New to the Site

nmooer · #1 02-23-2011, 12:36 AM

Hi everybody my name is Nathan. I am 32 and have an interest in Metal fab. I used to work in a body shop before hiring out on the rail road. I have a strong interest in Cars and tools. I have a jet lathe, and just bought an 37 3/4 english wheel and Planishing hammer. I live in eastern Montana and there is not allot of people that shape metal in the place were I live. I just bought a 1970 plymouth superbird tribute car that had a steel nose, and my goal is to try to learn sheet metal tools enough to build a copy of the nose to hang on the garage wall for a rainy day. Everbodys posts on here are really interesting with allot of great skills that i realize do not come over night. Thanks Nathan

Joe Hartson · #2 02-23-2011, 01:30 AM

Nathan, welcome and thanks for the introduction. Having a lathe will make it easier to build some of the machines you might want for metal shaping. Thanks for joining us.

HEATNBEAT · #3 02-23-2011, 10:31 AM

Welcome aboard Nathan!

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I just bought a 1970 plymouth superbird tribute car that had a steel nose

I have never heard of a tribute car. Is this a full size car?

nmooer · #4 02-23-2011, 12:16 PM

Thank you for the welcome. I love the lathe but have allot more to learn from it. I just wish i would have paid a little closer attention in high school. Hi heat beat a tribute car is a nice way of saying clone or Fake. The car industry used to hate the word clone but as time goes by and the cars dry up, allot of people are learing to accept it. I just cant afford 150k for the real deal. Just in the steel nose and wing i have 8k. The sad thing is that there are a whole lot more parts that go in the nose.

David Gardiner · #5 02-23-2011, 02:45 PM

Welcome to the site Nathan.

David