Nube from Wisco
 

Hey guys! My name is Dan,and I live near Green Bay Wisconsin.I joined the forum to try and learn some metal forming techniques.I've been fabricating most of my life.(everything from horse carriages,to drag cars,stock cars,custom motorcycles,to production welding and machining).Metal forming is something i aspire to learn.Hope you guys can help with that! thanks!-Dan

Welcome to the forum Dan:)

Welcome
 

Hi Dan

Welcome to All metalshaping I'm Steve and live in Fond du Lac. There is a ton of good info on the site. Do some reading and then if you have questions just ask, were a friendly group, you will get an answer.

Hello Dan and welcome to the site. There is a lot of information on here.

David

Welcome to Allmetalshaping Dan!:)

Hey Dan,
Welcome. Nice to see another WI guy. I grew up in Marinette and own part of a coffee place in Green Bay (Perky Cups on Mason St.), but I live by Seattle now.

thanks guys! I know what coffee place your talking about! I'll have to stop in for a cup!

do you guys think i'd be better off starting with a shrinking stump or a sand bag? where can a get a good set of plastic tip hammers? thanks!

how do any of these look?
http://www.findingking.com/c-155-ham...=1&pagesize=48

The prices look reasonable, but I have no idea what the quality is going to be. I'm new here to so no help on the bag or shrinker. I am in the same boat.

I thought the prices looked good also.and their made in usa.Im just not sure how heavy of a hammer to get.I'd hate to get to light of a hammer and end up with carpul tunnel :rolleyes:

mallets
 

Your mallet needs to have a good bit of mass to be effective.
Here is a link to a thread on this site from a while back:
http://allmetalshaping.com/showthrea...hlight=mallets

You may be interested in the TuckPuck® for shrinking and stretching. You can go to YouTube and view the 4 part instructional video which may give you some new information. I need to put up a current video because I have found that solid mounting of the TuckPuck® is necessary to be effective and that a heavy mallet is also needed. The website is in my signature below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEgnRNcn7BQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShUN...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRmY9...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw7--...eature=related

thanks for the Hammer Carey! Can't wait to get it and try it out!:)

You should have it today. Have fun.

just got it!Damn! thats a nice piece! thanks againg!:D

Take a look here: Jerry is one of our own!

http://www.scottontool.com/mabthdsap/mabthdsap.php

Martin is the best, always a good investment.

Tuck

Dan: I am glad that you like it. They are a bit labor intensive to build.

My advice is dont use plastic hammers, steel hammers are best if you are working on steel, wooden mallets for aluminium. You really only need a few tools to get started.

David