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Old 08-09-2011, 08:42 PM
Sorekiwi Sorekiwi is offline
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Hi Guys, another Kiwi joining the fold, but I actually live in the US and have for the last 17 years.

I'm a motor mechanic by trade, and until 2 years ago spent my time travelling all over working on open wheeled racing cars. As i said, the last 17 years in the US and a couple of years before that in Europe.

I've had the privilege of working with a ton of very highly skilled fabricators over the years and have been in awe of some of the work they have produced. The downside to that of course is that I didn't tend to do much fabricating myself, letting the experts do it always yielded a better job!

So now I want to learn more about it. I can weld OK, I can machine most of the bits I want to make, but I have a ton to learn when it comes to forming and shaping pieces of metal.

I have interest in almost anything old, from farm equipment to cars, old tools and machines, even old buildings. I'm looking forward to learning from the experts here!
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Old 08-09-2011, 09:34 PM
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Mike, welcome and thanks for the introduction. The information here will help you get started with metal shaping. Ask questions if you have any and someone will try to help you. Hope you find the site enjoyable and helpful. Thanks for joining us.
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Old 08-10-2011, 10:05 PM
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Old 08-11-2011, 01:04 PM
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Hi Mike welcome to allmetalshaping!

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