind could walk into a machine shop and ever want to leave. I walked into a boat yard on the Chesapeake Bay when I was 23 and that was it. I had 172 dollars to...
Forum: Introductions 08-21-2012, 09:16 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,888
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome Dan. It's good to have a sculptor aboard....

Welcome Dan. It's good to have a sculptor aboard. Most of the members here work in automotive and motorcycle stuff. If I wasn't so busy making sculpture I would be building a car.
Forum: Introductions 03-13-2012, 08:25 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,238
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome aboard. We like photos. Show us your...

Welcome aboard. We like photos. Show us your cars.

Richard
Forum: Introductions 01-28-2012, 07:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,507
Posted By Richard-S
Hey Teresa, This is a great forum. Welcome. ...

Hey Teresa,

This is a great forum. Welcome.

I beat stainless and aluminum sheet metal into sculpture. I learned a lot here.

I spent a lot of time in Asheville; I went to college up in Mars...
Forum: Introductions 06-22-2011, 08:58 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,698
Posted By Richard-S
In Santa Rosa there Is Bataef Salvage, down on...

In Santa Rosa there Is Bataef Salvage, down on Mountain View Avenue, which intersects Santa Rosa Avenue right across from Friedmans. They have a lot of stuff: new steel and aluminum, junk steel,...
Forum: Introductions 06-03-2011, 10:02 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,070
Posted By Richard-S
In my younger years I lived in a town that...

In my younger years I lived in a town that fancied itself "the boat building capital of the Chesapeake". There were indeed a lot of boat shops there. I had one. I built wooden boats and did a lot of...
Forum: Introductions 12-27-2010, 07:31 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,596
Posted By Richard-S
Welcome Martin. I live further down, in...

Welcome Martin.

I live further down, in Oaxaca on the coast. I am a sculptor.

Richard
Forum: Introductions 10-30-2010, 09:54 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,313
Posted By Richard-S
Glad to have you aboard Randy. There is a wealth...

Glad to have you aboard Randy. There is a wealth of knowledge and experience here. I learned all I know about metal shaping from these guys—and of course from making a lot of mistakes. I took my...
Forum: Introductions 10-21-2010, 10:43 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,643
Posted By Richard-S
Jimmy Whoo?

Here are a pair of shoes I made a few years ago—my first experience with forming stainless. Those heels were a challenge. After trying conventional methods, and accumulating a sizable junk pile, I...
Forum: Introductions 10-20-2010, 08:46 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,643
Posted By Richard-S
Sarah: I won't ever try to fool Gene Olson. He...

Sarah: I won't ever try to fool Gene Olson. He nailed that one right on.

I hope the base doesn't mean anything—there is always that danger when making anything that looks Oriental. I just made...
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