A joy to watch true English craftsman creating English craft. Keep your pride it will always show in your work. I loved doing it only had dollys in my box. You can imagine the jokes at work😉
I am about to start my A7 special and watching you is inspirational, I doubt very much if I will get it looking anywhere near what you have achieved but I will try. Excellent video.
Loving this Tom. I am “trying” to make 30’s style aluminium bodied racer. Your skills are way above what I can do but are so invaluable to helping me. Great job Tom.
A fascinating video Tom, I'm a career mechanic and can fix an engine all day long but this is another league to me. Excellent that you have that subtle curve in the side panels, it would be so easy to leave it flat but this will add that little bit of class to the final shape. Keep up the great work, I'm looking forward to the coming episodes, I've already learnt a lot just from this one alone. HowardT
Hi Tom, you have got me thinking about a logo for my channel and maybe even some stickers. I just binged watched the last 7 episodes, cant wait to see it at Prescott.
It is really nice to see an in depth explanation of a very special craft, Tom. Have you ever been to a 750 Club race meeting and seen the 7s racing? They are terrific.
@@daleskidmore1685 thank you. I could go into a bit more depth but I’m just trying to gauge the right balance between a vlog and tutorial.I’ve never been no, definitely on my list of things to try and see this year . They look great and it would be really interesting to speak to a few of the owners.
@@Metal_shaper_tom I think you have the balance of detail right, if someone has a question, I'm sure you would answer it in more detail. They are very friendly and have a real love for their cars, so good to talk to, provided no repairs are being made at the time, lol.
That's going to be such a classy old school looking little racer when you finish it Tom. Of course as an American I'm wondering why not a bit more powerful engine?
So there isn’t really a lot of Room without getting really creative. This engine should be about 50bh and the car won’t be much more than 300kg. It should be quite nippy and do 80/90 mph
Hi Tom. Another very interesting video! I have a home built wheeling machine and was interested to see your wheeling technique to get a low crown in both the X and Y directions. When I try to create a low crown panel with equal curvature in both directions I get more crown in the "direction of wheeling" compared with the 90 deg axis. This is not unexpected since the curvature a lower low crown anvil is greater than N-S direction compared with the E-W axis. Also the backwards and forwards motion of the panel and its weight will tend to emphasise the N-S curvature . Can you give me some advice on equalising the curvature in both directions. I'm dealing with low crown panels e.g door skins etc. using a low crown lower anvil?. Thanks, Mike in Germany
Tricky to answer this Mike. The pressure you set it at will have a huge impact on this.it doesn’t sound like your doing anything wrong but one thing in the video I do is support the panel when I wheel and I don’t let it hang, you may also want to try wheeling on a light pressure from corner to corner or X and thing will also help smooth the panel.
Excellent work. I'm enjoying this build a lot and hopefully learning into the bargain. Sent you an email with Reliant engine tuning info. Hopefully its of help.
Thank you. Im glad your enjoying the journey. Yes I got your email 👍 it really was full of a lot of interesting stuff! I’ll definitely be picking your brain on a few things! I will reply I’m just a bit slow when it come to that sort of thing.
A joy to watch true English craftsman creating English craft. Keep your pride it will always show in your work. I loved doing it only had dollys in my box. You can imagine the jokes at work😉
Very nice shape to the body! Well done!!
Thank you Tom it's so good to watch a true craftsman.
Thank you 👍
Luving your metalwork tom 👍
Thank you warren 👍
Came here from the Shed, expect some more soon.
Thank you 👨🏭
It’s definitely starting to take shape (forgive the pun); looking forward to seeing the next chapter and more of your work 👍
Cheers Ian 👍
And that folks, is skill right there. As a hillclimber myself, I sure look forward to seeing this in the paddock and on the hill.
Thank you 👍 hopefully this time next year 🤞
Fantastic video thanks Tom.
Thank you Doug 👍
It's looking great Tom.
@@gerryoneill8881 thanks 👍
Lovely work Tom. It's really starting to look like a car now.
@@bobfrankish8883 thanks bob 👍
Another fantastic class from n panel work👍 many thanks 😊
Fascinating! I'm really enjoying this build 😍
Great skill Tom. Episodes do not drag on...❤
@@TheJameswort that’s good to know 👍
Nice work, as usual. :)
@@Joe.Doucette thanks joe 👍
I am about to start my A7 special and watching you is inspirational, I doubt very much if I will get it looking anywhere near what you have achieved but I will try. Excellent video.
Just take your time and enjoy it. As long as your happy with the outcome and you’ve done your best then that’s all that matters 👍
@@Metal_shaper_tom Thanks very much.
Fantastic work
@@stephenlmckeown1439 thank you 👨🏭
Loving this Tom. I am “trying” to make 30’s style aluminium bodied racer. Your skills are way above what I can do but are so invaluable to helping me. Great job Tom.
I’m glad it’s helping you on your build. 👍
Fantastic video Tom, congratulations. Nick Rodgers Sculptor
Thank you nick 👍
A fascinating video Tom, I'm a career mechanic and can fix an engine all day long but this is another league to me. Excellent that you have that subtle curve in the side panels, it would be so easy to leave it flat but this will add that little bit of class to the final shape. Keep up the great work, I'm looking forward to the coming episodes, I've already learnt a lot just from this one alone. HowardT
Thank you 👍 I can’t wait to share the rest of the build!
Hi Tom, you have got me thinking about a logo for my channel and maybe even some stickers. I just binged watched the last 7 episodes, cant wait to see it at Prescott.
Do it Steve! Have a bit of fun with it. Have you become monetised yet?
It is really nice to see an in depth explanation of a very special craft, Tom. Have you ever been to a 750 Club race meeting and seen the 7s racing? They are terrific.
@@daleskidmore1685 thank you. I could go into a bit more depth but I’m just trying to gauge the right balance between a vlog and tutorial.I’ve never been no, definitely on my list of things to try and see this year . They look great and it would be really interesting to speak to a few of the owners.
@@Metal_shaper_tom I think you have the balance of detail right, if someone has a question, I'm sure you would answer it in more detail. They are very friendly and have a real love for their cars, so good to talk to, provided no repairs are being made at the time, lol.
looking fantastic! curious about the tools on the wall behind you at the end.
Some I’ve made in previous videos on the channel
Good stuff as per usual! Future vids being a bit more heavy on the tutorial side would not bother me a bit.
Cheers bob. I definitely add more detail as the bodywork progresses.
That's going to be such a classy old school looking little racer when you finish it Tom. Of course as an American I'm wondering why not a bit more powerful engine?
So there isn’t really a lot of Room without getting really creative. This engine should be about 50bh and the car won’t be much more than 300kg. It should be quite nippy and do 80/90 mph
Really enjoying this biuld Tom. It already looks amazing, sure you don't fancy leaving it in the alloy?
Thank you. No Ali really doesn’t appeal to me if I’m honest.
I have had to stop tig due to a pacemaker 😮 I was thinking of getting a porta pak unit
@@martinhacche1329 wow I never knew it affected a pacemaker. What’s a porta pak?
It’s a small oxy acetylene welding kit with small bottles! Could I gas weld the frame though? Would there be too much distortion?
@@martinhacche1329 some Ali grade don’t gas weld as well as other so that’s one thing to be mindful of.
Hi Tom.
Another very interesting video!
I have a home built wheeling machine and was interested to see your wheeling technique to get a low crown in both the X and Y directions.
When I try to create a low crown panel with equal curvature in both directions I get more crown in the "direction of wheeling" compared with the 90 deg axis.
This is not unexpected since the curvature a lower low crown anvil is greater than N-S direction compared with the E-W axis. Also the backwards and forwards motion of the panel and its weight will tend to emphasise the N-S curvature .
Can you give me some advice on equalising the curvature in both directions. I'm dealing with low crown panels e.g door skins etc. using a low crown lower anvil?.
Thanks,
Mike in Germany
Tricky to answer this Mike. The pressure you set it at will have a huge impact on this.it doesn’t sound like your doing anything wrong but one thing in the video I do is support the panel when I wheel and I don’t let it hang, you may also want to try wheeling on a light pressure from corner to corner or X and thing will also help smooth the panel.
Do you gas weld ally?
Excellent work. I'm enjoying this build a lot and hopefully learning into the bargain. Sent you an email with Reliant engine tuning info. Hopefully its of help.
Thank you. Im glad your enjoying the journey. Yes I got your email 👍 it really was full of a lot of interesting stuff! I’ll definitely be picking your brain on a few things! I will reply I’m just a bit slow when it come to that sort of thing.
I cant find what thickness the aluminium body sheets are
@@billowens3491 1.5mm
Oxy acetylene I mean?
@@martinhacche1329 yes I do at work but I don’t have a oxy setup at my little workshop so it’ll all be Tig welded