How are your fabrication skills?

[harrisonm]

I have mentioned Fitzee’s Fabrications before. It is a YouTube channel where a guy named Tony Fitz Lee shows us some amazing fabrication and welding techniques. I have learned so much from him. And I have been able to apply those skills to projects I have worked on. Look at the pictures I posted of something he just recently did. Using five separate pieces of flat stock with a few bends, he made a complex door jam corner piece. If you do your own work, you really should be watching his channel. It is awesome. If you go to his channel, it is the most recent video as of March 4.

 

[Demonx2]

And he rarely wears gloves, etc, etc. He is an incredible craftsman!!

 

[Plymouth 65]

Works of art! 65

 

[CFD244]

Yup, I found his channel a while back. Have been using his techniques since then.

 

[Kendog 170]

I've done some fabbing. Some good some not so much. I fabbed some outer wheel wells for my tubs (not so good ) but nothing undercoat can hide and stretched the front openings. Tin knocked the quarter lip with a hammer and dolly. Minimal if any bondo on the quarter stretching.
Wish I had the English wheel and other machines to work with. I'll have to check his channel out.

 

[azaustin]

It’s amazing what you can make out of flat sheets of metal. I had to make a new corner piece for a quarter panel I was installing after I found a real mess of brazing and metal chunks under a bunch of bondo. The metal could have been anything, but I used the high-dollar aluminized sheet from Eastwood. I used nylon hammers and a sandbag to shape it initially and then final finished it (not shown here) in place.

The other is a windshield brace I made from flat stock to replace a rusted part. The next to last photo is what I replaced. Worked out great. It’s not visible inside the car, but I will finish it out a little more

 

[tom999w]

I sure could use some doors fabbed, if any wizard is looking for work.

 

[harrisonm]

I've done some fabbing. Some good some not so much. I fabbed some outer wheel wells for my tubs (not so good ) but nothing undercoat can hide and stretched the front openings. Tin knocked the quarter lip with a hammer and dolly. Minimal if any bondo on the quarter stretching.
Wish I had the English wheel and other machines to work with. I'll have to check his channel out.

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Looks pretty darn good to me. A little filler will make it perfect.

It’s amazing what you can make out of flat sheets of metal. I had to make a new corner piece for a quarter panel I was installing after I found a real mess of brazing and metal chunks under a bunch of bondo. The metal could have been anything, but I used the high-dollar aluminized sheet from Eastwood. I used nylon hammers and a sandbag to shape it initially and then final finished it (not shown here) in place.

The other is a windshield brace I made from flat stock to replace a rusted part. The next to last photo is what I replaced. Worked out great. It’s not visible inside the car, but I will finish it out a little more

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Looks good to me. That is what filler is for.

I sure could use some doors fabbed, if any wizard is looking for work.

I couldn't make a door, but I have gotten pretty good at taking a door or tailgate that has a LOT of rust and restoring it.