[Imperial Wheel]

The goal of the weekend was two fold:

1- Have some fun during the winter. We normally don't have our metalshaping get togethers (wife calls them tupperware parties) during the winter.

2- Practice various methods and which ones work or dont. Everyone that attended wants to ultimately build an scratch built aluminum Cobra.

Because I'm a fairly accomplished shaper with a lot of tools, I'll use them to spare my old worn out body. The concrete hammerform was really interesting (I'll post those photos in the next few days). I can see some good use for that approach for things like the grill.

After we committed to where we were going to divide the panels, we looked at the Kirkham build book and realized that we'd have been better off doing it as they did. More panels but smaller and simpler all welded together.