New dutch member
 

Hi all,

I'm Jeffry from the Netherlands, 30 y/o, and I've found my way to this forum because of my interest in metalshaping. My interest has always been into building cars and bikes. Mainly cars... And have always been hobby for me. Besides building stuff I like to drag race as well.

A wish i had for years now was to get myself an english wheel and start wheeling. I knew that getting the wheel was the easy bit, and learning to use it the hard bit. So I went to the UK, to Geoff Moss at MPH motorpanels for a weeks course on sheetmetal shaping. This was a great experience, that man has truely amazing skills. He's a very crafted man that makes great pieces of art, and manages to pass on his skills to others. In that week I've learned so much that my head is now buzzing with idea's.

I've awaited to buy a wheel after the course to discuss what would be the best. So after testing some chinese wheels at various sellers I concluded that thats not the way. So now I bought hoosier wheels to built my own wheel. That would be the first project.

I'm planning on making a c-frame with top adjuster. I want to cut two c-shapes with the plasma cutter and box that to a frame.

Anyways for an impression on my previous/current project car visit my website.
http://highoctane.nl/index.php?optio...&id=1&Itemid=5

I've built a Audi Sport Quattro replica, with carbon/kevlar body, 2.2l 5-cil engine, with a gt42r turbo, drysump the works. Took me 5,5 years but now it almost finished.

Cheers
Jeffer

Welcome to the site Jeffer :cool:
Peter

Welcome to Allmetalshaping Jeffer!:)

Hi Jeffer! Welcome to the Forum. Cool Project :D

welcome jeffry

i am building a laser cut frame e wheel this moment you migth want to see my build to get idears i had the material cut for about 900 euro
the drawings are still in the computer so i could help you with that
if you would be interested

Hi there. Thanks for the warm welcome. :)
@ Robert
It looks great your e-wheel. Great design, but am i fraid i do not have enough room for that size. :( I will certainly make a smaller wheel.
I appreciate you are willing to share the drawings. However I probably design my own wheel in Solidworks.

Also great to see that the dutch are doing some serious wheeling :)

Some images during the course in the UK. We made some panels on a Lotus eleven and for an etype out of 1,2mm aluminium.
http://allmetalshaping.com/picture.p...pictureid=8863
http://allmetalshaping.com/picture.p...pictureid=8861
http://allmetalshaping.com/picture.p...pictureid=8860
http://allmetalshaping.com/picture.p...pictureid=8862

Well, the first bits for my e-wheel arrived. Bought the 3x3 hoosier wheel set, with upperwheel. Next up is to built the adjuster and the frame.
Also made an oak treestump, so getting there to start shaping. Excited.
However first I need to finish my other project, the restoration of my Audi RS2.

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hi Jeffer, welcome here in the forum.
We definitely see times in Bitburg, I'm more often in Bitburg.

Greetings Dirk



hallo jeffer, willkommen hier im Forum.
Wir sehen uns bestimmt mal in bitburg, ich bin auch öfter in bitburg.

Gruß Dirk

Hi Dirk,
Thanks for the welcome. Would be great to drink ein bitburger at the dragstrip. I'll be there next time with the grey Audi Sport Quattro again. Easy to spot ;)

Looked at your site; awesome skills! Love the volvo! :eek:

I'll keep an eye open.
I'm there with "Betzi Racing team"



ich werd die Augen offen halten.
ich bin mit " Betzi Racing team " dort

Welkom, wordt al druk hier :-)

Will have a read through your audi site, looks great. See you went to Dave and Pieter for the dyno?

Good luck with the e-wheel fab.
jochem.

Well done Jeffer
that is a nice job on that lotus eleven. keep up the good work
Peter

Lots of dutch people on this forum. :)
Indeed Jochem, I was at DP for the mapping on their dyno.

I know them from my days of tinkering with peugeot 205gti's.
How did you cope with the bugs in VEMS?

No bugs in Vems what so ever.
I've made my own wireloom, did the setup of vems myself, made my own triggers on the engine, and did some basemapping. All went fine. So no bugs for me. DP the mapped it at WOT and drivebility. It drives great and is pretty quick ;)