Hello, New Guy from Grand Rapids, Michigan
 

Hello, I am Steve Fidler from Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have been in the custom metal work business for 27 years. Mostly in the fabrication of stainless steel food service equipment and custom metal furniture. In the past few years I have been working on learning more about the use of automotive and aircraft type processes for forming compound curves on thicker gauge stainless steel for architectural metal work and artwork. I am studying the use of larger English wheels to put compound curves in thicker stainless steel sheets like 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8". I also want to learn more about the use of power hammers to form compound curves in 14 ga stainless steel. I would also like to learn more about how the ship builders form compound curves in very thick steel.

Steve, welcome and thanks for the introduction. We mostly deal with the thinner gauges of sheet metal up to about 16 gauge. There are some art projects posted on the site that have used heavier gauges in stainless steel, corten and aluminum. Kerry Pinkerton probably has the most experience dealing with the thicker gauges on the site. Hope you enjoy the site and find it helpful. Thanks for joining us.

Here is a link to a thread you might find helpful. http://www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=4319

Welcome to the site Steve.

David

Welcome to Allmetalshaping Steve!:)

Steve
I have worked some stainless, mostly with my doming dies on a pullmax , but some wheeling . I have a stiff 8" pipe 26" throat wheel and some various gauges of stainless if you would like to give it a try you could stop by . Here is a picture of some 16ga ss I worked

http://www.allmetalshaping.com/attac...8&d=1323729643

Welcome Steve from another Steve. Good to see another MI member. I'm about an hour north of you.

Welcome to the site Steve :cool:
Peter

welcome to the site Steve. I invite you to check out the metalworking projects in my shop. Don't do much with stainless but have some good tools.

Andy(guesswork) Hastings Mi.
269-948-9474