[longyard]

Originally Posted by Turnaround

Early on in life, my brother and I worked our speed shop, and built race (and every thing else) engines. I wound up being the parts guy while brother Bill became the machinist. Later, I went to work for the federal DOT. I was lucky enough to retire from there several years ago. Bev and I relocated so far down South, in North Carolina, that we are almost in South Carolina. It took many years to get the "horse farm" homestead livable, but we are close now, and it is time to play "restoring old rusty cars." Now, I want to build some skills with the metal fabrication stuff that I have been accumulating. I have a Pullmax P9, 14 x 40 lathe, small mill, Lazze English wheel, Neil Dunder stretcher/shrinker and air planishing hammer, Metal Crafters Power Hammer andbead roller, and a hopped up Harbor Freight bead roller, 14 x 8 Pexto brake, and a pretty nice Miller Syncrowave 250. I am lucky enough to have a Back Yard Buddy lift, with a home made rotisserie, and a car tilter by Accessible Systems. So, now it is up to sniffing out how to use this stuff, by getting good advice from guys like the membership. My one project might not be doable, as I am trying to roll the 2 " flanges of a 36 Ford frame, that I am trying to fab from new 10 gauge CRS. I used the Pullmax for an initial run and did start the crease. The plate seemed to work harden, and it appeared to quit bending and to want to shear. I have not had time to make milder dies or to try sneaking up on the fold. 10 gauge just might be too heavy to fold along the compound line I am trying to fold it????

Hi David,
I'm in Winston-Salem, and, like you, a refuges from the over-taxed North. I'm always up for a shop visit if you get up this way.