torstai 26. heinäkuuta 2012

Heres some of my older projects, in no particular order:
Some wheel wells for a friend
 Firewall and some rust repair for a 33-34 Ford
 First pieces with home made planishing hammer.

Home made english wheel, now sold. I had only a little use for it, so I sold it. Mayde I build a smaller one some time in the future.

keskiviikko 25. heinäkuuta 2012

Ok, I´ll try some blogging.. I´ve beed doing stuff involving metal for so many years, so maybe I can show some of it.
Everything started with Internet somewhere in the  mid- 90´s. I found this site Metalshapers. I had been doing some simple  things earlier, but it was like welding patch panels etc.
My first car was 1966 Ford Fairlane stw, that had a very rusty floor. A friend of mine welded it  but it was still rusty so my father bought a mig welder.. Finally the floor was completely welded using small pieces of sheet metal, none of them bigger than a playing card :D :D Well the car is still a on the road I guess..
Heres a car I always wanted, 1959 Dodge. This model is Kingsway, made in Canada with Dodge front fenders, hood and grille. The rest was 1959 Plymouth 4d. 
 Of course I had to chop it, year was 1997 or 1998..
 And also tarditional Finnish 4d->2d ht conversion
 I think this was the first heavily shaped piece I made for any car. I made this using only hand tools.
 I had to redo the first 4d-2d conversion, there was just too much filler. 2002-2004
I also had to make the wheel arches, now with  planishing hammer, bead roller and shrinker/stretcher