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Kent's metal camp
Last Fri-Sun had 8 guys here with their focus on air hammering shapes.
I welcomed them to use my "Punishing Hammers" since four were up and ready to go: Mod's 2000, 3000, 3500 and 4000, with 6 motors in sizes #0,1,2,3,4,5 ... #6 (monster motor) was not set up for this class. P1040469.jpg Eldon Watson - 2nd gen bodyman, son is bodyman. Focus on reverses and helix and double compounds. Always asks the keen insightful questions. Photo-realistic airbrush artist - attends the competitions / top demos. Fine craftsman. P1040470.jpg Donnie Wanner, 30yr craftsman doing resto and kustoms. Started art metal art studio. Focus on conic reverses and re-shaping VW rear lid to eliminate lic.plate area, smooth. Does patina on art-cut stainless to simulate wood grain, marble, granite, etc for tree, waterfall, howling wolf/bear waterfall / bridge scenes. Real talent. P1040472.jpg Nick operates a long-time heavy fab shop in Kenai, AK. "Always doing something I've never done before." ... at age 70. Welds 7075 on log truck frames - after talking with ALCOA. Oil field stuff, gen'l fab, boats... Accurate, funny and thoughtful. Focus on expanding APH repertoir. P1040478.jpg Jackie is old friend of Nick's. Has restored two M37's, and currently owns a mil 4X6 (the rascal.) Shaping fish, cars and boats. (My old Dodge M37 arrived Sun 5AM, and he spotted it outside our shipping dock - "Hey, where'd that M37 come from???" Surprised me -1) I never heard the delivery myself - and 2) he knew what it was and all about it ... It fired right up so I drove it over to parking and shut it off. (Everybody really likes that old '53 mil Power Wagon ... !!!) So we all banged away on shapes. P1040475.jpg The fishing was good. Textured + shape at the same time. Mild steel, 20ga. P1040477.jpg Radius bending, flowing the shape in curves, planishing. 3003 .063 P1040479.jpg Shaped smoothly then planished a bit. Mild steel, 20ga. P1040481.jpg End of Metal Camp: swapping contacts, sharing some yarn. (Several were re-visitors and several have had their APH's for many years. The VW lid got re-shaped nicely, but no film or pix, that I know of. After shoving the surface down, shrinking it and shaping it smooth I used Eldon's can of Quick Check and liked it. No reducer stink or residue. Everyone graduated .... another metal camp.
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