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Old 04-22-2014, 08:21 PM
Mcnally351 Mcnally351 is offline
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Default Car guy interested in metal fab
Hello, my name is Joe from Massachusetts. I'm a commercial roofer by trade and a car enthusiast. I'm motor guy, I like to rebuild engines. I always stayed away from bodywork, but I'm looking to learn about sheet metal work/welding. I have a nice old ten foot brake that we bend up all our metal flashings on the roof. I picked up a big, old lathe and a 4' finger brake which has got me excited to play around with some steel in the shop.

I'm a member of the HAMB forum, which this site was referenced a few times. So I'm here to learn what I can to get started on a couple of shop projects I have in mind, and share the results.

Hope that gets me in, this site is like Fort Knox lol
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Old 04-23-2014, 01:02 AM
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Hi Joe, welcome to allmetalshaping. I am a fellow hamb member. I am building a '27 T on a 32 chassis. You don't need much in the way of tools and machines to start shaping metal, a lot can be done with a few hand tools.

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Old 04-23-2014, 08:11 PM
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Hi Joe and welcome to the site.

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Old 04-23-2014, 11:50 PM
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Old 04-23-2014, 11:58 PM
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Hi Joe welcome to the forum
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Old 04-26-2014, 06:32 AM
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Old 04-26-2014, 06:47 AM
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Hi Joe, welcome to allmetalshaping. I am a fellow hamb member. I am building a '27 T on a 32 chassis. You don't need much in the way of tools and machines to start shaping metal, a lot can be done with a few hand tools.

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Hey David thanks for the welcome, I just watched your youtube video. Looks really great. I want to pick up one of your DVDs. So do you do everything by hand? Awesome
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Old 04-26-2014, 06:55 AM
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Peter I've been watching your videos, cool stuff. I'll be checking your site out too. I noticed the different Aussie cars your working on. I'm a big ford falcon fan, and you guys have the best ones down there!
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Old 04-26-2014, 06:57 AM
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Old 04-26-2014, 02:14 PM
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Peter I've been watching your videos, cool stuff. I'll be checking your site out too. I noticed the different Aussie cars your working on. I'm a big ford falcon fan, and you guys have the best ones down there!

Yea in my opinion the best is the GT HO muscle car of the 70s'
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