People will tell you that it's a requirement that you have an English Wheel, pneumatic planishing hammer, and blah blah blah in order to make a body panel correctly. Those people have no imagination. Do those tools make shaping metal easier? Absolutely. Are they an absolute requirement for doing any metalwork? No. Not even remotely. What you need are proper instruction, hand tools, and practice.
If you think about it for more than ten seconds and you have any sense of history you'll realize that metal has been bent into all sorts of interesting and beautiful shapes for CENTURIES prior to any of those tools existing. How? Heat, and a hammer. That's it.
I'm not usually one to plug things for other people unless I really feel strongly about it. That said, here's someone doing work that deserves people's money:
When I started looking around for tutorials on how to do what I wanted to do I found this guys site and bought his video. Buy a copy if you're even remotely interested in body work.
Hey man, I hope things are well and that you've just gotten really busy. I always enjoyed reading your updates and projects. Your level of energy and the way you tackled projects was definitely an inspiration to me. Hoping things are well,
ReplyDeleteTyler C.