Hello people, new here - and hoping to head down a new avenue with some small time fabrication "jobs"
I've always liked making things, and always seem to be fixing things - so welding was an early skill I picked up, actually took a 1 year welding techniques course in college. After that had a brief stint at a boilermaker shop in Thunder Bay Ontario, a few weeks in an aluminum trailer manufacturer, then at Bombardier (not welding), and for the past 14 years or so, I've been working here:
www.metalcraftmarine.com - where I am currently QA manager.
Spare time (poor word choice) lately has been all put towards fixing my wife's old LandCruiser, during which time I found myself learning a lot about shaping sheet metal, and enjoying it. I made a few of my own tools, but me want to step into a small niche market for making some "replacements" parts that are not currently available.
Have a read through my thread on ih8mud to see what I have been doing:
--> 1985 Toyota BJ70 LandCruiser restoration (sheet metal/ bodywork!)
http://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/savi...ver-70.894271/
Yesterday I picked up a used 48" stomp shear (can't seem to ID it, but think it's either a Niagara or a Pexto?), seems to be in reasonable shape - but needs some fine tuning of the blade gap, and I'm sure a few other tweaks. Goal is to set myself up with a home built 35 ton 48" press brake, but that's a different story...
Will upload some pics and questions once I figure out how (and am allowed!)
