Great videos with great explanations!! You do great work and I’ve learned a ton from you. The thing I like the most of the 3 videos I’ve watched so far is you keep the language clean unlike other KZfaqrs videos! Keep up the great work!!

You've got the gift of great explanation that sets some instructional KZfaqrs apart from the rest. Well done!

I like that You Straighten the Metal and Not Just pack it full of Bondo, I have learned some New tricks from You Thanks Bud

One of the better shows especially discussing hammer and dolly and torch shrinking. Keep up the good work.

I love watching you kid...you understand what you're doing, and you easily make me understand it too. Thanks....keep up the good work.

Thank you for the Demo on shrinking great info. I have some kinks in my roof of my 1955 210 chevy near the back of the car like someone sat on it. Great Job!

Watched the whole series, what an amazing transformation! Thought at the beginning there was NO WAY to save that hood! You are a skilled craftsman! Earned my sub! 🙌🏼😱

I really appreciate these videos. A big difference from the usual Bondo artists I see on KZfaq.

Excellent. And I thought craftsmanship was lost in this country.

Most people would of said that bonnet was scrap. Just shows how highly skilled you are. It’s a big hello from over the pond in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

It's been an amazing transformation watching where it started and where it's at. The biggest take away is time and patience. As always I appreciate the knowledge.

I must say watching you triggers something deep down in many of us- to give so much of yourself thru almost a physical artistry of hard work- leaving behind a bit of yourself in what you recreated. We all need to do more things that are tangible reflections of our spirit. This said from an old retired flooring guy! You gave great tips for my project 1969 Sport Fury! Peace brother.

Dude you and the channel are a gift to us!!! Thankyou

Not only is he a great panel beater but a great teacher too. And a shout out to the camera work too - she really knows how to show me what I want to see!

Wow learning a lot of my mistakes and making your tools bro nice teaching us old farts for our little projects helps so much thanks my man.

I love the way you teach, well done

Wonderful detailed explanation! Thanks

Your technique is beyond amazing. I used to know an old time body man, who worked for Raleigh Motor Sales, who used a home built " Slapper" exclusively , made also from a leaf spring, but his planishing hammer was all hand finished with specialty hammers. I am impressed with your skill and expertise.

THANKS FOR SHARING MAKE IT CUSTOM AND HARD COR FAB ARE AWESOME THANKS FOR THE GREAT CONTENT AND VIDS

Love the show, I am learning some good tips. Thanks

Man I love to see real skill not just buy new parts and bondo. You sir have mad skills!

Bro you are a master teacher!! Thank you!

A appreciate that you show a full range of techniques, from backyard beating to coach building, plus the shop built tools you use.

You are making me a star.

Funny you should be working be working on a Willys. My next door neighbor (older gentleman) has four Pre-WWII Willys Hotrods ('40 and '41 are the dates I remember). A Fire Engine Red one, a yellow one, a flat Black panel (truck/van ?), and one in his other garage that's still in parts, waiting for some attention. What little I can see of it under the piles of stuff, it still looks stock. He's got a couple of three buddies in the neighborhood that are also into Hotrods. I get treated to a mini-carshow from time to time. The guy down the block has a purple, open top, chopped Model T, wide rear tires. They're all classic Hotrod style, not Rat-Rods. My neighbor just came back from a show down near Bakersfield, CA. , and said his panel truck was a hit ( Yes, he did trailer it down there) You would approve of how he's detailed them out. Thanks for covering shrinking disks. I've been wondering about them for years. Useful to know (everything I own is dented, rusted, or both).

My grandpa used to build hot rods in the 60s and 70s. He taught my dad a lot mechanically but he didn’t have the patience to pick up on the metal work. I’ve been told I have the patience of my grandpa and I’ve been thinking about picking up where he left off. I do fabrication on bigger stuff (I am a fabricator in the oil and gas industry). I really appreciate these videos (especially the 4 door to 2 door ‘55) and they have motivated me to start trying to find me an old project car. Keep up the good work brother 🤙🏼

My favorite new KZfaq channel, really enjoying learning your process ! Thank you !

I really enjoy all of your videos . They definitely help me . Even though I don’t practice enough. You said that your using a variable speed polisher for the shrinking disc. I took. Ken Sakamotos metal finishing class . Which is a excellent class .Ken is very good and a good teacher. He also invented the original shrinking disc. He taught me that you need 5000 rpm’s to run a shrinking disc. I metal finished a sun visor for a 53 Chevy that was dented all the way across and surface rusted. Using hammers Dollie’s, slapper and shrinking disc. I delivered it in raw metal . I used dykem and Kens serrated shrinking disc

Hey man! Thanks for all of your hard work! I’ve learned a lot from you. Great camera work as well. You make a great team!

That metal work was amazing. Old school and that is not seen anymore. Great job!!!!

Very nice camera work - good explanation

Hi i'm certainly not an expert on body work, but I watched a whole load of Wray Schelin's videos and i'm almost certain he said to leave the marker pen on the panel as a lubricant and to help stop the shrinking disc from galling on the panel...

You are a true craftsman.

One of the best channels on KZfaq! It’s crazy how guys with such talent and great teaching like you don’t get more views but just wanted to let you know I’m out here appreciating you putting the time into sharing this!

You are the Picasso of sheet metal...........A Pure Artist. WoooooooooooW !!!!!!!

brother you truly are a good tradesman keep up the great vids doing up wb ute in australia learned heaps happy hammering

What a great explanation of what's actually happening in the metal surface and to get an effective result. I'm not a pb so its great to see a master at work and the result.

You are a very good teacher...

Nicely done. Having the camera operator really helps show what you are doing vs a tripod. Of course it takes two people, but from a viewers perspective, its worth it. Thanks for helping someone you don't know.

awesome workmanship

Great lesson. Thank you😊

That stinking disk is amazing. What a good idea . Wray know is metal 👍

Nice! I’m not even into bodywork but I like learning. Thanks for the video.

Absolutely the best metal working channel on KZfaq bar none. Most body guys wouldn't have the patience that you have and would have covered the piece in filler nor can they teach like you do. Great job! Keep up the great videos. Cheers!

Legit the first time someone said like and subscribe and I actually did it. Great content delivered very well. Thank you.

This was just impressive! Shrinking discs, learn something new everyday. Thank you for sharing!!

You don't need to go to a gallery to see art! That's sensational work and a brilliant presentation and explanation - Well done!

You are a very good teacher and you explain in simple terms what you are doing and why. Great job, thank you.

Shrinking disc is amazing for oil canning and welding warpage too it seems. With just a few go's it took the canning right away from quarter panels and stiffened up the warped trunk lid from welding to be ready for bodyfiller. It is good for hobbyists like me, its easy to use for fast and effective result, I am not that good of a panel beater to do metal finish but it helps alot for those flat and floppy panels so that you can skimcoat with bodyfiller and it doesnt flop around when you sand it down. Takes practice and effort to metal finish for sure, but if you can live with few mm of filler then it makes this job real easy with this tool, definetly worth to have. Lifesaver on panels that you cannot get behind with dolly, as gas setup is way costly for hobbyists.

The marker is acting as a guide coat. I LOVE that mobile planishing hammer! If I could afford one, I buy one for certain, it takes away hours of hammer and dolly work. I really don't like filler. If I absolutely have zero choice, I prefer to use lead, and very little of that. Mostly it's metal work. I also like the shrinking disc. I've read about them but didn't any opinion of paint and body men that I trust. You have quantified the dilemma for me in a positive manner. I appreciate that you pay so much attention to the metal work rather than skim coating an entire area and then "reshaping" it with a body file. I consider that to be very poor workmanship.

Kkkk this restauretion give a lot of work !! May god!

Superb work for both of you. Thank you

Great job. You have a skill set which is an dieing art form. Never give it up!

I myself do metal work love it an thanks for sharing 👍

Watched all 3 episodes, enjoyed very much. You're a magician

Great work very informative.

I remember when those discs first came out. I think it was in the early '70's and one of the rodding mags did quite a favourable article and a demonstration by the inventor. It seemed to fall out of favour . Good to see they work well.

Amazing way you teach. I haven't seen anyone teach like you! Keep up the great work.

Great channel and info. I'm glad to see everyone commenting and appreciating the hard work you're doing, not to mention the filming, editing, and actually knowing how to explain the processes you use.

Man you are great,very talented.

That hood was scrap metal. What a transformation. Thanks for sharing

Wray sure makes shrinking seem easy. I never doubted Wray, but your demo confirms it again. You both are geniuses. 👍👍😎👍👍

Great video Carl thanks your tutorial are ace that's my next investment a shrinking disc

You do absolutely amazing work! Can't wait for more video's! I've already learned something that I can use! Thanks!

Great content. My dad and uncle shared a Willys as teenagers in the 40s and 50s.Thanks Chris

Wow, totally amazing, that hood was a mess now its ready to paint, good job!

You have an amazing way describing how to do things the right way to fix things.

Awesome channel and skill! I have 3 projects you have inspired me to get busy on. I haven’t done any bodywork in 35 years but that’s going to change as my Jeeps and a square body Chevy need attention!

Amazing work!!

I have one of these discs but it's the smaller 4 and a half inch size. The smaller grinder spins it faster so it's more aggressive and heats up the panel quicker then I used a very wet cloth straight out of a bucket so it quenched the heated panel quicker and encouraged shrinking. It seemed to work quite well, I used it to help smooth out a section on a rear quarter that I'd done some localised heat shrinking to help smooth out the resulting hammer marks. It certainly saved time to get to a stage where it was a thin skim with filler. I'd like to try the larger one you have as it should help to level out a larger area. Good video, I've just subscribed to your channel! A big thumbs up from the Shetland Isles at the far north of Scotland!

great show

I like the beavercleaver tool and I would loooove to have a shrinking disc 4me big butt! Lol This was most interresting stuff Sir. Thx for showing !

I used a shrinking disc for the first time on a (very) high spot on a fender and it took it right out, I was amazed at the effect.

DUUUUDE Love the van!! 🤘😎🤙

Excellent instructional video, you’re going to have that hood better than it came new

Just took the dive into body work on vintage cars, been a fabricator and welder most my adult life. Love these videos! catching up on this channel for days. Keep um going!

Once again love your channel. You have such pleasant demeanor as you educate. I'm hooked.

Nice work

Nice work!

Looks great. Good job man.

THAT'S A LOT OF WORK!😉

This channel came up recommended for me and I am very far from disappointed. Dude you got skills and awesome knowledge thanks for sharing it

This video series has been really inspirational. I used what I learned to get some dents out of panels in my car. Remove 1/2" of filler from the rear valance, which looks like oatmeal with a tonne of dents, but i'm hoping I can get me a slapper and try out these techniques on it! Keep it up and keep em coming!

Incredible work 👏 These three episodes have been awesome.

Great series. Learning alot to help with the Model A cowl I'm bringing back to life.

Superb, thanks. Exactly what I needed to help with my repair

Great series of vids...I'm learning a lot and it is impressive to see the transformation. Nicely done.

Hi friend, thank you for sharing your work experience continue your videos they are great.👍🇧🇪

So cool man. I work at a body shop and an old school guy used that shrinking disc on a door that was tin canny or really flexible. He ran that disc on the door and it popped right out. Guys who know how to shrink metal are so hard to find. People either wanna fill it or replace.

The disk is a finesse way to move metal. Actually you want the sharpie to lubricator the disk so that it doesn’t over heat and Gaul the metal. Ray always ads sharpie to the metal when he goes back over it as an aid. The disk does remove the sharpie as it warms up and that shows the area you were working. He doesn’t ever use the disk without adding more sharpie. Again it helps identify where the work is being done and it acts as the lubricant needed when using this much friction on metal. But if you can do it and get away with it then koodos. I keep marking it before each application with disk. It works best for me that way.

This is great content! I watched every second of all three of these videos for this hood! Great work and craftsmanship

Revisit Wray’s videos. He runs the disc on the marker as a lubricant to avoid sparks and galling. He just says that if you have too much marker it can prevent heat build up. He does not recommend running the disc on bare metal.

I have one of Wray's shrinking discs and it works great. I appreciate your hammer and dolley techniques. I have also watched your torch heat shrinking videos and have figured out what I was doing wrong. Now to find a small project and time to work on it!

Great video , i was all ready thinking about getting a shrinking disc to help repair my 56 Belair hood before seeing this. so i will get one now . thanks for doing the great videos. cant wait to see the progress on the 60 caddy body drop .

Absolutely amazing what you do with metal.. thanks for sharing your knowledge.. it will sure make my ‘31 A look better 😁

You bring me back when I was a kid ,watching my Dad do some of this , it's becoming a forgotten art with all these new cars,Thanks for sharing,and keep it coming...think you could show how to make motorcycle fenders ,thanks again

Great 3 part series. Your way of explaining is so laid back and easy to understand. I gonna try some of that on my guard (fender) to get some rough ass dents out. Without a fancy planishing hammer. Sweet content keep them coming.

Great explanations, very impressive. Thanks for sharing! Enjoy your weekend

G 20 ftw, I've had 2 and loved em

You make it look so easy