Hot Rods My antique sheet metal shop

Very cool!

 

Very Nice
I need to clean up my shop again nice reminder to do that

 

Education please- What does a wiring machine do?
Reminds me of the old Pexto machine we used in high school to make a funnel with a wired edge at the top.
You could install different forming rollers for different operations.
I still have the funnel.

 

The same machine used to form an edge for a wire. I also use it to turn a lip out at right angles when I want an edge with a soft fold.

 

This is one of the more unusual jobs we do for the local funeral parlour. It is used when bodies are being shipped overseas. When I first started work we went to the mortuary and soldered the lid down once the body was in place.
These days they use silicone and tek screws

 

Well that is one I never gave thought to, a galvanized casket liner that is.
What an incredible shop that is still turning out work daily with the same equipment that has been in use for generations. Thanks for sharing and I hope you post some photos of what you do with some of the machines we may not be familiar with.

 

Thanks so much for the link from the other place. I too admired the wooden floor holding all those machines as one would be hard pushed to find modern factories today using the wooden floor yet the warmth etc is darn sight better then concrete any day. I too would love to see how some of those machines work please especially the wire machine.

 

I would love to learn everyone of those machines! Amazing shop. Add me to the lovers of wood shop floors. Almost unheard of today.

 

Damn cool place you have there.
I can only dream of all the work that has
gone on in there over the last 100 years.

 

Your sharing has brought back a lot of memories for me. I remember many of the shops here in Arkansas City that had
shops similar to yours. Most of them had a lot of belt-driven machines as well. We also had two foundry's that held a lot of interest for young kids. None exist today, and none of them were kept in one family. Progress sucks sometimes!
You are a lucky Man!

 

Amazing collection of tools! Thanks for sharing the pics and stories.

 

Thanks for sharing, I have never seen anything like this before.

 

Great shop and tools long may it stay in the family

 

Here's a 1930 Cadillac fuel tank being built




Doming the end of the tank in the wheel



Son Kieran holding the tank while I swage the tank to lock the end in



Holding the end in the tank, you can't have too many vice grips!

 

Thanks for the update and pics, looks like you guys do a wide range of jobs.

 

Cool shop, thanks for the pics.


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Those tools come from a time when things were really well made. Look how long they have lasted and how they still work every day.

Loved the tour.

Don

 

Wonder if you could repost photos. They are all showing red Xs........
And do you have a thread (or photos) on your avatar build ?
Thanks

 

Nice shop. Wish I had the space.

 

All the pitcherz got erased!!! Durn
6sally6

 

X2 on reposting the original pics please...

 

I did'nt realise the pics had been wiped, must be photobucket, I will sort it out after Xmas,

 

I do have a build thread on my avatar but the pictures have also been deleted by photo bucket. I will have to repair this as well. Do you have a 32 sedan?

 

Too cool! Would love to see the pics when you get em sorted again...
A friend has a Machine Shop in Ballard Washington, he is 5th generation in his family. I think they opened it in 1870. It still has the original setup using the leather straps to power machines!

-Shiny

 

Yowsa! I love an old times work shop and vintage tools .

 

A fordor, and a 5 window coupe, - the coupe I always said was the worst in NZ, (out of the 25 left), until I saw what you started with.......

 

Now the photos are back.......thanks !

 

Its hard to imagine any business that you would start up today that would remain relevant in 100 years.
Let alone still utilizing equipment with the age that yours has.
Enjoyed your pictures and story.
Thank

 

You have been Blessed !!

 

I hope your family is able to keep that shop alive and well for the future.