Next time anyone has a chance to swing by Ed's shop...it is more fun than Disneyworld!!! He showed me how to pound out dents with a hammer and dolly...I have never seen that before, and have been doing it all wrong. Then I had a chance to look at some of the cool projects he has going on in there. I always learn something new when I visit. I learned: 1) Don't bondo over that spray-on rust inhibitor...it will flake off after a couple weeks, and you get to start all over. 2) my crappy HiLo hammer and palm dolly are...crappy. He pointed me toward Harbor Freight (near his shop) where I found a kit with 4 dollies and 3 different shaped hammers. (Chinese-made, but only $20 with a carrying case!) 3) He demonstrated how to hammer out dents in large flat areas, like doors and valences, and in tight areas like the headlight area of my fender. On- and Off-Dolly. 4) He gave me the remnants of a door so I could practice welding on it before I do the real surgery on my doors, including cutting the inner panel off one door and welding it to the new door so the different handles will fit, and possibly removing the impact brace inside the door. 5) I found that his custom-made Monte bars will work even when I install my A/C (he took that into account when fabricating them). 6) he showed me this tool for cutting and creasing metal (I don't remember what it was called, but it looked like those wringers you run wet towels through with a handle on one side and two rollers). More stuff than can be mentioned in one thread. He is a very nice guy, very talented, great fabricator, and always willing to help out. Thank you, Ed Scott
scott you give me too much credit.you are welcome anytime. hope that hammer and dolly set works out ok for you. thats kinda what i started with. as you seen i still have some of them. it was good seeing you again.
Good meeting the wife. Tell her "good to meet her, but sorry it was so hot and that I kept you guys so long." The new hammer/dolly kit should be helpful in some of those harder to reach spots. Price was right (of course, it was Harbor Freight!!!) I will also try to find some .035 wire for the welder and see if gives a cleaner weld job. Again, thanks for all the help. scott
my wife said she had a good time talking with you and anna. she doesnt go down there very much, says its too hot and boring.
I agree...too HOT...boring...NOT!!! Too much cool stuff in that big ol' workshop. My wife (Anna) said she was shooting me visual hints that it was time to leave about 15 minutes into our visit...I didn't get the hints When I am being introduced to cool "towel wringer" tools and fenders from 67 mustangs...I don't catch "non-verbal" hints. I told her from now on to say "Hey a$$hole...I am hot, let's go home!!!" but I doubt it will happen, because deep down inside, she really likes the cartalk as much as I do
i didnt see any hints either. of course i was'nt looking,i did'nt want to see any hints .anyway they had the fan we didnt .
i dont know if you noticed all the dirt in there. the rains a couple of weeks ago. one side got 4" in it the other side got 2" in it. the water went down and left a layer of dirt everywhere.
Ed, did you get a chance to work on your car this weekend (because of the rain)? My daughter helped me wire up my transbrake, 'semi' align the front end, stop a tranny gasket leak and a lower radiator hose leak. I have to weld two straps to the roll bar to keep the shoulder straps from sliding in the event of a roll-over (I'll get to use my new $59 auto-darkening Harbor Freight Welding Hood!) A guy who knows the NHRA rules, says my seat anchors are okay as is. I'm still going to do what we talked about doing though. I just dont' like those tall spacers. on topic: I agree. I'd love to have a place like that to work on my junk.
