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New guy from Canada.
Hello Folks, My name is Tone. I'm from a small town called Arthur, about an hour west of Toronto. I am a hard core car guy and I have a plate full of projects that I will finish all of as long as I live to be about 135 years old. I learned to weld so that I could work on my own projects & not have to wait for someone else to help me. I always want to learn more & add to my skill set.
I am hoping to learn to use an english wheel and related equipment to start making my own complex parts. I have made simple stuff so far like battery boxes and suspension brackets but I want to get into sheet metal more in depth. I work in a stamping press shop every day & I see the presses mass produce car parts but I want to do it by hand. I look forward to picking the brains of the more experienced guys on here and soaking up a lot of information. I am probably going to be the sit in the corner & listen guy rather than the run my mouth type of guy so I may not post too much. Here are some pics of my current projects. My dad has been a car guy his whole life too so it was kind of pre ordained that I would be too. The Model A coupe in the pics is our current project. I have somewhere around 1000 hours into the metal work on that car & I have learned a lot from it. for anyone interested, here is the build thread on the HAMB, there are lots more pictures of it there. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=348159 http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...er283/3bu1.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...er283/3bu3.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...r283/myabu.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../DSCN01520.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...r283/smoke.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...83/Img1818.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../DSCN01794.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../DSCN01112.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN0424.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../DSCN01957.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...treetBu005.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/100_1204.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/100_1203.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../DSCN01730.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN0180.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../Dually093.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../Dually107.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../Dually153.jpg |
Tone, welcome and thanks for the introduction and pictures. Think you have enough to keep you busy for a while. Hope the site is useful for you with the projects. Thanks for joining us.
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Welcome Tone!
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Welcome to the site Tone, you have a lot of cars there. I can never get over the space you guys have in Canada and the States. I guess thats cos I live on this tiny little overcrowded island. (UK)
David |
Welcome to Allmetalshaping Tone!
It's always good to meet another local, I'm located in the Flamborough area just north of Hamilton. It's been a while since I was up in Arthur, I used to go skydiving up there back in the late 80's. I may have even seen your place from above while I was trying to find my way back down to the ground! Just in case you're interested, we're going to be having a metalshaping weekend over here on the weekend of May 7 & 8. You are more than welcome to drop in and meet some of the local guys and check out the equipment if you wish. See the details here: http://www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=3362 Enjoy yourself on the website. Ken |
Welcome aboard.
I'm guessing you like Malibus. ;) Hope you can make it to the meet. |
Thanks everyone for the welcome.
Kenb, I joined over here after I saw your post on the HAMB about the metal shaping meet at your shop. I hope to make it to your meet. It will depend on work & family commitments. I have spent a bunch of time in Flamborough, that is where the race car I crew on is based out of. Do you know Jamie Cox? He lives at the Kirkwall intersection & is the owner/driver of our stock car. I am the fabricator for the #44 car. We ran several seasons at the Flamborough track and the past two or three seasons we have been running at Ohsweken speedway and we are currently the thunder stock champions there. |
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