Hey Karl, I'm 62 and have trained a lot of guys as a machinist, hydraulics specialist, and in electrical troubleshooting. You are an excellent instructor! You are concise and relaxed. You teach as someone who is eager to freely pass on what you have learned, with no ego involved. I've never done this kind of metalworking, but believe I could with practice and the knowledge you freely share. Your personality and attitude are what make this channel great. Thank you!

I’m only 11 minutes in and I’ve learned so much! 🤜🏼🤛🏼🇦🇺🍀😎 Thank you so much

I`m 54 year old av working as a fabricator daily, and learning more skills everytime I see yours videos. Thank You so mutch to be so exelent instructor of easy simple stuff and how to doing it, keep going on all of this videos.

10:45 MAGIC!!! Somebody PLEASE get this guy a Cape and a Top Hat.

I learned the basics of this in metal work shop at school but you explain it better

I like to see People working with hand held tools. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙂

I think you explain metal shaping the best way on the internet. I have learned so much! Thank you Karl

I will never tell you you are an idiot. I love these videos with hand tools and tools to make. Thanks for another great video!!

your style of teaching is brilliant, we have a master at work who can't teach no matter what he tries, shame that a lifelong learning will die with him.

Thanks TEACH!!!! IVE LEARNED A FEW MORE TOOLS FOR MY SHELF OF GOODIES I KNOW!!!👍❤️🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Iowa599

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't advise putting this on a shelf…

@Mr.Avuncular

Жыл бұрын

@@Iowa599 😁maybe your right, a little lower might be safer🤣🤣

Hey Karl Very Tucking Entertaining ! 😂 It’s 1-0 0 am couldn’t sleep ! Lucky for me You just posted this one . For us guys it’s just ABC ! But you made it so informative and a delight to watch ! Inspiring would be metal shapers ! 👍 Great job Buddy ! From down Under 🦘 Cheers Andy

I would probably get a lot more done in the shop if I could just stop watching your videos. Everything you do, you do so well, thank you for the videos

@adee-H1066

Жыл бұрын

Same here,i go down my workshop with all good intentions of getting stuff done,then put make it kustom on for "half hour",which usually ends up being all evening.

Your logo and brand is reflective of your abilities. Truly Next level. Thank you for sharring all that you do!

Videos with simple tools are very pleasant to watch because it gives you the feeling that you can do it too. A bit misleading imho, "simple tools" require often much more skills and experience.

if you want to keep your wooden hammer handles tight in the hesa, drill a .025 hole 2 inches deep in the middle of toe bottom of the handle and fill the hole with #10 oil, stand the hammer upside down for the night and it will start to tighten up in a day or so

Well,,, I thought I knew a little something about tucking, and I was right, it was a LITTLE something. Thanks again for enlightening me. JD

Absolutely appreciate the time you take to explain the whys and wherefore's of your craft. Great info.

Absolutely the best tutorials I've seen. I Know that by now I've watched literally thousands of them covering a multitude of subjects. If there is one thing missing in so many of the trades it's engaging instructors. There are many talented Craftsman out there but very few are excellent teachers. Thanks for your time and sharing your passion with us. I guarantee your helping many more people become better at there work than you think!!!

I like when you use the 'simple' tools, Thanks

So pleased I found your channel. I have just started to do large scale metal forming (I made jewellery previously)& have learnt more from watching just 2 videos than in the previous few months. Thank you so much, you explain everything so well, I am inspired.

I love the techniques that you show and you give such amazing demonstrations with each of your video's i only wish I'd have met someone like yourself when i were a younger man at 61 yrs young i still hunger for the knowledge of everything creative in the automotive and motorcyxle world . Keep em coming your craft is one of great importance for the youth of today to continue to create great things.

@MakeItKustom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much man I appreciate ya!

From making wire forms to shaping, I've learned so much from you. What a great channel. Thanks!

Great class. Watching your videos has been motivating.

🏁🇦🇺I love how Karl promotes keeping a look out for scoring scrap and swapmeets. Look he has a full functional fabshop now. I would encourage the camera man to ask more Newby questions on behalf of your audience, sorry I don't know how to spell your name. Karl is on a Teaching Journey we are fortunate to be his Students.

@RGVJ21

Жыл бұрын

Dirty Dave?

@davidhinds7634

Жыл бұрын

From Instagram?

@RGVJ21

Жыл бұрын

@@davidhinds7634 sorry Dave,its Dave & Claire from DLRA.

@davidhinds7634

Жыл бұрын

@@RGVJ21 Hey Ace I meet Karl in Sydney for a Sheet Metal master class @Motorretro Caught up with Bones while I was there that's where he built the bodywork for his Sit on streamliner,

just subscribed as I just saw you over helping Brent on Half ass kustoms. I will be watching more of your videos. Just wanted to thank you for being such a friend to Brent. Not too many people have the skills you (and Brent) have. Like I said on his channel, you are such a ham. Keep pounding the metal and everything will be mint.

Nice work sir. I only know three Canadians. You, Fitzee and my buddy Douglas from work. You're all great folks. Keep up the good work.

Quickly becoming a favorite youtube content creator

Hi Karl. I allways like your video's. Explaning it the idiot way i understand😂😂. Keep up the good work man. Greets from the Netherlands/ Germany. 🤙

Your videos are great and they’ve helped give me the confidence to do my own work rebuilding my first car - a 1964 tripower GTO. However, every shrinking video I’ve seen just makes bowls. But there are no bowls on my car. I’d love to see you make a rectangular panel with compound curves where it’s a slight curve in one direction and a tighter curve in the other direction - without an English wheel. Think patch panel on a wheel well. Or maybe that also requires some stretching?

Could do a kit with two nylon pieces so the stump can be flipped with different shape/size bowl on each side. Save the need for two stumps. Would just need to be careful to leave enough surface around bowl for support.

Cool as hell seeing an actual professional showing his experience, science, and art.

I made a shrinking stump the old school way, with a cookie out of a hardwood stump, using the same grinding tool. It was brutal. I ended up using another grinding tool that is basically a disc chainsaw that goes on your grinder. It cut much faster but was rough, then I finished it off with the grinding tool you used. That said, I like your use of softwood instead. It seems to hold up better than I thought it would so no need to chase down some hardwood.

This is my favorite channel hands down. Great instruction! Look forward to meeting you sometime sir.

Great video. I love when you work primarily with hand tools since I don’t have the room or the money for any of the bigger machines. Maybe in a future video you could go through applying the shrinking techniques from today on some body panel shapes. Several times I’ve run into rounded pieces that have a bowl shaped end. I’ve been cutting slits, trying to shape it as best as I can and welding up the slits. Ok for a floor pan but not very nice for anything that is seen. Would love to see how to do that with the techniques you showed today.

@franksgarage8551

Жыл бұрын

Thats how i did it for years. Duct tape to make a pattern, cut it to lay flat then cut panel to match. Close the slits and weld up.

@daveeddy2402

11 ай бұрын

I'm watching these videos to attempt to replace the lower quarter panels on our rusty Miata. The repair panels available are about $240...EACH!

@nopenonein

11 ай бұрын

Try watching Carter Auto Restying

Hey, id...ehh, Karl! You really made this simple to understand! Thanks for the great video! 🤩

Nice video, we’ll explained Karl, just enough info to get someone started and everyone takes off from there. Thanks .

All of your videos have been really good, but this one really helped pull some of your other tuck shrinking videos together. Gotta get me one of those "Mother Tucker" hammers...

Carl I have just had a thought that you are the master the King of metal forming what talent love watching learn loads keep it up buddy

Fantastic video! thanks for the tips! I love how you make everything so simple to understand for us regular guys :)

Could you measure the thickness of the metal that was shrinked and the metal that wasn’t? Just out of curiosity, would be interesting to know.

Very well explained. Very helpful too. Being on a budget you have shown several ways to achieve the same result. Im sure one may suit the job at hand better than the others as well. And lets not forget Elio for his camera work.

Thanks for the indepth explanation using different techniques!

I love how you take time to show how things work I have learned a lot from your videos thank keep it up I am a big fan of your channel love It I am learning black smithing to the both go hand to hand

Well, you did it again. You showed how to make Stump anvil out of 6 x 6 wood. So I made mine out of oak 2 x 6. You showed how use a Makita js1602 metal shear . So I bought one. I just cut a 6 inch hole in a range hood piece. Cut like butter. Thx

Another source for good steel to make dollies is overload springs from old trucks. In my area people give them away when they put lift kits on

Dude you are so far from idiot it's insane. I learn so damn much from watching your videos. You are incredibly knowledgeable as many guys are but you are a natural at teaching which most of those others with your knowledge are not. You also realize and honor that most of us cannot buy expensive tools so you teach us affordable ways to make shit happen. You are a treasure Karl.

@MakeItKustom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Tom!! I do love learning more, and using more simple techniques, especially when they are relatively effective!

Every day is a school day-GW thanks

Your channel has introduced so many interesting and amazing metal shaping concepts to me that I never knew about. It has been really interesting to watch you and your mastery of the work is evident with every blow of the mallet or hammer! Great content thanks!

@redfoxclassics

Жыл бұрын

I’ve got to agree, Karl answers those questions you didn’t even know needed asking!

10:02 It seems like one of the metal straps holding the wood together could use a loop to hold the hammer.

You’re ability to break down things and explain the how and why is the excellent. Keep up the great videos and thank you.

I'd love to see you create a spotlight or old timey headlight bucket this way. that'd be just cooler than liquid helium to watch being done.

Loved it!

Great explanation on the ways to shrink sheet metal! Great video!

Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

Awesome work, thanks 👍👍

Fascinating

Great video,thanks!

Always informative

Hey Karl, i had a stroke April 2014, and it seems like I've been watching you for more than 2 years (what your video archives go back to), have I been watching your videos before this, and how can i access them??? i want to watch all of your videos many times... wonderful videos... "continuing education", instead of regular TV!!!

Thanks for sharing! Always interesting and always learning!

Really tucking cool.

Thanks for sharing

Great tech session!

Awesome content..as always. Keep up the great work

Can I just wow.😮

Love your work man

Nice one Sir!!!! I just made a tucking hammer, shrinking stump, and forged a tucking fork over on my channel. (Inspired by you and a few other channels I watch) Going from the stump to the wheel is quite a workout if you aren't used to using those muscle groups. I was binge watching some of Wray's videos and he had one of the large bowls covered in EPDM. Then the click happened on the importance of locking in those edges. Anyway, keep on rocking them out. Loving the content.

Thanx for spending your time teaching us Karl. Your a legend.

Great instructional video! Learned a lot thank you.

My favorite channel, thank you

Mind blown! Hey Thanks Carl!

Just thank you 😊

Nice tutorial love these videos

Brilliant video mate. 👍👍👍

Thank you for the great video, great easy explanation!

You got it goingon bro you been very helpfull thanx

Learning so much from watching you. Just beginning to shape and fabricate. Keep up the terrific work.

Informative and cheap - the best combination

Great video reminds me of methods we used in jr high to hammer out a copper ash trey along with metalworking sandbag.

Excellent

excellent content as usual, and information you can trust!

Love your work. Thank you for all the instruction and knowledge you share. I really appreciate the combination of videos you put on the channel. Nice variety and tons of info!

you`re the best !!!

I think your brilliant and so appreciate your channel ! Learning a ton here Karl thanks !

"this disc will make you as many bowls as you need to make" - I'm not falling for that trick again mr magic man

Informative i liked it i liked it alot!

Truly an artist.

great content Karl, thank you from England

awesome videos, giving us solid knowledge, you have intrigued me to look for some dollies and hammers to mess around with 🇨🇦

Very motivating and accessible skills. Now I gotta get busy making my own shrinking stump.

I love it the different way to do this at home with what you have. You are the best.

What a terrificly useful video Karl, you really are a superb purveyor of great ideas!

Great teaching skills and craftmanship

Awesome teachng session. Thanks for getting more of the mother tucker hammers in. Mine is on it's way. Cheers

I made a stump based on your previous video and was waiting for you to do this tutorial. Thanks!

At the class with @sosametalworks I noticed that I got the fastest, deepest shrinks with the stump. The power hammer takes more shrinks but that makes it more precise about where the metal goes.

Your the best 👍 Thanks Take Care Enjoy

Great Video. Your demonstration confirmed my needing one and to purchase of a set from you.

You have a way of explaining yourself that people can relate to...which makes it easy to learn... In other words you are a great teacher...

Look forward to when I have free time and my stump formed. Looks satisfying and adds to one’s capabilities. Thanks!!!!