around the shop

since i am always working on a ton of different things i figured it would be better to just make a basic thread to show what all is going on in the shop, and update it as things progress. instead of a ton of different threads. so here is the start and will add as things go along

been super busy the past couple months with traveling. went to speedweek only to get rained out, then home for a week then to WI to teach at Baileigh class, back home for a week then back to WI to do a week pro build at RMD, back home for a few days before i was supposed to head back to bonneville and it got rained out again. so needless to say my schedule has been all screwy lol. here are some minor updated on things i worked on in between everything else. not in any time line order

these hudson terriplane fenders came in to get straightened out from a front end collision, we will start with the pass. fender



starting to knock things back into place



added a little dykem to make it easier to see the lows after running a file
over it





after some hammering and dollying. still have a few led spots to melt out and work, and a crack in the edge



found a hole and crack under some led at the broken part of the rolled edge



pass. fender finished up

now for the run one. didnt get any pics before but it looked pretty much like the pass. side until i dig in

everything in the black area is 3/8 thick lead



after melting out the lead



same process as other side, used some dykem to aid in seeing the lows, and a ton of hammer and dolly work



starting to look like something



just needs a little shrinking with a shrinking disc




both fender finished up and ready to go back to the body shop. they are not
perfect but nothing a light skim coat and some primer cant fix





also straightened up the grill shell for the car



turned down some ford spindles into anglia spindles so the customer could run a set of Magnesium spindle mounts he has

started another project for a buddy, 31 RPU. will be fully fendered. here is the frame in the jig on the table



start of boxing the rails, we are using our set of boxing plates, one of our flat x members



mocking up to get a good idea of the look.

the owner looking pretty pumped with 3 days worth of work in the evenings



made some progress on the 57 retractable
, got the quarter welded up and it had some really bad warping we could not control, so i cut it back off under the trim so i could hammer and dolly the
lower weld seam back out



quarter back on



pulling old damage out of the doors





started on the head light surrounds



and hand made a new filler panel for the fenders under the head lights

shaving the fire wall and new front tin for the c10



here is some on the minges coupe. working on detail work on the chassis

worked on some new part productions





some welding of parts that i make





here is a pic of the group from the pro build in WI i mentioned



and working on getting some new equipment in the shop to make life easier






and here is a pic of me and my ugly mug with my new english wheel

cornfield customs said:

.......and here is a pic of me and my ugly mug with my new english wheel

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That's no english wheel.........that's an ENGLISH WHEEL!

Thanks for the update Mike, I'd been wondering where you were lately? Glad you are busy, busy, busy!

Nice work. Im glad to see you post something,aint seen you in a while..

thanks guys, it has just been a super busy summer and tons of things going on all over the place. i will do my best to post more

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cornfield customs said:

thanks guys, it has just been a super busy summer and tons of things going on all over the place. i will do my best to post more

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Seen a lot of your stuff on FB, sure have been busy for sure.

Super nice stuff
Good having you back

Beautiful work....no surprise you are busy. Thanks for sharing.

Mike, your door panels look great in the old Ford, B-Ville boys wanted to know who made them. saw your camp out at the lake sorry we didn't cross paths.

thanks for sharing.

Nice to see you back, been missing you posts.

Always amazed by your work.

How much time did you have on those fenders?

sam, i had about 20 hours in the repairs on the fenders and grill shell

excellent work on the fenders!

we were talking about you a little while back.. see link below

http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32079

Good work on the fenders. True craftsmanship.

CORPO said:

excellent work on the fenders!

we were talking about you a little while back.. see link below

http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32079

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thanks man, yea i have just been so busy with the shop i have not had much time to post about anything. i have had the cnc table for about a year. i do give 10% discounts to board members on in stock or custom cut orders for future reference. i will stick this in that thread as well