วีดีโอ

Thank you @spiderbrandt4066!

Yes, the original Thunderbolt's were fiberglass to make it lightweight for drag racing. Red wanted one for his street car so we used the fiberglass one as a buck.

Stop clowning around!

Thank you Mr. Scott!

Thank you Jeff for your encouragement!

Thanks!

I appreciate the feedback...I forgot to put in my AirPods to use as my microphone....

Hello @enordquist1, using the wooden buck or an existing fender for outside perimeter, I made a paper pattern with an extra inch all around, wanting the weld in the high crown radius. The metal is I believe either a 20 gauge or18 gauge cold rolled steel US grade.

Dziękuję za zachęcający komentarz. Bardzo to doceniam!

Hello Alex! Thank you for your encouragement and you comment. Yes, plan on taking one of my private classes next year and we can come up with the perfect project to build your skills on. I will be at the Metal Meet this October and look forward to meeting you!~Kevin

Thank you!

@KingdomMetalWorks Certainly! So nice to see the old methods still in use like real craftsmen!

@@turbowizard8325 I appreciate your encouragement!

@@KingdomMetalWorks Absolutely, keep up the good work!

Come for a class!

Thanks very much Mike! Appreciate your encouragement!

Hello @GarvArri, it's .063 inch thickness.

Yes, I can do 16 ga mild steel in the Excel wheel, no problem. Thank you for your comment, so glad that my video is helpful to you! ~Kevin

It cost me an arm and a leg....😉

seriously....I got it under market value as it was sold to me by a gentleman who was looking to have it go to a shop that would be teaching the art of the English wheel.

Thank you for your question @Sebaxtain. He cut out a curved shaped panel and he is having to wheel it in a curve motion to shape it.

Thank you!

I agree Xander!

Hey Eddie! I agree, they make a good team and are having fun while learning metal shaping.

Amen....Thanks Rick.~ Kevin

Hi Rick, thank you for your comment. The Excel English Wheels were made in the 1990's, I have one of 37 that were made. They are made of nodular steel instead of cast iron. I have used a lot of different wheel, and this Excel is my favorite. ~ Kevin

@@KingdomMetalWorksThanks for responding. I thought that it might have been much older. 40 years ago, I looked at a house for sale. Its barn had a sheet metal workshop. The tools were old but clean and recently used. It turned out that the old guy who owned the place had helped with the Statue of Liberty restoration. He claimed that these tools were also used on repairs of it in the 1920s. They were not included with the house. They were works of art and had the pin striping of old tools. Good Luck, Rick

@@richardross7219 What a great story Rick! Thanks for sharing as well. Kevin

Thanks Thom!

Thank you @sackvilleweldingservices ! I really appreciate your comment and thank you for visiting my channel!

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

I totally agree!

Hello! Thank you for your question...yes, that is exactly what the dots were there for. Kevin

@@KingdomMetalWorks would that scan be available for purchase. I've been trying to get hold of one but it's proving very difficult here in Australia

I would reach out to the owner, Zane, of Cotati Speed Shop, he may be able to help you. Here is Zane's contact information: Cotati Speed Shop Address: 3651 Standish Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 Phone: (707) 586-8696 info@cotatispeedshop.com Kevin Masson@@outlawrodcustoms4032

@@KingdomMetalWorks thank you Kevin. I have sent a message via Facebook as I can't seem to get the link to work . Hopefully zane see's it

@@outlawrodcustoms4032 Excellent!

Thanks for your comment Red! I really enjoyed the class too😎

That is the truth! I expatriated from the UK 2 years ago and now I am a US citizen.

Hi Chris, no, these are projects I put together for the student to do while we are doing their private class here at my shop. I do not fabricate car parts to sell as a rule.

The owner fabed it up himself. Henry Mcallister of RODZ-N-MUSCLE. He bought a kit and added his own special touch to it.

@@KingdomMetalWorks it’s really cool, I’ve seen one, I think on a Eastwood video that has tires and rims and is made like a hot rod

As this was a class that the student brought in his own project to create, I do not have the panel to finish and show you. If I had the panel, I would continue the wheeling and shaping from the crowned area into the hollow area and that would slightly crown it. I hope this helps and thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it.

@@KingdomMetalWorks Many thanks for your reply. The student looked a bit perplexed when he noticed the problem I thought. Would he have been better to have continued the wheeling into the lower panel to keep it under control and to prevent the low from forming? I think removing the low will present quite a problem for him. Please forgive these questions but the video gave a true insight into the real world and illustrated a problem that I as a novice have come up against before. Thank you.

Hello again, as to your question about the student continuing to wheel into the low portion of the panel, it may get too much shape too soon if he continued that way. Therefore, to try to keep that panel under control we were wheeling from the high crown into the lower area progressively, until it was fairly flat and not hollow. I hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions, Kevin

I really need to work on that...thanks for your input.

Hello Michael, thank you for your question....I make sure that I have available in my shop for my metal metal shaping classes affordable machinery.The Mittler Bros Bench Top Wheel is a good quality wheel and great for the cost. It has a wide range of lower anvils to choose from. The stand that it comes on does have some flex, but the bench top wheel itself has no flex and does a great job of shaping metal.

Hello Ryan, thanks for your comment and endorsement!

Спасибо!

Hi Eddie, yes, the planishing hammer was there, it's a frame that holds different size pneumatic rivet guns. I have a full set of Hoosier Profile lower dies ranging from radius 1 to radius 36. I used a number 12 radius lower die to planish out the weld, which is not a dead flat die. I could have used a 24 radius die to keep the panel a lot flatter. The upper die is dead flat. All is well here...hope all is well with you!

@@KingdomMetalWorks hey , good to hear from you Kevin, all good here thanks. and thanks for the info. going to apply your procedures on my current project. should be fun cheers.

Hello David, I will do that in the future, thank you for the suggestion.

@KingdomMetalWorks love your videos and it's so interesting to watch how he works metal. I set and watch it for hours. Thank you

@@davidnuzum7776 What an encouragement you are to me. This inspires me to continue making videos to share to pass down my skills to the next generation.

@KingdomMetalWorks the skills you have are amazing. You are a gifted individual and I definitely appreciate you taking the time to make these videos for people interested in metal working.

Hello Timber, thank you for your question...I answered Eddie above with the same question.

Glad I could make a demo for you all.