Hi from Kansas City
 

Hey everyone,

My name is Justin Greene and I'm from Kansas City Missouri. I grew up around a lot of fun metal fabrication; I was born and raised in a custom shop called Wild Child's. Being around creative metal work is the only thing that feels like home for me because of the shop.

My Dad recently retired and now the shop is gone. This turn of events has given me a lot to think about. I learned as much as I possibly could growing up around the shop, but sadly, there just still wasn't enough time. I was much more interested at mastering a few things than roughly playing with them all. Because of that I really missed many of the things I still obsess over.

I've seen a lot of metal shaping done over time, but, I was never able to do anything really crazy with sheet metal without helping hands. That's why I'm starting now. I'm an engineering student now in my mid-twenties and for the first time since I started school I have the time/money to devote focus toward my creative interests. So to kick me off, yesterday I ordered David Gardiner's fabrication dvd to get me back into the swing of things. I can't wait to get started...

I look forward to sharing my projects with all of you. Sharing your skills and insights will be much appreciated - and in return I'll share some wild custom work to hopefully pay you back for your hard work. Thanks a bunch for the time guys!

-Justin Greene

Welcome Justin... I'm sure that you will find the group very helpful.

Thanks for the welcome Marcus. It already is; I've been reading through the bowl making thread - awesome advice. It looks like I'm going to have to figure out where to find tree trunk sections here in KC.

Welcome Justin.

Justin, welcome to the site, thanks for joining us.

Where at in KC do you live?

Welcome to allmetalshaping Justin, hope you like the DVD.

David

Hello from another Kansas City guy. Am from Overland Park.
To answer your question about the stump, here is a great BBQ place/ firewood place right next to Airparts on Merriam Lane.
Id be willing to bet they have a ton of stumps...Eric

welcome aboard:D

welcome aboard
 

This is a great site. I'm fairly new here too and I can say that a lot of good info can be found here. Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

Thanks a bunch to everyone for the kind welcome.. I'm sure the DVD will be great considering the compliments its getting. I can't wait to share some work. That bar-b-que help to find a stump is also much appreciated; I never would have thought of it. I live in Overland Park also - around 119th and 69hwy. Small world, I can't hardly believe I'd run into two neighbors learning about such a rare art these days - too cool. It's good to know there are some other people in town doing this.

Show some of those wild customs.Maybe I will recognize them.

Sure - here you go, Rikster from the HAMB has some in his database.

http://public.fotki.com/Rikster/11_c...hilds-custom-/

Way cool

I enjoyed that

You are not too far from me, am at 95th and lamar.

Wow,

:) Yesterday, I promptly received David Gardiner's fabrication dvd in the mail from the UK. I just finished watching it for the first time and it was phenomenal.. In a minute I'm going to watch it for a second time more intensely to reinforce what I've seen while beginning to systematize the tooling. I'm absolutely sure I'll be watching it again and again though.

Thank you for the considerable time and effort taken; I can't begin to compliment David on the video enough.. Seriously WOW :eek::D

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* Project #1 -

Compile a specific list of the most basic and mostly universal hand tools / brands / where to buy / expected price / tools needed to be custom made + specifications.

Varieties of:
(My initial relaxed viewing of the video recalls my need to research these tools)

1. Hammers - by weight/shape/size/brand
2. Mallets - by weight/shape/size/brand/custom specs
3. Slappers - by weight/shape/size/brand/custom specs
4. Chisels - by sharpness/bluntness/brand/custom specs
5. Dollies (hand & mounted) - by size/shape/brand/custom specs
6. Hand Shears - By brand
7. Torch set - by brand/desired tips by shape & size
8. Vixen Files - by brand/shape/size/sharpness order
9. Sand Bag - by brand/size/shape
10. Stump - by wood type/concave dimension

So, now on to the video once more to make sure I haven't forgotten any other tools to research. I'll update this basic tool list if I see anything I'm forgetting.

Do you guys see any holes in this list so far?

(If I should be starting another thread for this just let me know :o)