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Old 06-13-2014, 04:59 AM
Peter Tommasini Peter Tommasini is offline
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Thanks David and Mike for the responses! I will definitely check out the DVDs and look into the class in Wixom. I was talking to a coworker today and he thought there may be some classes in our area... so this works out great! I've seen plans for building a very low-budget power hammer and thought that might be a good way to get into using one without spending a great deal of cash. The reason I was thinking power hammer was because I've used hammers and dollies with mixed results. I do understand though that a machine won't help with poor technique. Thanks again guys for the welcome and tips! Jeremy

Jeremy as David mentioned no machine in the World will help shaping panels unless you first learn how metal shaping works this comes with
practice, experience, and understanding metal. This will be easier by mastering hand tools first
Peter
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