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Originally Posted by longyard
Hi Alan,
Glad to have you aboard. I got my start in metal through the EAA and I used to attend the Oshkosh Fly-In every year. If you haven't already, the EAA put out a wonderful series of how-to book on metal, and wood, in the 1970s, and I think most of them are still available. I think I saw them the last time I was at the museum last winter. They've got a couple of good metal videos, too.
If you're not aware of David Gardiner's "Metalshaping Zone" video, it is a MUST have. Peter Tommasini's series of videos are also extremely helpful.
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Ha, I think my daughter was conceived at Oshkosh. Growing up in Rockford I used to watch the planes fly over my house and the dumbest thing Rockford ever did was let the fly-in get away. The first time I went to a fly-in in Rockford they had 5, count them a whole 5, military planes. The fly-in was surrounded by snow fence and the guy at the fence let me in because I was a kid. I have always wanted to build an airplane since I was a kid.
I got my A&P during the 70's and got to do some aluminum sheet metal repair for a flying club I worked for as a volunteer during my time in the military at Offutt. Now that I found Gardiner's DVD and this site, I feel like I am in seventh heaven. I realize I can do things that previously I never considered.
I have looked up the MetalAce website and watched the videos and it makes me want to get an English Wheel but my space is very limited.