allmetalshaping.com and metalmeet.com. This is one of those cases where a couple of good books and YouTube will teach you more imho. Those forums are pretty quiet imho.
Tomasini has a site too if you Google it.
Don
That's not true at all MJM. Anyone can join. I know that you registered and are a member there. There is no requirement to buy anything. I will say that Peter T.s DVD set is well worth the money and would be transformative if you bought it. Please consider it as it will teach you the basics first then he shows the principles in action. It will make you a shaper if you study them. There is such a hodgepodge of info on youtube, some of it good a lot of it bad. You want to learn the correct way so that you don't pick up bad habits that you would have to undo later.Thanks Don for your help. You're an asset to SPI with no hang ups. I just recently registered on Tomasini's site and to be a member you have to own or buy one of their $10 thousand to 15 thousand dollar English Wheels. I think that's a great idea to spend that kind of money to find out one doesn't have what it takes to use that tool. Sounds logical to me.
I have no other choice now, YouTube and books will be my mentor.
I'm just glad when I registered and became a member at SPI, I wasn't being forced to buy expensive tools and products to be a member looking for knowledge. I understand knowledge doesn't come cheap but, this is getting ridiculous.
IMO, Tomasini is one of the best metal shapers around, if not the best, but he seems to be more interested in teaching big metal shaping projects. I went to one of his classes, and almost right away he started making a full quarter panel. I'm not interested in making quarter panels so I only attended the one day, even though I paid for 3 days. I was interested in metal work, not metal shaping full panels. In all fairness, it was a metal shaping class.
The principles once learned apply to everything. The quarter panel project is used because it shows nearly everything needed to learn/understand to do any panel. Peter does have a metal finishing/shrinking DVD available now on his site if that is something you or others are looking for. You don't need any help with that though Chev. I know you can metalfinish already.IMO, Tomasini is one of the best metal shapers around, if not the best, but he seems to be more interested in teaching big metal shaping projects. I went to one of his classes, and almost right away he started making a full quarter panel. I'm not interested in making quarter panels so I only attended the one day, even though I paid for 3 days. I was interested in metal work, not metal shaping full panels. In all fairness, it was a metal shaping class.
I don't get what your beef is with him or the site? Nobody, and most certainly not Peter has ever said on there you have to buy this product to be a member or get help. Never.Interesting reply. That is the reason I registered on that website, besides having questions about how to use an English Wheel, more questions would be asked concerning "metal work". How metal reacts, ie; shrinking, stretching, how the molecules react and work. At this point in time I'm not interested in wheeling and making a fender.
I know I can hammer the shape of the quarter panel patches using my oak tree stump, and my plan was to smooth out the hammer marks with the English Wheel.
One of the questions I was going to ask is how big (circumference) and how deep I should carve out a bowel shape into the top of the oak stump for the for hammering to start the shape.
I should feel blessed ( which I do ) that a member on SPI mentored me with how to do a proper patch, how to shape the patch, how to weld the patch, and how to dress the welds. Thru his instructions I was able to make a quality repair by applying myself. That should be a rewarding feeling to the instructor he's giving someone a new skill set.
I just hate being back seated to the all mighty dollar.
I thought it would be good to see how the top dogs do it, never too old to learn something.The principles once learned apply to everything. The quarter panel project is used because it shows nearly everything needed to learn/understand to do any panel. Peter does have a metal finishing/shrinking DVD available now on his site if that is something you or others are looking for. You don't need any help with that though Chev. I know you can metalfinish already.
I like Fitzee. Good, simple information and you can't help but like the guy.YouTube is a pretty solid place to learn the basics of anything at. Trial and error is all it will take.
Maybe you could explain the scope of what you would like to accomplish?Looking for recommendation for sheet metal websites that help members with questions. It would be helpful if that website has an English Wheel forum. That is my main reason to learn some sheet metal technics.
Thank you,