Thread: 2nd shop gathering, metal shaping

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Hurst01, you sound like a pretty talented guy - i bet you'll get a warm welcome at 'All Metalshapers.com'.
1gary, you missed a great metalmeet. I couldn't make it myself but attended Gatormeet just befor Dutchs'. Ben came over from Holland and at that meet thy chopped the top of a 53ish pickup - in 2 days, no body filler!

Here's some of the pictures of OJ's meet. Although I got these pictures of Tom doing the lead demo, and Dave doing the shrinking disc demo, I missed getting anything of that guy making metal scraps. But I am supposed to have more emailed to me, so I can post those when I get them.


Two flanged panels were tuck shrinked to form a radius. This was to simulate the leading edge of hood halves being welded together and leaded.



Tom using tinning butter on one half and plumbers flux (liquid) with solder on the other, to demonstrate the differences.... The liquid flux tends to get down into cracks better, for a better flow of the body lead.

Adding the lead, pushing it into the joint...










Rather than use a wooden paddle and tallow, Tom prefers a vintage soldering iron that uses external heat (the torch in his other hand) It seems to do a better job of managing the heat and the "puddle". Even though he claimed he hasn't leaded anything in ten years, it was like old hat to him.



















After our "hood" had a chance to cool, he demonstrated leveling the area with the vixen file.






Our completed sample





I think Tom enjoyed another crack at flowing some lead....




Got some pictures during the break of some of the vintage tin outside....

















Back inside for more work on metal, Dave gives a demo using the shrinking disc.

Thanks again OJ! I appreciate you taking the time to open your shop up to everyone. It was hard to pull myself away from a day working on my car, but I knew I'd learn a thing or two that would stick with me for a long time!