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Hi Lee,
now you got many tips from the professionals. This one is a tip from a beginner http://www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=9259 Götz |
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I took it with my son in Northern California last year. About an hour north of Sacramento. Kent will be in Texas teaching a class next month in San Antonio. Focus will be restoring hot rod (hence steel work). I'll PM you details, but not a clue if that class is full. Tom
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That is excellent! Very nice work. It is also an excellent tool of learning tricks as flat sheet is much more difficult to control than a crown or edge. When I worked in Reutlingen, the apprentice machinist had to carry their mistakes in their pockets. One task was to make a perfect cube, 3cm on a side, with only a file. In the Cantina you could see who had the most mistakes by the way their pockets bulged. I went down to the work area and asked if the instructor would show me the technique, his response was "Mr Walter, you are an Engineer, you do not need to be here" That is true, but I wish to learn. Fun times! mfG, Tom
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Thanks Tom,
that´s a funny tale from Reutlingen Hopefully nobody takes my link as a narcissism. The link was not ment to show my skills. The intention was to give Lee a hint regarding his challenge of the long weld on the nearly flat hood. Doing this exercise i was surprised how little treatment (light hammer blows, very little heating points) result in considerable changes. Götz |
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I wanted to thank you for some time for showing the X-ercise for welding and leveling. I use that in some classes here, as it is excellent for the students - when they are ready for that level. I appreciated your including that, very much. I teach that in mild steel, various aluminum alloys, copper, SiBronze, and such, when the students are ready. But they must pass the flat panel mangle and straighten, first. Then the welding, then the leveling after welding. Flat panels teach stresses and balance, shrink and stretch, harden and anneal, and, best of all, oil can solving. My sincere appreciation,
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