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06-20-2014, 11:20 PM
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Okay Scott. Thanks for blowing my whole night! I've just gone through your pages and have to say your woodwork is as impressive as your metal work. Great photography, too!
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06-21-2014, 03:11 AM
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Welcome to the forum Scott, Nice work.
David
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06-21-2014, 05:31 AM
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Hi Scott really cool work
Welcome to the forum Peter
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06-21-2014, 12:46 PM
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Hello Scott and welcome to the forum.
Did you work at Vels Ford with Parnelli? Jere
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06-21-2014, 07:05 PM
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06-21-2014, 07:07 PM
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To all who have responded, thank you for your kind remarks. This is quite an impressive group of craftsmen. I will try to stay out of the way and ask a lot of questions.
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06-21-2014, 07:43 PM
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North American T6 Prop Spinner Repair
This spinner belongs to a friend who owns and flies a T-6G and accidentally dropped the spinner which landed directly on the point, of course. This spinner was actually made from a sheet, rolled and has one weld seam. It is chrome plated. It was only about .020" thick material.
So, my approach was to make a form of the inside of the spinner. To do this I filled it with fiberglass resin with a 1" stake in it to fit my stand. This gave me the actual profile of the back side of the dent.  I then body worked the dent with bondo to make the form smooth and represent the inside of the spinner without the dent. Turning the spinner over and using my shot bag and fingers only, started coaxing the dent back to where the metal really "wanted" to be. Once I got some of the major dent moving, I put the spinner on the form. I then spent nearly 12 hours (not all at once...) using only my hands and cotton gloves slapping, pushing and gently working the thin material back in shape. It really taught me how the form already had a memory and didn't like being out of position. Spinning on the form slowly and just flat palm hammering got the shape back with no damage to the chrome, a testament to the ability of the plater.   
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06-23-2014, 07:36 AM
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Scott, you have an impressive background and wide array of talent as well. My first foray into racing was at Indy before I got sidetracked to the stock cars. In 1970 - 1971 I worked for Howard 'Tilt' Millikan in Crawfordsville getting two cars ready for the race at Indy. One was driven by Rick Muther (the last turbo powered car to run at Indy?)That's me pushing at the left rear, and Jigger Sirois in the more conventional Turbo Offy. I found it an amazing difference in atmosphere while going thru qualifying and practice as opposed to going thru the gates on race morning. I would have LOVED a chance to work with the open wheel cars, particularly any of the Unser boys. If you get a chance to attend a shaping event at Dan Pates, I would certainly like to meet you.
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