Nice. Think I'm going to try this when I get the shop closer to ready to work in. Love that snippet from the film. I think a lot of people don't get that building custom cars is an outlet. Our cars are an extension to who we are, and learning the skills necessary to build them is a journey. As always thank you for posting!!!
Honestly I've been looking for 1928 ford model a coupe and I couldn't find any. So I was thinking of building my own rat rod based on the model a and tgese skills will be very useful
Thanks for the "How to " it's like the kiss idea .. keep it simple stupid ... this video really does show how simple the basics are , a good hammer and a dolly and off ya go . Add to it as you grow , a tree stump with the hollow a few more shaped dollies its not that hard . Yes that mental road block has the effect of limitations in what you can achieve I'll admit that's hit me for a while now . Many years back a friend sold me a basic mig welder only 90 amps .. more a hobby one than anything substantial. For 30 years that little tool earned me a fair amount doing plating on cars and anything that I could weld up . Along the way I taught myself how to shape steel to fit areas that had rotted out . Due to age and mobility I very rarely do body work on cars anymore now its bikes as I can do what I need on a lift bench . Recently I started custom building bobbers and the stumbling block is the lack of fitable rear mudguards ... I can do them easy enough but as you say the mind plays with ya abilities regarding tooling yes I've got a pipe anvil and sheet benders but no planishing hammer or English wheel . Looks like it's time to go back to basics and re teach myself . Thanks karl for the push . Really enjoying the videos and as some have said in the comments I'll agree you are the best out there on you tube . Your skill set and laid back way of explaining is brilliant . Cheers .
I'm glad to catch glimpses of you wearing earplugs! Please consider promoting hearing protection in your video. I've spent a lifetime around loud cars, bikes and had a career at the airport. Really wish I had known about hearing protection in the early years. Just a quick mention, not saying you should preach, lol. Love your channel and have learned so much! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
Thank you so much, brotha, for showing all these lowbuck techniques!! Said it before, and I'll say it again: You're one of the most talented dudes in YT right now. Thank you, bud!
Aw Roscoe is cute, hes a good boy too by the looks :) this is so cool when i was younger I had books on armour making etc and this reminds me a lot of the processes in that. I was young and didnt have a lot of money or time and never got right into it. Once Im finished moving im going to give it another try. Thanks Karl and Christina
Hilarious - I was composing a post in my head about Trev then 2 seconds later scrolled across your post! I can’t imagine these 2 in the same room together.
Your one of the few that do demonstrations with steel. My 53 Chevy 1/2 ton is not made of aluminum. Thank you and Cristina for taking the time to make these videos.
Thank you for making the point, 'keep it simple'. And for stressing that you don't need elaborate, expensive tools. YES, they make things faster and easier - SOMETIMES. I use a screw-on welding tank valve cover as a "mushroom". I put it in a vise and pound away. My 'stump' is the concave (bottom) of a welding tank that I use on my workbench, and my flat piece of 'nylon' is an old railroad tie plate. My hammer - Harbor freight.
I have an old hammer with removable inserts that I found in an old tool box and I "turned" inserts for the thing out of literally every material I could find using my drill press and a flap wheel... That was before I made my own lathe which is janky AF but still does everything I need and more I have some videos on the lathe... The gas bottle dish is a really good idea tho that's on my list of things to make cuz I have one of those and even still have the cap and I never thought of that...
Karl/Christina. Great vid. Half my garage is dedicated to Princess Auto. The other half, Crappy Tire. Really enjoyed the surf music in the background too.
Your videos always make me lift my butt of the couch to go to the garage to do something! Thanks for the inspiration and your way of encouraging everyone just to try no matter what! Big thumbs up!
Dude I love watching you work. Whether it’s with the nicer shop tools you’ve acquired or hand built hand tools. This helps me learn, and helps me build neat shit. Also helping me build my shop. And that’s been absolutely awesome.
Great video! It's funny how those mental roadblocks can be so effective at limiting growth and achievement...we are often our own worst enemy. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with the world!
So your new stump works very well. I'd like Wray Shielin's design aswell. He calls it the facilitator. The stump bowl is lined with a blue shield material without the plastic membrane on the surface of it, butyl like material that grips the work piece some what when you shape the tucks inside the bowl. It never seems to wear out and seems to speed up the process of stretching and shrinking because it holds and gives at the same time. Great job show the simple shaping of the steel .I enjoy shaping aluminum much easier . I watch ya all the time Carl!
I run 3 different bowls on my stump. Small 3" and a large 8" and and egg shaped bowl with 2" radius up to a 6". With these 3 bowls or dish out shapes I can create tight curves or larger curved shapes. Works amazing. Great job! Keep videos coming.
Coming from a more blacksmith background, the amount of movement of the stump made me cringe at the lost energy, but you still knocked it out incredible well. I love watching your enthusiasm and joy in teaching others you may never meet. I am in love with your hand forming station and all of the stakes. That mushroom is awesome.
That documentary is gonna be awesome. And just think, you could whip up a little rolling base for your bowl stump, and move it out the way when you don't need it. Working with your hands, and creating stuff, is just.....cool!
Always N’Joy the videos I got a hand it to you, MOST people that make tools will never say make it yourself!!! Not to mention show you how to make it yourself!!! Real class act!!!!!
…another wonderfully informative video. Thank you. I am inspired by Mr. and Mrs Fisher. They both have the perfect attitude to becoming successful human beings. At 70, I am delving into metal shaping. Like Mr. Fisher said, I blocked my own desire by thinking that it took special talents that I was too old to learn. Life is but a mind game. Just take the first step. Just do it. It’s a mind game and we all have the software to overcome these internal blocks. Just take the first step. You’ll like the result.
Hey Carl, I sure wish that I knew about all this when I was 14 or 16 years old. I grew up in a very small town just minutes away from British Columbia but in Idaho. I just knew I wanted to build hot rods. Today Im 57 and the love of working metal is still in my mind and I'd love to build more hot rods that nobody has dreamed of. Metal working is in your mind first then you shape it. I know i'm in the same spot as you were that you needed big equipment to build such shapes. Thanks for the great videos !
Come-on people hit the LIKE button. These guys put a lot of effort into inviting us to watch, listen, learn and entertain us all who visit here.. No matter how good we thing we are we can all learn something. Christina and Karl are amazing.
Seen your making the mothertuker and now I can see how useful it really is I've used a metal malet when I did prevoc apprenticeship then went on to mechanic apprenticeship still interested in repairs and painting have a HK Holden to repair and paint in the shed great video wishing you all the best
As always, great content Karl. I can relate with the "roadblock" mentality. I did that for years! Most of my major breakthrough learning experiences with shaping have been with the most basic of tools and processes. Keep up the great work man
OMGosh off topic! I had a Rupp Mini Bike when I was a kid, and I'm talking uhmmmmmm.......in the 70's lol. I saw yours in the background and wow, great memories. Hopefully you'll do a video on them (unless you already have, and I messed it).
Karl, That was a very good tutorial on how to get shape into metal. And Thank You for informing the masses that you do not need fancy or expensive tools. Just a hammer and something to hit against to move the metal. As usual I am looking forward to your next video.
Such a pleasure to watch! Old school at its finest in my opinion. Not a lost art but you are immortalizing it here on your channel. From start to finish, building the tucking hammer and stump then putting them to work to show how little it takes to move metal. I used a chunk of railroad track and an old trailer ball for years. Still use em. Keep up the great work!
I know very well, for a long time I have also liked working with my hands, being able to create something from scratch, it is very satisfying and I enjoy it a lot. I've already been working shetmetal for nine years
Perfect video at the perfect/ ironic time! I was barely out of city limits, purchased a house & remodeled it. 5 years later due to fraud l, deception, I miss the freedom of being out of city limits & being a homeowner! Now that I am in a small apartment, I cannot work on my car or do projects, I feel smothered! I have to replace the rocker panels on a pontiac G5! The rust has spread further then a set of rocker panels would cover by themselves so, I was thing of buying sheet metal, bags of sand to pound the metal onto & try my hand at making my own rockers & panels but, as I was working, I saw the price on a small sheet of sheet metal 40-45+ & realize that it might be best to purchase pre-made rocker panels & 1or 2 sheets of sheet metal to patch in above the rockers. Funny/IRONIC how I speak of metal shaping & I see this video!!! Your shrinking stump is cool & you have some Nice equipment & one heck of a garage!!! I was considering hammering the sheet metal on bags of sand to form the shapes & I am wondering how well that would work?
And remember, Front End Parts can work too! Especially the Tie Rod Ends, etc. A little light torch work to turn the metal Pink goes a long way : ) (Don't forget to Quench the metal, after heating it and shaping it, to harden the metal back again folks. Turn the whole piece Pink and quench it, for the last process.)
Terrific as usual. As a deaf old curmudgeon I certainly appreciate the music editing. Absolutely perfect. So often youtubers drown out what they are saying with horrible music. You get every aspect right and have great content well presented. Thanks again.
Bad azzz! How to make a hand crafted gas tank and get workout at the same time. Any time for showing the stages of restoring stainless auto trim to perfection?
Thank you for taking the time to make an excellent video. You chose the right music to hammer to. If Roscoe was wagging his tail to the beat it would have been even more awesome!
I like planishing over a metal dolly with a metal slapper. More surface area, blends way better. You can make it from an old leaf spring, or another type used to be made by covell. Either is easy to make. Great job on the video
Karl I'm usually pretty good figuring things on my own I am working a very large dent in 1950 buick fender the dent is 10" tall by 36 or maybe 40" long has no creases or small dents in it what ever they hit it was soft anyways im just not sure what to do I don't got any dolleys that big I'm thinking maybe pull on with a come along to get like 90% of it then hammers unless u got a better idea
Making a hub cap in a metal working course at night school decades back, the bowl shape was skip rolled on an English wheel. The bowl looked as if it was pressed in a dye.
Great vid ! Picking up more & more ideas from your vids - thank you. One of my dollies I've used a lot is a hard rubber (not plastic - they crack) bowling ball, which works surprisingly well. I drilled out one of the finger holes to 3/4", shoved a 3/4:" bar into the hole, clamped it in a vise and formed the needed curvature into the sheet metal. I've made lots of patch panels over the years with it.
Some food for thought. Think how they made Helms and armor in the middle ages. Home made hammers and dishing stumps. The stumps were just hard wood stumps they would burn out the dish and many of the hammers were just a round chunk of steel and a handel they would drop on the steel to get it to roll and dish. Now they still make armor in this form in Medieval reenactment. Look at the bottom of a torch bottle that makes a great dishing stump. Take a Shot put and weld on a steel pipe there is your dropping hammer. Love the show and keep up the great work.
Hello Karl and Christine, I burn wood for winter heat so I have access to different types of trees, what would be the best kind tree to make a plenishing stump,great work and great camera work!
Loved the video glad to hear you going to make run of the hammers definitely want one but my question is did the piece of plastic make difference if you think it did im going to try and find it and include it mine i will make mine to be flipped with different bowls on each end and would include it on both ends and any chance on the dimple dies i still have an idea for those in my project i have now thanks again karl keep up the great work
I see you have the stump on blocks....... An old Blacksmith told me the perfect height is when standing beside the block or anvil with your arm down your side, and your hand formed in a fist, your knuckles should be on the striking surface. Enjoying your posts.
How heavy is your “garage sale” hammer? Thanks so much for following up the stump video with teaching how to use it! This was an AWESOME learning experience for me. Keep teaching ✌🏻
Hey Karl, you gave me an idea. I have a older goldwing that has 23k miles on it and I traded a snowblower for. The goldwing was dumped but no damage to frame, front forks or motor. Fenders, gas tank and all the plastic was messed up pretty good. What you just showed us the past couple videos, I can do that. All I need to do is build a tank, maybe fenders. I'm retired and have nothing but time on my hands. You never know, might turn out descent. Then I could paint it and leave it to my son. Thank you for the lesson. Take care and be safe.
Use your gas torch with no oxygen. Put soot over your part then open oxygen to a neutral flame and burn the soot off. This will aneal your aluminum and make it softer to work and also so it won't crack. Thank you for your great videos.
Many moon ago I did shape a lot of aluminum and stainless but my favorite metal to shape was copper. Brewery s Where made of these metals and always needed work.
Successful demo, the best kind. Did you use your File-turned-slapper at all? I had a wasted file that. Like you, I turned into a nice offset and polished slapper. Works effectively on examples like you demo'd here. Two thumbs up.
@@MakeItKustom This was one of your best series with the stump build followed by how to use it. Even with time shortening by the vid process, you moved that metal pretty fast. A keeper and inspiration for many of your watchers.
Nice. Think I'm going to try this when I get the shop closer to ready to work in. Love that snippet from the film. I think a lot of people don't get that building custom cars is an outlet. Our cars are an extension to who we are, and learning the skills necessary to build them is a journey. As always thank you for posting!!!
Glad you liked it! Did you check out the full video? th-cam.com/video/0bmA6LO9qB8/w-d-xo.html
@@MakeItKustom Oh yeah!! Sure did.
Honestly I've been looking for 1928 ford model a coupe and I couldn't find any. So I was thinking of building my own rat rod based on the model a and tgese skills will be very useful
Man, been doing body work for 50 years. Glad to see a young guy keeping the skill alive. I enjoy watching your videos, remind me years ago
Thanks for the "How to " it's like the kiss idea .. keep it simple stupid ... this video really does show how simple the basics are , a good hammer and a dolly and off ya go . Add to it as you grow , a tree stump with the hollow a few more shaped dollies its not that hard . Yes that mental road block has the effect of limitations in what you can achieve I'll admit that's hit me for a while now . Many years back a friend sold me a basic mig welder only 90 amps .. more a hobby one than anything substantial. For 30 years that little tool earned me a fair amount doing plating on cars and anything that I could weld up . Along the way I taught myself how to shape steel to fit areas that had rotted out . Due to age and mobility I very rarely do body work on cars anymore now its bikes as I can do what I need on a lift bench . Recently I started custom building bobbers and the stumbling block is the lack of fitable rear mudguards ... I can do them easy enough but as you say the mind plays with ya abilities regarding tooling yes I've got a pipe anvil and sheet benders but no planishing hammer or English wheel . Looks like it's time to go back to basics and re teach myself . Thanks karl for the push . Really enjoying the videos and as some have said in the comments I'll agree you are the best out there on you tube . Your skill set and laid back way of explaining is brilliant . Cheers .
I'm glad to catch glimpses of you wearing earplugs! Please consider promoting hearing protection in your video. I've spent a lifetime around loud cars, bikes and had a career at the airport. Really wish I had known about hearing protection in the early years. Just a quick mention, not saying you should preach, lol.
Love your channel and have learned so much! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
Thank you so much, brotha, for showing all these lowbuck techniques!! Said it before, and I'll say it again:
You're one of the most talented dudes in YT right now. Thank you, bud!
Aw Roscoe is cute, hes a good boy too by the looks :) this is so cool when i was younger I had books on armour making etc and this reminds me a lot of the processes in that. I was young and didnt have a lot of money or time and never got right into it. Once Im finished moving im going to give it another try. Thanks Karl and Christina
I guess you could probably use an old crappy ball trailer hitch as a small tight dolly too!
The specific talents you are trying to teach us amateurs is greatly appreciated, but the inspiration you instilling in us amateurs is profound.
I second this comment
👍👍👍😜🏴🦕🦄😁🤞✌
I cannot remember if you or anyone has mentioned "Trev's Blog", also on TH-cam. He is a metal shaper in the UK and well worth checking out.
Hilarious - I was composing a post in my head about Trev then 2 seconds later scrolled across your post! I can’t imagine these 2 in the same room together.
You have GOT to do a segment on that clutch and brake pedal setup you have! I'm still drooling over that setup!
Your one of the few that do demonstrations with steel. My 53 Chevy 1/2 ton is not made of aluminum. Thank you and Cristina for taking the time to make these videos.
Thank you for making the point, 'keep it simple'. And for stressing that you don't need elaborate, expensive tools. YES, they make things faster and easier - SOMETIMES.
I use a screw-on welding tank valve cover as a "mushroom". I put it in a vise and pound away. My 'stump' is the concave (bottom) of a welding tank that I use on my workbench, and my flat piece of 'nylon' is an old railroad tie plate. My hammer - Harbor freight.
That’s awesome ! I’ve seen guys make a hammer from the tops as well
I have an old hammer with removable inserts that I found in an old tool box and I "turned" inserts for the thing out of literally every material I could find using my drill press and a flap wheel... That was before I made my own lathe which is janky AF but still does everything I need and more I have some videos on the lathe... The gas bottle dish is a really good idea tho that's on my list of things to make cuz I have one of those and even still have the cap and I never thought of that...
Karl/Christina. Great vid. Half my garage is dedicated to Princess Auto. The other half, Crappy Tire. Really enjoyed
the surf music in the background too.
Your videos always make me lift my butt of the couch to go to the garage to do something! Thanks for the inspiration and your way of encouraging everyone just to try no matter what! Big thumbs up!
I second this comment to
👍👍👍😜🏴🦕🦄😁🤞✌
THANKS for encouraging us to try metal shaping with the limited tools we all ready have!
Thanx for another great lesson Karl, and thanx for not having the music too loud and the great choice of tunes. Cheers.
Dude I love watching you work. Whether it’s with the nicer shop tools you’ve acquired or hand built hand tools. This helps me learn, and helps me build neat shit. Also helping me build my shop. And that’s been absolutely awesome.
Great video! It's funny how those mental roadblocks can be so effective at limiting growth and achievement...we are often our own worst enemy. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with the world!
I second this comment to
To true
👍👍👍😜🏴🦕🦄😁🤞✌
Me too !!!!!!
So your new stump works very well. I'd like Wray Shielin's design aswell. He calls it the facilitator. The stump bowl is lined with a blue shield material without the plastic membrane on the surface of it, butyl like material that grips the work piece some what when you shape the tucks inside the bowl. It never seems to wear out and seems to speed up the process of stretching and shrinking because it holds and gives at the same time. Great job show the simple shaping of the steel .I enjoy shaping aluminum much easier . I watch ya all the time Carl!
Awesome Karl. Might be a good idea to put another band around the bottom ..
I run 3 different bowls on my stump. Small 3" and a large 8" and and egg shaped bowl with 2" radius up to a 6". With these 3 bowls or dish out shapes I can create tight curves or larger curved shapes. Works amazing.
Great job! Keep videos coming.
Take some video and put it on your site!
Thanks man ! I plan on making a couple more
Coming from a more blacksmith background, the amount of movement of the stump made me cringe at the lost energy, but you still knocked it out incredible well. I love watching your enthusiasm and joy in teaching others you may never meet. I am in love with your hand forming station and all of the stakes. That mushroom is awesome.
Right, I believe he’s compromising for the portability of it. So he can tuck it away when he’s not using it.
@@UnfinishedProjectDartSport pun intend?
@@bradfordcustoms7588
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Just subscribed.
You’ve got some great projects going on.
@@UnfinishedProjectDartSport thanks! Just need to find time to get back at them
Yea you are right ! It moved way too much I screwed it to more blocks of 6x6 near the end lol lesson learned
That documentary is gonna be awesome. And just think, you could whip up a little rolling base for your bowl stump, and move it out the way when you don't need it. Working with your hands, and creating stuff, is just.....cool!
Dude you are sure an inspiration to young shapers as well as old. Your a teacher for sure.
Always N’Joy the videos
I got a hand it to you, MOST people that make tools will never say make it yourself!!!
Not to mention show you how to make it yourself!!!
Real class act!!!!!
Haha glad you are enjoying it! 🙏👊
…another wonderfully informative video. Thank you. I am inspired by Mr. and Mrs Fisher. They both have the perfect attitude to becoming successful human beings. At 70, I am delving into metal shaping. Like Mr. Fisher said, I blocked my own desire by thinking that it took special talents that I was too old to learn. Life is but a mind game. Just take the first step. Just do it. It’s a mind game and we all have the software to overcome these internal blocks. Just take the first step. You’ll like the result.
Truer words have not been spoken! Love the mantra here. Thanks for your support 🙏👊
Fitzee Fabrications has some great ideas too!
Loved the video Karl !!! Your an excellent instructor and you have a sweet shop dog !! Cheers Bob
Hey Carl, I sure wish that I knew about all this when I was 14 or 16 years old. I grew up in a very small town just minutes away from British Columbia but in Idaho. I just knew I wanted to build hot rods. Today Im 57 and the love of working metal is still in my mind and I'd love to build more hot rods that nobody has dreamed of. Metal working is in your mind first then you shape it. I know i'm in the same spot as you were that you needed big equipment to build such shapes. Thanks for the great videos !
Oh hell yeah! I'm getting me a mother tucker. It will go nicely with the stumps I just found in the desert.
Man loving the channel, such a good teacher and presenter. Learning Heaps & mainly just love watching haha. Keep it going guys
Come-on people hit the LIKE button. These guys put a lot of effort into inviting us to watch, listen, learn and entertain us all who visit here.. No matter how good we thing we are we can all learn something. Christina and Karl are amazing.
Seen your making the mothertuker and now I can see how useful it really is I've used a metal malet when I did prevoc apprenticeship then went on to mechanic apprenticeship still interested in repairs and painting have a HK Holden to repair and paint in the shed great video wishing you all the best
Got a Q Coupe and Z tonner Don. In the same boat, making and learning tools to get em back on the road.
Excellent video - kudos to Christina for her really great camera work. You guys make a great team 😁👍
As always, great content Karl. I can relate with the "roadblock" mentality. I did that for years! Most of my major breakthrough learning experiences with shaping have been with the most basic of tools and processes. Keep up the great work man
I have to say . You have one of the best channels. To take the time and explain and share your knowledge is awsome. Great work. Thank you
OMGosh off topic! I had a Rupp Mini Bike when I was a kid, and I'm talking uhmmmmmm.......in the 70's lol. I saw yours in the background and wow, great memories. Hopefully you'll do a video on them (unless you already have, and I messed it).
Karl, That was a very good tutorial on how to get shape into metal. And Thank You for informing the masses that you do not need fancy or expensive tools. Just a hammer and something to hit against to move the metal. As usual I am looking forward to your next video.
Such a pleasure to watch! Old school at its finest in my opinion. Not a lost art but you are immortalizing it here on your channel.
From start to finish, building the tucking hammer and stump then putting them to work to show how little it takes to move metal.
I used a chunk of railroad track and an old trailer ball for years. Still use em.
Keep up the great work!
Thank you for all these great videos. I really get a lot of good info from these. Your dog is awesome.👍
Doing more with less is always awesome!
Simply awesome Karl. Thanks for taking the time to share your skill and giving me the encouragement to have a go.
Dude you are as good as Mike from Bello's kustoms I enjoy watching your process keep on keeping no
Just watching you work makes my tendinitis flare up!!! hehe.... great work bud, thanks for the class.
Man you are a great guy, many thanks for sharing you channel is awesome
I love watching your videos, I have no experience at all in metal shaping but I am going to give it a go. Keep these videos coming please. Thank you.
Karl you are so skilled you make it look easy which is the mark of a great metal artist❤️❤️❤️
I know very well, for a long time I have also liked working with my hands, being able to create something from scratch, it is very satisfying and I enjoy it a lot. I've already been working shetmetal for nine years
Great work again man! So good to see what you can create with simple tools. Mother tucker!
Perfect video at the perfect/ ironic time! I was barely out of city limits, purchased a house & remodeled it. 5 years later due to fraud l, deception, I miss the freedom of being out of city limits & being a homeowner! Now that I am in a small apartment, I cannot work on my car or do projects, I feel smothered! I have to replace the rocker panels on a pontiac G5! The rust has spread further then a set of rocker panels would cover by themselves so, I was thing of buying sheet metal, bags of sand to pound the metal onto & try my hand at making my own rockers & panels but, as I was working, I saw the price on a small sheet of sheet metal 40-45+ & realize that it might be best to purchase pre-made rocker panels & 1or 2 sheets of sheet metal to patch in above the rockers. Funny/IRONIC how I speak of metal shaping & I see this video!!! Your shrinking stump is cool & you have some Nice equipment & one heck of a garage!!! I was considering hammering the sheet metal on bags of sand to form the shapes & I am wondering how well that would work?
And remember, Front End Parts can work too!
Especially the Tie Rod Ends, etc.
A little light torch work to turn the metal Pink goes a long way : )
(Don't forget to Quench the metal, after heating it and shaping it,
to harden the metal back again folks. Turn the whole piece Pink
and quench it, for the last process.)
Right! Anything is a shaping tool!
Terrific as usual. As a deaf old curmudgeon I certainly appreciate the music editing. Absolutely perfect. So often youtubers drown out what they are saying with horrible music. You get every aspect right and have great content well presented. Thanks again.
That looks like the same hammer as Trev's Blog, it's also his favourite!
That looks like the top of a old motorcycle gas tank ,put a cap on it and hang it on your wall .great job .
That looks like a workout 💪
Bad azzz! How to make a hand crafted gas tank and get workout at the same time. Any time for showing the stages of restoring stainless auto trim to perfection?
I would like to give it a try! Maybe in the future I’ll do a video
Another great vid Karl. I learn a lot from watching you work . Well done mate.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us Bro. It is greatly appreciated!
Thank you for taking the time to make an excellent video. You chose the right music to hammer to. If Roscoe was wagging his tail to the beat it would have been even more awesome!
Keep up the good work! I truly enjoy these videos. I like learning about metal forming but the making and using the tools is what I like the most!
I like planishing over a metal dolly with a metal slapper. More surface area, blends way better. You can make it from an old leaf spring, or another type used to be made by covell. Either is easy to make. Great job on the video
WOW - Already whaling on the new Stump !! - Looking GOOD.
How is your arm and shoulder holding up!!
" WHO NEEDS A STINKIN' GYM !!"
Always amazes me, keep up with the fun, informative, inspiring videos 😄👍
Karl I'm usually pretty good figuring things on my own I am working a very large dent in 1950 buick fender the dent is 10" tall by 36 or maybe 40" long has no creases or small dents in it what ever they hit it was soft anyways im just not sure what to do I don't got any dolleys that big I'm thinking maybe pull on with a come along to get like 90% of it then hammers unless u got a better idea
Another brilliant video Carl brilliant I am learning all the time never to old to learn Carl brilliant thank you .Jamie from Scotland 👌👌
Another awesome class
You can really see it work on the nylon on nylon hammering 👍😎 I’m going to get my stump done 😂
Hi, I like your channel. Its nice to see a younger guy doing his own thing positively w/o and EGO. Keep it up you're doing great..
AWESOME! homerun, learned a lot, thanks for the lesson!!!
Making a hub cap in a metal working course at night school decades back, the bowl shape was skip rolled on an English wheel. The bowl looked as if it was pressed in a dye.
Great vid ! Picking up more & more ideas from your vids - thank you.
One of my dollies I've used a lot is a hard rubber (not plastic - they crack) bowling ball, which works surprisingly well. I drilled out one of the finger holes to 3/4", shoved a 3/4:" bar into the hole, clamped it in a vise and formed the needed curvature into the sheet metal. I've made lots of patch panels over the years with it.
Some food for thought. Think how they made Helms and armor in the middle ages. Home made hammers and dishing stumps. The stumps were just hard wood stumps they would burn out the dish and many of the hammers were just a round chunk of steel and a handel they would drop on the steel to get it to roll and dish. Now they still make armor in this form in Medieval reenactment. Look at the bottom of a torch bottle that makes a great dishing stump. Take a Shot put and weld on a steel pipe there is your dropping hammer. Love the show and keep up the great work.
Nice work! And it reminds me I haven't bought a copy of Motorcycho for a long time 😁
Great content and thank you for your encouragement regarding self-imposed roadblocks...
Hello Karl and Christine, I burn wood for winter heat so I have access to different types of trees, what would be the best kind tree to make a plenishing stump,great work and great camera work!
You make it look so easy. Great work.
Fantastic content, I learn so much from you in a short period of time thanks.
Love your videos always helpful and beneficial to me
Thanks
great video.. im kinda surprised that u don't have an anvil, and some hardy tools..or some swage blocks..thanks for sharing..
Black Art Forge..
Love these shaping videos. You should really do one on aluminum! I would love to learn what to do to make motorcycle parts
Nicely done
Loved the video glad to hear you going to make run of the hammers definitely want one but my question is did the piece of plastic make difference if you think it did im going to try and find it and include it mine i will make mine to be flipped with different bowls on each end and would include it on both ends and any chance on the dimple dies i still have an idea for those in my project i have now thanks again karl keep up the great work
If you want a challenge, try doing your dishing on a trailer ball with a ballpeen hammer.
Another awesome learning lesson thanks👍
This channel is awesome, I think I'm going to make a video and make one like yours...
awesome job
Another incredible video! You guys are on a roll. Thanks again!
I see you have the stump on blocks....... An old Blacksmith told me the perfect height is when standing beside the block or anvil with your arm down your side, and your hand formed in a fist, your knuckles should be on the striking surface. Enjoying your posts.
Wow, amazing! Incredible what you can do with such simple tools!
How heavy is your “garage sale” hammer? Thanks so much for following up the stump video with teaching how to use it! This was an AWESOME learning experience for me. Keep teaching ✌🏻
grind the square bar round - is that a trailer ball maybe ?
I am a big fan of your work. Congratulations! Aracaju/Sergipe/Brazil.
Awesome video, and you did the demo with steel instead of aluminum.
Hey Karl, you gave me an idea. I have a older goldwing that has 23k miles on it and I traded a snowblower for. The goldwing was dumped but no damage to frame, front forks or motor. Fenders, gas tank and all the plastic was messed up pretty good. What you just showed us the past couple videos, I can do that. All I need to do is build a tank, maybe fenders. I'm retired and have nothing but time on my hands. You never know, might turn out descent. Then I could paint it and leave it to my son. Thank you for the lesson. Take care and be safe.
Use your gas torch with no oxygen. Put soot over your part then open oxygen to a neutral flame and burn the soot off. This will aneal your aluminum and make it softer to work and also so it won't crack. Thank you for your great videos.
Great video Karl! Thanks for the lesson and encouragement.
Many moon ago I did shape a lot of aluminum and stainless but my favorite metal to shape was copper. Brewery s Where made of these metals and always needed work.
Are you thinking of Melamine plastic is used for table and router tables because it is really slippery.
UHMW was what I was thinking of
That was very informative and fun to watch
Successful demo, the best kind. Did you use your File-turned-slapper at all? I had a wasted file that. Like you, I turned into a nice offset and polished slapper. Works effectively on examples like you demo'd here. Two thumbs up.
Thank you! No I didn’t use the slapper just my single hammer to smooth it after
@@MakeItKustom This was one of your best series with the stump build followed by how to use it. Even with time shortening by the vid process, you moved that metal pretty fast. A keeper and inspiration for many of your watchers.