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Old 11-01-2018, 01:34 PM
Trojanjohn Trojanjohn is offline
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Hello Folks,
My name is John, living in the UK and I am new to metal shaping. I want to learn how to make fuel tanks for motorcycles and i need your help. I have spent my working life working to .25mm (although I'm sure you guys do too) and I need to stop and learn how to make things that are more tactile and free flowing. I started my working life as a Blacksmith so I've some experience of hitting things with hammers, but not necessarily in the right place.
Keen as mustard (as we say).
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Old 11-01-2018, 01:46 PM
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Welcome aboard John. This site is a far cry from blacksmithing but you can beasured to get lots of verbal help here.
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Old 11-01-2018, 03:39 PM
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Hi John and welcome to the best metalshaping place on the Interweb to learn stuff. My dad was a farrier from Worksop... I have every confidence that your blacksmithing skills will directly transfer to sheetmetal. Have a look at what Marcus (Gojeep) is doing and if I remember correctly, he was a Farrier in a previous life. We love photo sequences of the process - triumphs and failures alike, as something can be learned in every case. Make some scrap!
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Old 11-01-2018, 04:37 PM
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Welcome to the forum, John
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Old 11-02-2018, 01:50 AM
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Hi John welcome to the forum
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Old 11-02-2018, 06:10 AM
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Welcome to the forum, John.
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