some of the work from my shop

if i cant get to the back of the panel after i weld it in to put primer on it, i will use weld through primer to help protect the metal

 

You've have some cool projects and your welds are like a works of art.

 

Man, you are truly a badass mutha.

 

Bro, go to the doctor...you are sick!!!

 

beautiful workmanship and fabrication!

 

I thought I recognized your name somewhere, I have a friend that went to your shop for some heart shaped tow hooks. Small world.

You have a killer setup out there it looks like. I do CAD by trade and would totally love to have a plasma table at home. You do good work, thanks for sharing it on here.

 

been slammed at the shop lately, just not a ton of what i have been doing is picture worthy. lots of welding and grinding. here are a few of the more interesting things i have been doing

this one is a little OT, but it is still cutting and grinding and some old school style work

truck in for a chop, laying out some cut marks



top removed



starting to put the top back on, has the cut the posts at the top and bottom to line things back up







front of the roof all squared up and tacked on



going to have to split the roof to make things better in the rear. going to use this factor seam since the interior is metal and built into the truck. this should be fun







split at the seam, doing some grinding to make the gaps right



then cut the back part of the door jam out and slid it back



then time to make the pieces bridge the gaps







throw in some pie cuts to line the bottoms up



starting to get some where



had to add a piece to the door jam from where it was stretched, used a factory seam to make it look stock




worked on fitting the door post back on the passenger side as well

 

also started on this, which is my own car, crosley comp coupe, on a chassis research K88 styled chassis i built





bent up a chassis research style axle for it as well

 

also have a 35 ford truck in the shop. have to mount the fiberglass front end, make a 4 pc hood, running boards and running board braces

here are the inner fenders

 

Looks like you guys are staying plenty busy Mike. Nice work!

 

Mike, as usual, you're eye brow deep in great work. Cool Stuff no the less. Need to stop by soon. I'll call.

Bob

 

Nice work!

 

Nice work,! Nice welds ! and Nice shop ! Thanks for sharing !

 

busy is an understatement, but being busy is a good problem to have

thanks for the kind words

 

thats awsome work !

 

Another project I am working on, .063 3003 alum. Chute body

 

Awesome work. I hope I have welds like you in the future! I see you have a tubular X member here. What size of tube did you use and thickness. Im trying to figure out what I want to use in my 31 coupe.




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You are sooo smooth!!!!!!!

 

the front x member is 2 in od, .250 wall, the center k member is 1.75 od .125 wall

 

a little update on the OT truck chop. made lots of head way while the site was down

got the driver side door top welded back on



then pulled the roof skin off to metal work the roof seam, and to make things easier to stretch the inner roof sheet metal







welded up the roof skin, ground down and some hammer/ dollie time. i didnt get a pic of it but i ran it through the english wheel to smooth it out more





then moved onto the fun part. the inner skin. i split it at the factory seam and made the new filler spot weld to the flange like it did from the factory. two reasons for that, 1 a lot less welding/ warping, 2 it looks like it was never chopped. filler panels made and clamped up. dykem used to help lay out the trim lines for the fillers





all welded up and ground smooth inside and out, then some attention with hammer and dollie











its not perfect but nothing some high built primmer or a skim coat of filler cant fix.

 

made some more progress on the roof

had to make a filler panel to replace where i slid the rear of the door frame back



all fixed up



then continued to weld and smooth out all the seams

 

Very nice!! Impressive.

 

Awesome work. There is tons of motivation here for a 28-29 RPU build I am starting soon. Keep up the good work.

 

You're doing some great work. Neat job on the pickup. I'd like to see a side profile of the roof. It looks like the back of roof will have a much nicer curve to it than the original

 

How much time are you looking at total after you've finished that chop up?? Great work...

 

just time in the chop i have about 60 hours in. that is from bracing/ lay out to where i am now

here are some more profile shots









got a little more done on my aluminum chute body i am making





and have been working on finishing the hand made 4 piece hood for a 35 ford truck. hand made from scratch, hand rolled all the hinges with a hammer and dolly. still needs some fine tuning but it is all roughed in

 

another shot of the chute body

 

been busy working on some OT projects to get them buttoned up. here are some of what i have been up to

finished up all the metal work on the willys M151A1













also been working on shaping the custom stretched running boards on the 35 ford truck. these have been challenging with the curve in the boards that match the fenders.

all the lines laid out for linear stretching



ran through the power hammer a few times to stretch the edge and roll it over



starting to smooth everything out with the english wheel





starting to look like something





more to come on the running boards as they progress.

also made an aluminum hood for jo kerr, here i am doing the louvers



and been working on more custom cut parts on the cnc plasma. SBC header flanges with or with out the block temp sensor cut outs, round or square ports

 

more work on the 35 ford truck extended running boards

using the same card board template as i did for the driver side, just flipped over to lay out for the panel



panel cut out, high light line laid out, and marked every inch to use as guide when linear stretching



linear stretch dies in the power hammer



now it has to get ugly before it gets good






one complete pass



pass two



first trip through the english wheel





started folding edges over on the bead roller with a tipping wheel



when folding the edge in the radius this happens





a little time with a hammer, dolly and some shrinking





worked the edges up to a 90 and straightened them up a little with a hammer



here it is roughed in, still need to do some work on the english wheel, roll the body line in the bottom, and turn the edge under the body line. but it is getting there.




here you can see the curve of the running board and why it had to be stretched

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hope to have the board itself finished up tomorrow and ready to go on the truck

 

I follow you on IG, nice work!