some of the work from my shop

thanks man, on these i cut them out on my cnc plasma table and just used standard dimple dies in a hydraulic press

 

Awesome work as usual cornfield, would love to mount a camera on your shoulder as you work to see how you fabricate some of these pieces, i think you would get a lot of followers on you tube if you did some filming of your builds mate, keep up the great work. Lee

 

thanks man, a helmet cam would be a pretty good video

 

Yes I agree. Helmet cam.

 

been working on some custom sheet metal work on the OT C10. this hood was stretched, pancaked, and reshaped on the front. also added some custom indentations. tig welded up and metal finishing them out. so far i only have the passenger side mostly done, but am working my way around.









made some progress on the studebaker fire wall



made some display stantions for bob hilton for his and ross racings display at detroiy



made a display for the Pope RPU too



and finally getting back on the Minges coupe. getting ready to get all the parts ready to head the chrome and paint shop



plated the steering arm to give it more strength and some style ( these plates are available for sale fort any one intersted)



and had some local Vocational students over today for some job shadowing and metal working demos. so i taught them how to make s speed blister

 

Amazing craftsmanship. I really enjoy following along with your projects.

Ryan.

 

Way to go Mike I bet the kids had a fun time at the shop!

 

today i started getting all the little bits on the Minges coupe ready for the chrome shop. so i am doing screen windows on the front backing plates. here i am laying out the design



then got one side half way done. made up some plates that will go on the back side to clamp the screen to the backing plate.



one down one to go

 

Wow nice attention to detail. That came out really cool looking.

Ryan.

 

this week i am building a custom tube frame for a super low 1930 ford pick up. designed the front rails in CAD and cut them out on the CNC plasma table. material is 3/16 as well as the tubing.



all welded up and smoothed out



cut, and beveled the tubing. nice tight gaps make life easy



the rails all laid out, ready to be turned into a frame



didnt get any pics until later in the day. but here is all tacked up, and some welding done. front end mocked up. made some bolt in wishbone mounts, have 7* tapered bung welded to the inside of the bracket.











got the steering mocked up



motor mounted, and making some cool little mounts

 

Nice work there Mike! You make it look way to easy!

 

Yeah what awesome work. Just amazing. Thanks for the fab porn.

Ryan.

 

made a little more progress on the chassis over the last couple days. been busy with other small projects that too away a lot of time from this one.

made the center K member / trans mount



and modified some F1 shock mounts to work on the front. machined some threaded bungs, welded them into the frame, counter sunk the bolt holes and used some countersunk allen head bolts

 

You do some beautiful work and have a great vision and design ideas.

 

that frame is beautiful

 

That slammed chassis is really well done.

 

Your mind must run at warp speed 24/7 to come up
with all of this magic .

 

This work is so good it makes me want to burst into song, or maybe poetry. One could write an epic opera about the welding alone.
Seriously, this is outstanding build quality and imagination, my man. I doff my cap!

 

Your work is a great inspiration to other young people who have an interest in design and metal fabrication. You have more than a knack for it,you have a gift. Thanks for sharing with your photos and up dates on your projects.

 

thanks guys, appreciate the feedback

 

Form and function, great work !

 

been super busy finishing up some small projects around the shop. now that they are out of the way, i can get back on the truck chassis. started making the ladder bars. using old wishbones for the tubes. i a, really liking the way they are coming out. still need to sand blast them and some more filing. but you get the idea

 

More metal magic, I love checking this thread.

 

I just spent the last 3 1/2 hrs reading this thread and was very impressed and then went to the next page and was even more impressed,then it seemed every page you out did the page before.I Think we are watching a legend in the making .
Doug

 

Very cool Stuff!

Mario

 

been super busy at the shop lately. was packed out a couple weeks ago with quick in and out jobs. had 13 cars in shop at one point. here are a few things that have been happening

hand made fan shroud for a customer that sent me some sketches and measurements for his needs. fan ring splits and is removable for easy instal







had a 29 model a sedan dropped off for metal work, chop, channel and fit to the chassis he had already bought

as it came in





















starting to get things into shape








gas tank removed, dents in fire wall hammered out, and tank top put back on



also getting started on the Wyke 32 sedan. i will do a build post on the car when things really get moving



and the mchorter chassis came off the table to make room for the new chassis build on the table

 

Very nice! Busy is a good thing. The quality looks top notch as usual.

Ryan.

 

more work on the chapney 29 sedan

taking off more of the bad











new used A pillar band going on



some of the awesome repairs done on the driver door that needs redone













so now comes the repairs, had to take off the door bottom and get things back to where they should be. measured off a stock door to make sure this one is the right size







got the inner structure fixed then moved onto making a new door skin. used some body sweeps to get the same shape into the new skin. used the english wheel to put the shape in the skin, bead roller to turn the hemmed edge, and hammer and dolly to set the hem



















still need to cut and weld the top seam just below the body line. should have that done tomorrow

 

got the skin cut and tacked to the door at the top. just need to tig weld it up and hammer it out



and got the hinges swapped over to the new used passenger door, the door top was bad so i cut it off, i will be using the door top from the original door. no big deal since the car will get chopped

 

Looking good moving right along!