Checking in from Va mnts

[Intheshop]

Retired builder that spends way too much time "playin" in our shop,haha.Got a very nice full-on cabinet shop,all welding processes,nice machineshop(cpl lathes,BP,surface grinder,cpl bandsaws)........

Having grown up around building,many family and friends have been in the sheet metal trades(HVAC,Roofing,auto resto,etc).So,it was always a dream to get/use some sheet metal equipment.Have a nicely restored '47 137 Pexto,1910 slitter/circle shear,an older 3-1 machine,H-frame hyd press that gets used as a low-buck pressbrake,bead roller.Am finishing an English wheel.

We already had a PU truckload of handtools,have done a goodly amt of standing seam roofing(copper,tin).Last few years really got serious with our dust collection in cabinet shop....no plastic ducts here,haha.Have learned to make pretty much all of our fittings....some nice custom pcs.Even make our blastgates.Also do custom range hoods and copper cornices for some of our higher $$ kitchens.

So,thats why I'm here.Just want to keep learning about sheet metal.Very interested in historic metal cornice work on old buildings(storefront applications).

I go by the name BW.