This is a Pressing Matter!!!
 

Hello All

I'm John Alba I'm 48 years old, I have been involved in cutting, bending, shrinking, stretching, and welding metal for over 3 decades. I'm from the Cali but reside in Dallas.

At one time I owned and used, an E-wheel, 36/12" cp, handheld cp, P-9, T-3, beater bags, shrinkers/stretchers and tons of other equipment... I gave most of that up years ago when I switched over from hand-making parts to pressing/stamping parts.

Currently, I use 1000 ton, 400 T and a 70T press to do most everything at the shop.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tCl...w?usp=drivesdk

John A.

Welcome Back John. Interesting stuff. I had not realized you moved from California. Do you still make the many window VW roofs?

More please
 

Your are a nice addition to this forum. Would you show the top-bottom die. Perhaps a light explanation as to how each fits to the other, Top smaller ect..?

I remember you were buying a plastic injection machine years back. Sure would like to see more on you Pressing Situation and what you all squishin out.

Yes Doug,

I did buy the injection molding machine.i cut the hydraulic press off and scraped the rest..re plumbed it and made part. Once I realized what I needed I started buying old hydraulic rubber presses.


I will show more of what I'm doing as I take photos and time permits

Kerry, I developed a process for stamping the roof of the bus

https://youtu.be/rboWrh9bmlA

But I've passed this work onto someone else that shop in Huntington Beach CA does buses and bugs but I've moved out of California

Really interesting video John and vastly better production than most.

Wow John ,
That 21 window is impressive . I remember years ago you where telling me you wanted to make front floors for buses .

James

Lol... James, I did make the front floors but another company beat me to market and I got discouraged. (So I changed directions)


I also make the sunroof opening to be welded in for bug

https://photos.app.goo.gl/LLHyM3fTfZWkKCQbA

Stamping and pressing has been good to me

Hi John, you probably won't remember me, but I went to your shop back in the day when you were hosting a meet to build the porsche kit car. I helped make patterns of of the fiberglass body you had.

I just wanted to day thank you for setting that up, you and a couple other guys (Tony, Mark, Peter T, Kent etc) definitely fostered/mentored me into continuing working with metal.

Awesome Mike, that's great.

I'm glad to hear you stuck with it! I looked at your album, looks like great work.

John