This week is not the “ordinary” private metal shaping workshop. It is a workshop where tools, machinery and most importantly an array of topics surrounding metal shaping techniques will be taking place.
Buster arrived for his one -on- one private metal shaping workshop, his goal is to discuss his track-nose roadster project going on in his shop in Texas pictured.
Because we offer one-on-one private metal shaping workshops, metal shapers from beginner to advanced skills will get complete focus, no interruption in the discussion of metal shaping techniques.
Visit our website at kingdommetalworks.com for schedule and pricing.
Some of the topics to be discussed over the next three days:
Panel Work: Focus on Aluminum
Panel Layout Strategies-
Reverse Curves- cowls and tighter radiuses- linear stretching dies
Shrinking/Stretching Techniques- sequence in panel shape development and fixing problems in shaped panels (oil canning), shrinking in mid-panel.
Strategies for mating two large panels (edges/seam clips/spot welds/vice grips)
Weld Seam Finishing- planishing. grinding, filing, sanding, and polishing.
Flanges, joggles, hems
Final panel finishing techniques (full polish)
Gas Welding-
Tacking, filler metal, fusion welding, welding close to an edge, blowout repair, welding panel seams with gaps, welding small pieces into the existing panel (repairing a screw up), how to raise a small depression on either side of a weld.
Chassis Building-
Superleggera construction strategies, skin to sub-frame methods, suspension layout and setup, reference sources, chassis table, door, trunk, hood hinges
Hand Tools-
Hammer, slappers, dollies, files, stumps, beater bags, bead roller
English Wheel Techniques-
Full radius vs. segmented anvils, rubber wheels, wheel pressure, tracking patterns, blocking vs. wheeling.
