Thread: Fabrication section?

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Just looking through the sub forums, suspention, engine talk etc and thought there could be a fabrication section. a place to ask/answer questions ideas on all types of fab work steel 'glass different welding finishing techniques etc.

Just an idea, i posted it here so all youse can give an opinion and the moderators can check out the responses.

If there is one or similar somewhere then the sun is in my eyes!

Originally Posted by spikeo

Just looking through the sub forums, suspention, engine talk etc and thought there could be a fabrication section. a place to ask/answer questions ideas on all types of fab work steel 'glass different welding finishing techniques etc.

Just an idea, i posted it here so all youse can give an opinion and the moderators can check out the responses.

If there is one or similar somewhere then the sun is in my eyes!

Sounds like this section...
http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/hot...lding-car.html

well yes and no what if your not building a car ?

i see your point but all the shop talk/ sub forums can be pinned to that also, such as the Suspension Setup, Paint Tech etc.

Just thought it would make it easier for other members to narrow down if they were after ideas or tips on fabrication, welding even fibreglassing etc. It could maybe include designs and tips on different jigs, body rotisseries...

Im just throwin the idea out there

that post was more for pro i think a fab section would be good on how to do it and talk over ways of going at it . i still fix and make things for guys but i do not build cars any more. so i never post or look to much at the car building section .so some guys may like that i keep my nose out of them post

I probably abuse the thread a little. I've been known to post tool building & other projects there mostly because I was too lazy to start another thread.

i personally would love a fabricating section. after i get the monte back on the road i am really interested in starting to work with fiberglass forming.

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

i personally would love a fabricating section. after i get the monte back on the road i am really interested in starting to work with fiberglass forming.

every time i think of glass or carbon fiber.smc i... ITCH i use to point my 8inch sander at the two vett pros at the shop i work at that never did any SMC or glass work when i work on the seim hoods... i would shoot rooster tails of ground glass torwards were they work just to get them in the mood

pat i think that you have a mean streak

Fab section would be nice, long as CHR doesn't end up all snotty like so many other forums and you end up with a bunch of self-appointed posting cops who spend most of their time telling others they posted their stuff in the wrong section!!!! Also, I'm reminded of the guy not too long ago who insisted on a separate upholstery section, got one opened, hung out a couple weeks but hasn't returned since....

Guess I'm like Pro Z, maybe it's not "correct" but if it kinda relates to the thread I'm reading I'll throw most anything in there! Fab section might be good as long as it doesn't take away from the family of friends atmosphere on CHR and turn it inot just another forum.....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Fab section would be nice, long as CHR doesn't end up all snotty like so many other forums and you end up with a bunch of self-appointed posting cops who spend most of their time telling others they posted their stuff in the wrong section!!!! Also, I'm reminded of the guy not too long ago who insisted on a separate upholstery section, got one opened, hung out a couple weeks but hasn't returned since....

Guess I'm like Pro Z, maybe it's not "correct" but if it kinda relates to the thread I'm reading I'll throw most anything in there! Fab section might be good as long as it doesn't take away from the family of friends atmosphere on CHR and turn it inot just another forum.....

I have been guilty of that. I just thought fabrication is such a big part of our passion that a seperate section could accomodate that. Im not going to say what should go where-that is why i like this forum its pretty easy going and most of the posts ive read are friendly-even when we dont agree!

Im a sheetmetal fabricator by trade but love playing with fibreglass so id consider all of these to come under fabrication-i often use mdf as well so why not throw that in, and...

Anything someone has made can go in there- home made tools, jigs, wife proof shed

It doesn't seem to me that people have been holding back on posting about fabrication (or anything ) for lack of a specific and dedicated sub-forum on their subject. Like you say Spikeo, fabrication is such a part the process it tends to weave through many of the threads, and mostly in individual build threads. One of the problems with more sections is that people break up their build thread to talk about different parts of the build in different places and you lose continuity. I guess for me adding more sections with titles doesn't add value, it just adds more titles and maybe confusion. The search engine is your friend for finding things anyway, right?

Originally Posted by rspears

It doesn't seem to me that people have been holding back on posting about fabrication (or anything ) for lack of a specific and dedicated sub-forum on their subject. Like you say Spikeo, fabrication is such a part the process it tends to weave through many of the threads, and mostly in individual build threads. One of the problems with more sections is that people break up their build thread to talk about different parts of the build in different places and you lose continuity. I guess for me adding more sections with titles doesn't add value, it just adds more titles and maybe confusion. The search engine is your friend for finding things anyway, right?

Yeah thats true i was just thinkin 'bout it and made the suggestion. I know what you mean though fab can be brought up in most other subjects on here. I love making things thats why i love this hobby so i mite be a bit biased!

What I see is .....you are building a hot rod/ truck/ muscle car......so you are fabricating!!
Fabrication covers everything you are doing.

Spikeo, I think you're on to something. There are a lot of skills involved with a build, and many of them would fall under the heading of Fabrication. I can see some step-by-step posts where someone documents every step of a process, and explains the challenges they faced and how they overcame them. Possibly a "training post" on shrinking metal, or TIG welding, or on creating a replica part when the original is no longer available. Someone has a question about different "consumer grade" welders...get some feedback from users of them. Curious about an english wheel? Check out the thread that details a simple project with one. This section could be quite informative, and a place to post questions when something isn't working out like it is supposed to...someone with experience can lend some advice. You've got my vote!