maxinaz

[maxinaz]

Hello my name is Tom Jäeger, I came across your site and thought I would apply. I have always been Interested in all phases of metal working, shaping, joining, fabricating. I am now wanting know more about fine sheet metal working technics for the hot rod industry. For starters I have a all steel 1933 Ford phaeton I am building, and it will need the finish metal work. I also buy, and sell metal working equipment as well.

My back ground is in metal working of all phases. I have been a Metal smith for 45 yrs. My education is in welding technology and metallurgy.
I am an established Artist Blacksmith in the architectural field for past 30 yrs. Prior to that a proficient metal fabricator in the auto racing industry for 10 yrs. I have a complete shop of equipment including industrial size forging hammers (Nazel, Chambersburg) upsetters, shears, saws, mills, lathes, surface grinders, planishing hammers, shrinkers, English wheel, tig welders, plasma cutting, and welding machines, iron worker, benders, platens, and all the hand tools need to for up to 6 men working in the shop. We have primarily been focused on site specific art metal work for architectural items on up scale homes, and resort communities. I have worked with copper, stainless, aluminum, bronzes, high, and low strength steels.
I look forward to learning from your site, and sharing any info. that I may have to the group.
Note; I am not always on the computer, and can be slow at corresponding

[jhnarial]

Welcome aboard

[HEATNBEAT]

Hi Tom and welcome!

[Peter Tommasini]

Hi Tom welcome to the forum
Peter

[Jere]

Hi Tom and welcome.

Do you know Jay Barnham-Kidwell?

Jere

[David Gardiner]

Welcome Tom!.

David

[maxinaz]

Hi Jere, Yea I know Jay, and I know you, I was the pres or the Arizona Artist Blacksmith Association for 5 yrs.
I invited you to come to Phoenix to demo your treadle hammer, (actually let you talk me into buying one) and I took you out on the town to the oldest Blues bar in Phoenix, and left you in the hands of some of Phoenix's finest sweeties. LOL.
Also about the Cobra days, I recognize your car pic. I was part of a team that owned a 66 cobra, that we drag raced against Shelby in the late sixties, and won most of the time.
Since the 2008 election, and the people with the real money stop spending it Architectural Blacksmithing has taken a dive here, so I have fallen back on working in a Hot rod shop in Phoenix.
Hope yer do'n well
Tom Jäeger

[Jere]

Hello Tom:

I still hurt from that night.

I was gone over seas in 66-67 so no longer working for Shelby then. When I got home I drove a GT40 for a place in Scottsdale for one season and then got a job working for STP building Indy cars.

What is the name of the place you work at? (web site)

Do you have any picks of your projects?

Check out my web site below. I am building it myself so it's taking a while to get stuff done.

Good to hear from you.

Jere

[David Gardiner]

Welcome to allmetalshaping Tom.

David