I'm no metal shaper but could tell you from many life experiences not to throw it away. i've sold more machines, threw out tools and realized it was a big mistake. hang it up, throw in attic, let a buddy store it but you never know if in the future a family member gets older and want to learn the craft. if you ship, ship fastenall and maybe a member could use it for one of the meets as a group build project. Ive been to a couple of Dutchs meets and they are definitely the place for projects like this
my 2 cents
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Originally Posted by Bob
Aaron, see my email to you tonight.
Hi Ken,
Oh, the buck is willing to travel, I'm just not headed anyplace soon that seems to be doing any metal shaping. I have a friend or two that plays with metal shaping, but they have no need for it as their kids are nearing adulthood and are quite a few years from grandkids of their own with them still being in school.
I think it's a great idea, and actually building a body of off it isn't that hard. Hardest part being the windshield and nose area. I can't recall now time wise what it took me to do just the body, but it went quickly. And I'm not a metal shaper by any stretch.
But it's still available, just can't bring myself to toss it out. It's one of 3 similar pieces I'm struggling with, the other two being bent wood lamination molds I made over 30 years ago. I did destroy one set of bent wood molds a few months back though and that was tough to do. It was used for the making of a walnut rocking chair celebrating the birth of my grandson, same grandson I built the pedal car for a few years later. I also destroyed a buck I used back in 2007 or so for a piece on a custom car I worked on. That one was pretty easy to destroy as I didn't have that much labor in it and my heart wasn't into the piece I made off of it. It was just a money thing.
Truth be know, the original pedal car is still in my shop as well. My now 11 year old grandson had an offer to sell it to a guy this past summer and he declined it. He decided he wants to keep it and someday take it home when they have the room for it.
I actually have a few more bucks for a project me and some local guys were messing with back in 05 or 06. I moved them into a trailer earlier this year when I was removing the paint booth in my shop. They are for a kids push thing, maybe called a speedy racer. The guys never finished the pieces and I scrapped those pieces out a few months back, but the bucks are still in the trailer. They need a new home or need gone some time too. No emotional attachment to them on my part though, just some labor in them.
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