Pattern Making

Measuring and marking out complex shapes and structures accurately.

Jig Building

Constructing basic jigs and fixtures to aid reproduction of original parts.

Body Construction

Aligning panels to create flowing bodylines and parallel gaps.

Tool making

How to construct simple tooling to replicate original recesses, stiffening ribs etc.

Metal Flanging

Shrinking and stretching metal to form convex and concave curved flange over basic steel formers using various hammers.

Forming wired edge of panel using shrinking and stretching techniques with basic hand tools.

Metal Shaping

Forming and smoothing double curvature panels to accurately fit jig

Firstly forming panel into wooden block using shrinking technique with wooden mallet to produce compound curvature

Smoothing panels over steel dolly or stake with planishing hammer

Wheeling complex shapes.  From simple double curvatures to varying reverse double curvatures

Butt Welding

Joining thin sheet without overlapping joint or adding filler rod so that seam can be planished to a smooth finish.

Welding small panels together to form large complex panel

MIG welding structures

Annealing aluminium

Heat shrinking

 £966 Inc. vat