Hello from QLD, Australia

[jake.barton]

Hello all,

Jake here from QLD, Australia. Have been lurking around looking at metalwork websites for years now and have never done too much about it as I never had the room to swing a hammer (university then city job got in the way).

Before I went away to uni, I spent just about every waking second in the shed with my old man working on my first car (EH holden) which I still have. When I finally get a shed again, the plan is to restore it plus find a few other projects to "invest" in. Seeing something you put together with your own hands gives a great sense of accomplishment - something I want to rediscover.

At the moment I spend a bit of time at the in-laws place and have access to a good shed to have a bit of a muck around. I have purchased a few hand tools and DVD's from Mr. Peter Tommasini with the intention to get a feel for working with sheet metal and hope this forum will help the process.

In terms of skills which I can offer the forum in the short term, I am not to sure. I am a structural engineer so can undertake finite element analysis (stress modeling) of plate structures like english wheels etc. so let me know if anyone has a project I can help with.

Looking forward to being apart of the forum. I dont think there is a big metalwork scene here in Australia but if anyone has a project underway around Gladstone QLD and needs a free pair of hands, please let me know.

Kind Regards,
Jake