G'day, New Guy from Australia

[Jimmy B]

G'day everyone, my name is Jimmy. I live in Nothern New South Wales, Australia.

I am relatively new to metal shaping. I have been building a 1925 Chev roadster for the past 4 years doing the work myself.
I have built a English wheel that is 95% complete I just need to finish some bracing and I am about half way done building a planishing hammer.

Recently I tried my hand at making up some new Chev roadster 1/4 panels for a future project.






Thank you for having me.
Cheers
Jimmy

[jhnarial]

A man with pictures,now that is an intro.

Nice Buck did you use the Buck as a hammer form? _

[HEATNBEAT]

Welcome Jimmy!
Nice work, we all love pictures

[olskoolsi]

you say your relatively new, man, i'm still in the womb. nice work.

[Jimmy B]

Originally Posted by jhnarial

A man with pictures,now that is an intro.

Nice Buck did you use the Buck as a hammer form? _

Hey Johnny, yes I did use the buck as a hammer form, it was the only way with my skills to do it. This project was an experiment to see if I could. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. Since I was able to make a set there wont be a need to search for another roadster body which are rarer than hens teeth. I will end up trying to build a complete new body. Hopefully I will start that in the new year.



I did a thread on the HAMB a while back if you want to see the full build
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...1233&showall=1

This is my roadster

[Jimmy B]

Originally Posted by HEATNBEAT

Welcome Jimmy!
Nice work, we all love pictures

Thank you Rick! I love pictures too, they help me visualize, as I don't always understand the explanations.

Originally Posted by olskoolsi

you say your relatively new, man, i'm still in the womb. nice work.

Thank you Scott, haha, good line. I'm learning as I go, I don't like to say I can't do something if I haven't tried. Sometimes I pull it off, sometimes I crash and burn.

Cheers
Jimmy

[jhnarial]

I love that

How did you make up the buck? It looks really good

[Jimmy B]

Originally Posted by jhnarial

I love that

How did you make up the buck? It looks really good

Thank you. The bucks are made from 5/8" structural plywood. I made cardboard templates then transfered the shape to plywood, cut the shape and screwed to the main backing. the gaps were filled with more ply and shaped with 24 & 36 grit sanding pad on a 4" grinder. They were then ready to be used. It took me about 1 week to build the bucks.

[cords]

another ozi how goods that great work mate keep it up

[Joe Hartson]

Jimmy, Thanks for joining us and posting the pictures of your project.