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Hey everyone out there in internet land, we are set up at the Good Guys Colorado Nationals! Stop out and see what's going on! You can hear the auto cross in the background those guys are getting after it! I will be doing some metal shaping demos here at the show each day. If you have always wondered how a english wheel works stop by these machines are here to use not just to look pretty! #metalshaping #diy #metalshapingdemo #Englishwheel #fab #demo #handmade #GoodGuys #metalshaper #tinknocker #carshow (at Loveland, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnbuDDAnZIz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16b5ki11wblgd

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Hey everyone out there in internet land here is a recap of the metal shaping with hand tools in Colorado last weekend! This was a fun class! We had a professional welder for Coors, a veteran helicopter mechanic, a hobbyist, a jack of all industrial trades, and a hot rod shop guy. The host for this class has been to my shop for a class and told me "I play with wood working from time to time " yeah right! His projects don't look like playing to me! But what all these guys have in common is a very technical mind set. We started with just a talk about the material and a few loose things of what a guy should and shouldn't do. And then we moved on to the pattern work for the project. Most of the guys had never really used a English wheel but a short talk about the way the machine works and they were off to the races. The guys wheeled up the face of the quarter panel but had to chase a few uneven spots. I probably sound like a broken record during the classes but a guy needs to know the how and why and the action to make that shape before they start! So when something unexpected pops up they have a clear picture of what will fix it. After they wheeled up the face we moved on to making the tail of the quarter panel, we made three tail pieces three different ways just to show the possibilities with hand tools! I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story, but one last thing. We made the tooling in the host's shop for the dimpled speed holes just to show not every tool needs to be a cnc'ed chunk of billet! And if you are interested in the metal shaping with hand tools class in Cumberland Wisconsin Sep 28th-Oct 1st there are still a couple spots open! If you would like to attend the Cumberland class shoot me a email customridesbuiltmine@yahoo.com or give me a call at the shop 1402 462 8581. Thanks everyone and have a great day! #metalshapingseminar #metalshaping101 #metalshaping #metalshapingclass #metalshaper #metalshapingdemo #Englishwheel #diy #class #tigwelding #gaswelding #handtools #metalshapingwithhandtools #travelingcircus #hotrod #smallclass #speedholes #skillbuilding #buildyourskills https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHOotGHO-X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=180v04jid3s01