Woody's Intro
 

First of all thanks for the invite Johny.;)
My name is Ian Woods some of you already know me as woody2 from the Hamb, I live in Wellington New Zealand.

I live and breath cars and bikes allways have allways will.:D

I work as a Chassis Fabricator/Welder for a Rod shop over here called
Juniors Kustom Rides and Classics.

I'm just a novice at the art of metal shaping, The only tuition Ive had was a two day course with Ron Covell late last year, Im looking forward to doing another latter this year.

I've got a huge amount to learn from you guys, So thanks in advance for your time and knowledge and I hope I can share what little I have with you all. Cheers Woody.

Welcome aboard Woody

Woody, welcome to the site. Think we are all still learning about metal shaping and will continue to do so as long as we work with metal. Show us some of the projects that you have been working on.

Hi Woody, welcome to this new site, what took you so long? (mindover from the hamb)

Thanks for the welcome guys.
Joe here's a few pics of some projects i'm working on at the moment.
David long time no see my friend how's things with you? Meatal shaper of the month aye,:D Well deserved too no doubt, Im still keen on one of your DVD's mate.;)

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DUDE! That is some sweet work! What is the first photo? Frame rails for ???

frame rails
 

Thanks Kerry, The frame rails are for a 32 Ford, I'd just finished boxing them in the spine jig when I took the photo.

Nice work woody

Start a new thread on that rear fender.That fender came out sweet.Your metal finish on your welds are outstanding.

Finish your welds.
 

Johnny your too kind. I've always thought that metal finish was just that. If you can still see the weld bead it just dosn't look finished to me.:confused:
I do have a secret weapon to achive these results though, Have you ever tryed to bump the weld into a lead dolly?

A few more pics
 

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Attachment 439Here's a few picks of the frame jig I built so I could build my chopper frame.

Woody, WOW your craftsmanship is amazing. Everything that you posted is so nice. Looks like you do everything. Thanks, I will be watching for more from you.

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I have still been on the HAMB but they messed with the layout and its not the same now.
You posted your pictures bigger and they look even better! Your bike frame jig looks great. Your tig welding is far better than I can do. I hardly get the opportunity to use my tig.


You said that if you could see the weld you did not think it was a metal finish what about this model A wing The thing about this work is that it is time consuming and I think the quickest way to achive a metal finish is the method I use but it does leave a slight undercut. The repair to the model A wing below took less than a morning from start to finish. Time is money. Primer will cover the undercuts. If I am working on something that is going to be chrome plated I use a different technique but it takes longer. (so costs more).

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Welding
 

David If I could do that repair that you did to that A fender in a half a day I'd be soooo happy, It would take me more that two days to get results like that.;)
All I ment about the welding was the hand see's more than the eye, I did alot of S/Seel welding years ago mainly hand rails for stair cases and Iv'e just tried to carry that sort of finish to the panel work side of things, But like you say time is money and not all customers want to pay for that sort of finish.
David you do some of the nicest work Iv'e ever seen, I wish I had half of your talent.
Keep up the awesome work.
Woody.

Woody you do a damn good job. Come and work here for a while you will soon learn all I know, you have the tallent. I am sure you have people where you work that can do what I do. I have seen some of your posts on the HAMB.

I love 51 Chevys
 

Hello Woody. Oh dude great job on the 51 Chevy fender. Looks to be a cool ride. I have always loved the 51-52 Chevys. The most beautiful area is the rear fenders. Again very nice job. This is a photo of my 51 Chevy 2 Dr HT. This photo shows my car in 1961 and 2002. I have updated this car five times in 40 years. I some times love it more than my wife. LaurenAttachment 1955;)

Welcome Lauren. Nice car. I hope your wife never reads your post,;)
but I understand.

Nice looking car there hotrod willys.:D

Nice work Ian!!! Tell us more about this lead dolly. You mean a lead bar?
Jeff