Andy, you don't even have to leave the Garage Journal to learn all about panel repair. Robert (aka
MP&C) has a fabrication thread that not only shows the results but the processes as well. He has some very large pieces of equipment but also shows how to do it with hand tools and a hot glue gun -- wait, that's my way -- he uses a MIG welder. Here's a link to his thread but be forewarned: you are stepping into an alternate universe where large blocks of time disappear.
MP&C Shop Projects
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=182565
Thanks, Bob! I have spent lots of time on Robert's thread. Enough that I got to the point "I've got to be doing this before it will make more sense, he makes it look easy". I'm not sure how far I got. Like most things in life, it seems to be a lot of common sense, especially recognizing how the metal grows a shrinks with heat so you know what to expect. I fear it will be another steep learning curve for me. Oh well, like the old saying goes "you can't learn any younger".
Andy, you now need to cast and polish an aluminum badge with whatever name she chooses. Hopefully it will be a short name that you can cast in your new snap flask. Try to steer her away from long names like Silly Snuffaluffagus Studebaker.
We are missing the "BAKER" half of the hood name. I may try to cast that.
I'm afraid your imagination got away from you
However I know to not try to steer her any particular direction, it's a bit like trying to steer your wife one way or the other. The rule of unintended consequences always takes over. But making an aluminum emblem of her chosen name is priceless. Thank you.
Andy, what a fantastic way to spend a day with the family..
Don't know that I've had much of a better day, ever.
And I was one tired puppy when they left.
I'm partial to Stu D. Baker but might be bias.
A caboose!!! How did I miss the caboose? Hope you are setting that up as the GJ guest quarters. I've always wondered how people get rail cars and engines moved to their property. How does one move a caboose?
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Caboose? Where? They quit using them years and years ago.
If I were to try to move a caboose I would hire a house mover. They would probably pick up one end and set it on a house moving dolly then tailboard the other end with a BIG gin pole truck, then "haul caboose" down the highway at 45 mph. If I were moving one I would take off work and go watch and take pictures as it went through each small town, and maybe, at the last major intersection, catch a Nash Metropolitan in a photo waiting for the spectacle to end.
But it is all speculation, that's if I had a caboose to move.
And, trust me on this one, if I had a caboose you couldn't miss it. Those suckers are BIG. Like 40 ft long and 14 ft high. You wouldn't expect to see one in the yard, now would you? Taking your meds?
It is best for me to not have a caboose. Likely I would give it to my wife, then announce in a group that everyone should "come out and see my wife's big caboose. It's literally broad as a barn." That might not turn out well.
Thanks for stopping in and sending me off on an imaginary trip down memory lane!
Very cool. I wish I had that chance as a kid and now I wish my kids would want to do that with me. Very cool.
It's a bit new to me. I've worked very little with my son but we're doing great. He is great with his kids, took time at every turn to get his daughter to do what he had started, like using the impact to remove the wheels. I feel greatly blessed.
Just stopped by. It looks like the kids have it under control. Let them have at it and get to work on the casting.
I'm glad you had a great Saturday.
They are relying on me to do the hot work. And I appreciate that. I also appreciate that they don't want to just let me do everything.
Absolutely a grand Saturday for the memories. One of the days I'll be thinking about as I'm rocking to and fro in the home.
At least I've got enough to do to stave off boredom.
Rain will fix the tracks. Eventually.
some girls 
