You’re a fucking legend mate, there’s so many people in the industry that act like their techniques and skills are big trade secrets. Can’t tell you how great it is to see you getting out there and sharing your knowledge with the world, keep up the killer work man 🤙🏻
Thanks man I agree these things are not secrets or at least they shouldn’t be! Platforms like RU-vid allow us to share knowledge and that’s ultimately what keeps the industry alive! Cheers!
That is astonishing! I just watched the last two of the buck being made and the paper templating, but there was still a chance that you'd fall at the last hurdle - not so! This is fantastic and you are a very humble teacher given what you can produce (seemingly effortlessly)! Keep on keeping on and you will inspire this generation and the next with craftsmanship like this.
Absolutely COLD BLOODED! I can’t remember ever being so BLOWN away by a YT video....EVER! Holy Mary mother of Gawd! Thank you! Not only have you just totally changed my whole metal working frame of mind, you’ve just cost me a small fortune because now I have to have some new tools. Your an animal when it comes to sheet metal sir! Rock on!!
Ha ha ha right on! I’m so stoked that your frame of mind has been altered. Building tools is a great way to learn how to use them too. We’re going to get into building all kinds of tools on this channel in good time
I absolutely love your humble attitude. Just don’t sell yourself short. You are doing your passion and teaching others what can be created. It’s something to be proud of. You should show what time of day you start and what time you end. Some people can not appreciate how long this actually takes. Love the vids and please keep them coming. Thank you and your wife.
Beautiful work young man! I have been in metal work since I was 18 many, many years ago and loved it. Now at 70 I have slowed much and forgotten more than I care too, but I always took pride in my work as do you. Your love of metal work shows in your talents of each project. Keep it up as long as you can.
My uncle's friend from the old dry lakes hot rodding days, Gene Winfield is 94. Still does metal fabrication the old way. Metal working is truly an art.
I hope to live as long as he is! I forward his career intently! He even flew to Canada and painted a car that my brother now owns. We volunteered at a program where he came and chopped one of the vehicles with the kids and painted one of the other cars. What a great attitude and a great work ethic and a great guy! He even went clubbing with some girls ha ha
Tell you what. I,m a old drag racer from the 60,s & 70,s. I have been around many dragster chassis makers & sheet metal guys. There was a guy in Texas that made my nose cone on the front of my dragster & he was the best I ever saw. But you sir may just be better. You have a talent that is becoming a lost art. I love your channel.
Brother, you should be Proud of yourself..you made some mighty fine pieces there, learn another from watching you,don't have the machines you do ,but still learn things ...Thank You ..enjoy your day !!!
Just found your channel. Your work is awesome! It is very satisfying to see the great experience in your work! Your explanations coplete the whole stuff and bring everything together. This is the next level of custom build cars! Very nice to see and to listen. regards from Germany, Uwe
Beautiful work! Keep it up. Even if you go to several other fabricators to learn their techniques, when you add them all together, you will end up with your very own style because you’re meshing styles. Love your work man!
Well, you may be "no expert" (humble) but you're a damn site better than anyone I've ever known. You could be building aircraft, aerospace or Salt flats vehicles and parts. AND you're a great teacher. Here's hoping really big things come your way. Thanks...Frank
You do some awesome work Carl, you're probably, maybe a couple years older than me, and I spent 10 years in the metal trade and never met guys with as many skills or as much knowledge as you. Amazing work, I seem to learn at least 2 or 3 things every video, so thanks for passing it all on, hopefully lots more people dive in on their own projects because of your willingness to teach
I know you may never praise yourself and Christine so if you don't mind I'll do it for you. A master in your very own technic's, metal fabrication, welding and much more. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
It’s nice seeing a young cat like yourself working with his hands and mind in the industrial arts. Great work by the way.It is so important to learn the basics and then with time and experience develop your own style and techniques. I always told my colleagues we would be worth our weight in Gold one day. It looks like that day is fast approaching. It’s too bad in this once great country we can’t hire experienced tradesmen to teach our youth in the worthless public school system the ways to work with your hands and mind.
Thanks so much man I really appreciate that! I have faith in the younger generation to keep this industry alive. We are lucky to have so many ways to share knowledge and experience with new technology like social media. It’s not just a brain melter it’s a knowledge sharing platform when used as such! 🙏👊
WOW!!!! That work is absolutely perfect. You are an expert in following the line with every tool you own. I know how difficult and frustrating that can be... its not easy with any tool other than the horizontal band saw. Thank you Donnie
Unbelievable skillz. I would be terrified to try bead rolling those pieces after putting in All that work to get them into shape. My luck I would ruin them trying to bead roll them. Lol. Its truly inspiring to watch this kind of skill.
Glad to hear it because I love teaching! I don’t know it all and I’m still learning lots but this platform and community is so welcoming we will be here for a long time
Holy Moses brother that is some beautiful work. Just absolutely beautiful. 💯 Thank you for sharing your work. I know it would be a thousand times faster to just get it done and not film it, let alone edit and publish it. That is a lot of work, and I am grateful for your time and effort. Wow! BEAUTIFUL!
wow you have amazing skills ive been in the fabrication world all my life and only have dabbled in working with sheet metal your doing stuff that really intrigues me and wish i knew more of your skills but watching only a hand full of your vids has gave me alot better perspective on how to shape stuff guess im gona pull my english wheel out of the shadows and set up the plansher and bead rollers and do some practicing and see where it goes . thanks for posting this stuff you are a hell of a good teacher and i will be watching the rest of your vids thanks again Bill in northern Nevada
Right on Bill! I’m so stoked to hear that that’s what your plans are and the channel had some thing to do with it. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel. Cheers!
I spent 25 years in precision sheet metal. I never did anything like you just did in that video but I know how much it takes to move that much metal. My hat's off to you. Great work.
Keep your fingers on your hands. There's no one better . I was a iron worker out of L.A. Local 433. And i weld. Our skill level was in the ornamental iron. Inside hotel's. Stairways, handrails , glass installation extra. Great for guys razing family's. The benefits are payed by the contractor's. We went straight to any specialist we wanted. Checks were big as well as the vacation Checks every 3 month's. But your probably doing great on your own path.
I really like your videos. The skill you exhibit and techniques are very inspirational for us that are doing the same type of custom metal on their restorations. Thank you
Great work Karl. As you said wire patterns are a helpful way to view both sides of the fabrication and confirm your works progress and accuracy. That planishing hammer works really well. Where could a fabricator get one like that?
