Mashin alloy in Sydney

[alloy]

Hi,

New to all the metal shaping stuff and learning on Alloy. Just have some hammers, dollys and a bunch of various shapes to hammer on.
My anvil is just a piece railway track. I have shaped some cheap white rubber mallets and made some shaping spoons from a old chair.

My aim is too learn the craft by starting at the hand tool shaping- old school techniques. Eventually I will get a english wheel and planisher- but that must wait for money.

Over time I expect to get better and then start doing small jobs for mates and such. My goal would be to eventually do restoration work for old sports and racing cars, one off parts, bikes and aircraft cowls etc.

I have always loved alloy bodies especially polished- two decades ago I did metal restos on bikes and cars, mainly fixing and polishing alloy parts.

I will post bits and pieces I make as I go.

My list so far includes.....

Alloy bonnet, roof, 3/4 panel,door for a classic mini- 1/10 scale. This will have a full alloy body and space frame in the end. fully de-seamed and maybe radio control.

The mini is just a fun little excercise I can do and is 0.4mm and some 0.7mm. That doesn't require loud hammer blows at night.


A small 1/4 scale motor cycle guard.

A 3/4 scale guard for a bike- still working on this.

A large model aircraft exhaust with domed ends, oval shaped, tonights project shaped the caps and rolled the centre. Made from 1mm sheet.


Will post some photos when I find camera and learn how to.


Phil

[David Gardiner]

Welcome to the site Phil. Starting with hand tools is the way to go.

David

[cords]

hey phill welcome from another sydney boy
Cheers Gav

[HEATNBEAT]

Welcome to Allmetalshaping Phil!

[metalformrt]

Welcome to the forum Phil, this is an excellent place to learn

[alloy]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

This forum is great- so much knowledge and inspiration.

I have done a few more scale bike guards and a really crap teardrop form out of pine.

I am slowly getting better at not marking the buggery out of the surface, I hide all my metal hammers from myself.
Learning sure is fun and frustrating when you overwork it.

I should of said above I am a complete nutter- first actual project was stainless. Ended with a perfect finish and shape. Damn that stuff is hard to shrink and stretch by hand.

I will post some pics when I find the camera.

Phil