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Metal shaping courses
chrsgrain - 22/9/10 at 07:36 PM

I've just come back from a days course on metal finishing with Eckold in Coventry.... it was excellent, and they also do wheeling, louvre, lead loading and other courses.

Great guys, fabulously talented, and cheap (£60 for the day inc lunch)

Linky here

Website is a bit funny, but go with it!

Chris

[Edited on 22/9/10 by chrsgrain]

Bluemoon - 22/9/10 at 07:38 PM

Cool. What tools did you use, hammers and dollies (i.e. the kind of thing I could afford!)? Or was it for the more expensive tools?

mcerd1 - 22/9/10 at 07:38 PM

working linky: here

[edit: too slow, you've fixed it already)

[Edited on 22/9/2010 by mcerd1]

Barksavon - 22/9/10 at 07:50 PM

tell us a bit more, might fancy some of that myself

chrsgrain - 22/9/10 at 07:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Bluemoon
Cool. What tools did you use, hammers and dollies (i.e. the kind of thing I could afford!)? Or was it for the more expensive tools?


Today was all done with hammers and dollies and body spoons - which is all I've got. The wheeling and louvre making courses use English wheels and some other clever kit. For the lead loading you'd need a heat source as weel as lead kit - which isn't too expensive.

Chris

chrsgrain - 22/9/10 at 07:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Barksavon
tell us a bit more, might fancy some of that myself


I'm restoring a TR4 as the current project, and it was invaluable, covered taking out dents, how to make replacement panels fit, how to put in patch panels easily and invisibly... all in all a great, and really very cheap day with some guys who really know their stuff.

Chris