Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa

[BrianTompkins]

Howzit everyone!

My name is Brian Tompkins, I'm from Cape Town, South Africa. I've been building / making things my whole life, and have been practicing as an Industrial Designer professionally for about 10 years, specializing in the design of high-end catamarans. Needless to say I spend a lot of time immersed in CAD software on my PC! So for me, building things and spending time in the workshop has always been a good way of bringing balance to this. And one practice very much informs the other. I've always held metal-shaping in high regard, but never tried my hand at it properly until a year or so ago, and now I'm totally hooked.

I've got a classic mini project car that I've been busy with for a little while now, starting with the floors and then working my way round, rebuilding patches and panels (and the tools needed to make them!) one by one... Link to my Instagram page "Patch The Mini Pup" https://instagram.com/patchtheminipu...RlODBiNWFlZA==

Looking forward to sharing with this community, seeking guidance, etc.

Thank you.

[metal manny]

Welcome Brian. I'm at the other end of South Africa, but my son lives in CT