Newb from SW Michigan

chickenhawk · #1 01-18-2011, 11:18 PM

Hey everyone,
I'm a newb to the site. I guess to start off I am a younger guy that wants to learn more about old school metal shaping. I feel its a dying skill and want to learn and excel at it. I am a skilled machinist and tig welder. I work at a shop in Baroda Michigan and does lots of Stainless precision fabrication. We specialize in the food industry and military. I do almost all of the prototype work. I do all the cnc setup/programing/tooling also manual machine work. I have a itching nag for anything fast or loud. I work part time at a local chassis shop called Troxell race cars. I also am starting my own shop. I love building sheet metal intakes, stainless headers and turbo setups. Anyways I am building my own English wheel and reciprocating power hammer. Both machines will have around a 4 to 5 ft throat, by no means are these going to be a novice machines. Anyways I will post pics of the builds and once I complete them the learning journey may begin! If you guys would like to see pictures of my work I would be glad to share. Also here is the websites to the shop I work at.
www.tigmaster.com
http://www.troxellracecars.com/Welcome.html

Joe Hartson · #2 01-19-2011, 12:05 AM

Kevin, welcome to the site. Sounds like you have a good background in working with metal. We would like to see pictures of your work. The E wheel and reciprocating machine are going to be big with a 4 to 5 foot throat. The frames are going to be heavy. For the reciprocating machine it might be cheaper to find a Pullmax or similar machine. Thanks for joining us.