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04-01-2010, 12:58 AM
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Noob in NY
Hi all, I'm in Nassau County, New York. Welder, metalworker for years but new to sheet. Registered on metalmeet too but came here to pester veterans with my questions ambidextrously.
 (Plus, that whole reconstructed backup thing made me think i might find the same ppl and more current info here.)Right now I just mess but expect to get serious. Working on the English wheel question at the moment, but I'm not going to "consider" it for 100 years and accumulate parts til I'm too old to remember what they're for. Going to get some dollys, mallets, beater bag etc. bits to tide me over til the wheel's sorted, since I need to know that stuff anyway. As soon as wheel conditions line up with my budget it's on. Glad to be here, look forward to all the learning and eventually contributing. -Will 
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04-01-2010, 01:08 AM
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Hello Will, welcome to allmetalshaping, You are wise to start to form parts using hand tools. forming into a stump or sandbag is more intuative than on a wheel. Once you have learned how the metal shapes the wheel will become less difficult to learn.
David
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Metalshaping DVD. www.metalshapingzone.com Metalshaping with hand tools on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGElSHzm0q8 All things are possible.
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04-01-2010, 02:13 AM
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Thanks David, what a coincidence you should say that. Maybe you'd noticed I was considering your DVD in the thread about it.
 I hope they're ready for shipping ATM.But seriously, I've been after buying or putting together a wheel from parts for 3 weeks now and don't feel any closer to starting, so I might as well narrow one learning curve. Does anyone have recommended places online to buy hand tools for shipping stateside? I'm not stitching up a beater bag by hand.
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04-01-2010, 05:25 AM
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Welcome Will. Please add a signature and location to your profile so folks won't have to look for your intro down the road.
Dutch and Marty Constock will be having a regional gathering the 2nd weekend in July in Herkimer NY. Great event but attendence is limited due to space so don't wait too long to try and get in if you decide to attend. As far as hand tools goes Dagger Tools may be a good one stop resource for you for beater bags and miscellanous hand tools. I'm not a fan of the plastic teardrop mallets but you can read up here on making a ball bat hammer. http://daggertools.com
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04-01-2010, 08:18 AM
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welcome
Welcome aboard. Grab a hammer and get started. I've been doing this for 6 months now. The very first time I tried to shape metal I had a 4" scrap of aluminum and a ball peen hammer. It was ugly but it had a compound curve and I got stoaked from that simple success. You don't need much to start.
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04-01-2010, 05:22 PM
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bag
welcome you dont need much to start a leather zip up hand bag from the good will store and some garage sale hammers polished up on the striking surface
I still use my T bars. I made early days, these were some of my first home made tooling I hope you enjoy your time here IanH
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04-08-2010, 09:41 PM
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it's funny that i've messed with shaping on aluminum using doming punches beating sheet on an OSHA mat, but it was hard on the hands. i couldn't believe i couldn't find a tool for holding the doming punches, and the hammer was a carpenter's.
all the stuff i'm reading about here sounds like a much better approach. and thanks for the sites; i've got a good range to piece together my shop now. but i've got some hammers and lots of junk leather i can tie around em til my orders arrive 
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Will
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