Discovered these books the other day, first 2 volumes arrived today. Absolutely fanbloodytastic!
http://www.autofuturist.org/Book_Set_Intro.html
Contents of all 7 volumes:
http://www.autofuturist.org/Table_of_Contents.html
By: hindenburg - 22nd February 2011 at 20:50
Now those are what i call slappers ZRX61!!!!!!!!!!
By: ZRX61 - 22nd February 2011 at 20:29
By: hindenburg - 22nd February 2011 at 19:10
When I went for the interview they asked me if I could ali weld and as I`d done Tig and Mig aluminium I said `yes`.Much to my Horror,I found you cannot use tig for Aston bodywork,The metal cools too quicky and the weld is harder.When you come to use a bodyspoon /slapper around the welded area(which has been annealed) it gives more than the weld and you end up with a ripple at best,or,fracturing the weld.Learning to weld ali was difficult ( you have to be fast and observant) but it makes for a great finish.Last week I went on a Blacksmiths course for `Fire welding` using just the heat from the forge to fuse the semi molten wrought iron together before hammmering it…now that was difficult.
By: ZRX61 - 22nd February 2011 at 18:43
Gas is faster for Al than Tig.. 😉
By: QldSpitty - 22nd February 2011 at 08:42
took me 2 years to perfect Alloy welding with gas
I,m a sook and use a TIG 🙂
By: ZRX61 - 22nd February 2011 at 04:20
Frost still make the good wheels.
Ever use a Henrob torch set up? It’s the dogs danglies for gas welding Al 🙂
By: hindenburg - 22nd February 2011 at 01:45
I worked on re-building DB2,4,5 and 6 Aston Martins for a while,took me 2 years to perfect Alloy welding with gas…the problem is getting the kit like a good `English wheel`..the good quality stuff is getting really hard to get hold of.
By: ZRX61 - 21st February 2011 at 22:38
Go troll somewhere else.
By: The Beach - 21st February 2011 at 20:59
:D[QUOTE=ZRX61;1708595]Seriously? :rolleyes:
I built this, does that count :confused:
Only one and does it fly:D
By: ZRX61 - 21st February 2011 at 19:54
Seriously? :rolleyes:
I built this, does that count :confused:
& I live in the Mojave desert so I don’t have to deal with rust on tools etc… & I look after them..
more pics here (same user name)..
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=466&page=227
By: The Beach - 21st February 2011 at 18:17
Only 3 of them are Engineeers screwdrivers, in the 4lb range 🙂
Others are Martin body hammers & a nice selection of plastic mallets etc for making metal bend to my will.
The tools in the pictures all look pretty but have they ever been out of the drawers and used in anger
By: ZRX61 - 21st February 2011 at 16:51
You can use old car leave springs cut and polished too for slappers.
You can use springs from different vehicles depending on how much weight ya need.. haven’t seen anyone use a leaf from a Scammell tho 🙂 I have a couple of springs but haven’t got around to using them yet, most scrap yards will sell them by the lb.
By: mike currill - 21st February 2011 at 09:05
My Father, a carpenter by trade, always called a hammer an American Screwdriver (no disrespect intended to our US cousins), which I assume related to his experience in joint RAAF/US bases in PNG, so strictly speaking all of ZRX61’s equipment are screwdrivers, and yes you are right, hammers cant fix an electrical problem, but they do a good job of causing them.
smiles
Mark Pilkington
In the army we called hammers Birmingham screwdrivers, don’t ask me why. Well, you could ask why but the only answer is I don’t know.
By: QldSpitty - 21st February 2011 at 07:14
You can use old car leave springs cut and polished too for slappers.Different shapes are used for different curves in the sheetmetal.There are also different stakes etc for the “other” side.Have seen carved out stumps used as well.Hardest thing is figuring out the best way to create the shape needed.
By: ZRX61 - 21st February 2011 at 06:20
You mean the slappers? well, ya just need a variety.. so flat, curved, v-shape etc… & ya can make ones with different curves. The one I made today is fairly shallow, some are pretty round looking. Probably make a few more before I’m done, but only had enough Teak for 5
By: Frazer Nash - 21st February 2011 at 06:00
A silly question from a budding metal shaper (Matt machine guns those in the crowd who snigger):
How do you know what shapes to make them?
By: ZRX61 - 21st February 2011 at 05:49
Genuine LOL moment 🙂
By: Frazer Nash - 21st February 2011 at 05:20
People with ability, skill and enthusiasm disgust me……..
By: ZRX61 - 21st February 2011 at 04:43
Got all ambitious today & turned this pile of (free) Teak:
.. into this collection of sheetmetal slappers 🙂
Should have all 5 finished sometime during the week. Put some teak oil on two of them, but haven’t finished shaping the handles yet & I need to find an old leather belt to use on the faces. Sure beats paying about $50 each for cheap Maple versions…
So far I have a shorty version, 14in flat & curved, the one that just has a hole will be V shaped & the largest one (16in) will have a slight curve to the face.
By: mark_pilkington - 21st February 2011 at 03:44
If you can’t fix it with a hammer, it’s an electrical problem.
My Father, a carpenter by trade, always called a hammer an American Screwdriver (no disrespect intended to our US cousins), which I assume related to his experience in joint RAAF/US bases in PNG, so strictly speaking all of ZRX61’s equipment are screwdrivers, and yes you are right, hammers cant fix an electrical problem, but they do a good job of causing them.
smiles
Mark Pilkington
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