Glad you like the videos and took the time to make a good comment. Sure is good to know there are people out there who enjoy the content of my channel. Keep watching for more. Brian

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Great to have viewers like you. Brian

Great to hear from another metal worker. Thanks for watching and sending a positive comment.

thanks for watching and making a comment. There are many more videos coming so keep watching.

thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Glad you are learning, that is the goal of my videos. Keep watching, more on the way.

Give it a shot and try to make your own panels, just remember to be patient and try to learn from my videos.

There is a lot of shrinking on that panel, but if you take your time and have a full understanding of how to shrink metal it works out ok. Thanks for watching and sending a comment. More vids on the way. Brian

thanks for watching.

Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching. Brian

Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks for the positive comment, always nice to hear from folks who like my video series. Usually I just get negative comments, thumbs down, and nasty emails, so your comment is sure nice to see. Thanks again, Brian

Glad you enjoyed the video. Keep watching many more coming soon. Brian

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video. Brian

Thanks for watching

Your welcome. Keep watching for more new videos.

Thanks for watching, yes patience is a key part of metalshaping.

If you are new to the channel check out my other videos on metal shaping, there are a variety of videos that show different techniques

I have built many, many jeep bodies and have dies and patterns for just about every part. i am in the same situation as the guy John that you spoke about. there isn't anybody who wants to learn my trade. Lots of young people out there but none of those in my area want to learn about sheetmetal work, welding, metal fabrication, etc..... Started this youtube channel to show people how things are done in hopes that someone, somewhere on the planet may be interested enough to get involved. Brian

I am definitely impressed with your work. My background is as a tool & die maker but what you do requires a completely different set of skills, that no doubt took years to learn. I hope you can find someone that you can pass your knowledge on to. We've lost way too much of our industrial skill in this country already.

I agree, we have lost a generation of skilled workers here in the USA and there doesn't seem to be too much interest from anyone who wants to learn my skills. I make all my own tooling, dies for the power hammer and blacksmith hammer, pullmax tooling etc.... just put a shaper on the floor and will bring some videos of that working next time I am making a die with a dovetail. thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

Appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment

Check out my other videos to see the body being built. More videos on the way.

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Good to have you here watching.

metalshaper . Thank you ! For the demo of your wonderful skills

I will keep making videos as long as there are people like yourself that enjoy them. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Brian

Hello Donald, sorry to hear about your dad, I know what you are feeling because I recently lost my dad too. I hope your project goes smooth, seems like a big undertaking. Keep in touch. Brian

many thanks.

be patient, take your time, and don't get discouraged and you should do fine. follow along on my videos for help in areas you are not sure of. Brian

thanks for the comment. Keep watching for more videos. Brian

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment. Brian

Thanks for the comment, appreciate you watching. Brian

thanks for the comment. Keep watching there are many more videos coming.

Tai-Chong, thanks for being a subscriber and your comments. Always nice to get feedback on the type of videos I am making. More videos to follow in the series, thanks again for your positive comments !

Your welcome Thank you

Been shaping metal for most of my life so far. Glad you liked the video. Brian

glad you enjoyed it. Keep watching.

thanks for watching, hope you will continue to enjoy my video channel.

Glad this video helped you out. A lot of dislikes so always good to know that people are enjoying the content that I am putting out on youtube. Keep watching many more metalshaping videos coming.

Terence Hawkes

thanks for comment, hope you are enjoying the series. Keep watching many more videos coming.

Thanks for watching and the comment. More videos coming out so keep watching. Good to have you with my channel. Brian

Good to have you watching, thanks.

you are welcome, thanks for watching

thanks for watching. Brian

Sheetmetal is 18 gauge .047" cold rolled steel. Takes a bit of practice but soon you should be able to shrink metal by hand as I did in the video.

you probably dont give a damn but does someone know a tool to log back into an instagram account?? I was stupid lost my password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me

@Alden Zachariah Instablaster :)

@Grey Archer Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.

@Grey Archer It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy:D Thank you so much you really help me out!

@Alden Zachariah You are welcome :D

Yes, same as MB/GPW. Will show how I make it in a future video

the sheet is 18 gauge steel .047" thick.

18 gauge cold rolled steel. .047" thick

Thanks for the comment Gary. It takes a little bit of practice but after that you can shrink metal without any trouble. Glad you enjoyed the video. Brian

Plywood does not work good for hammerforms. If you have a small part to make without a lot of shrinking you may be ok. With heavy shrinking the plywood will fall apart.

Yes I build entire bodies. I usually use the original firewall and cowl when doing a complete build. I don't like to get into changing or removing vin tags that are on the firewall, and body numbers that are on the toe gussets.

the phillipino body tubs are terrible. If you have never put one on a jeep chassis then you don't know how bad they are. Nothing fits properly, they put a horrible primer on them, the windshields never fit properly on the cowl, hat channel in the wrong place, etc...... they may look good but they don't fit good.

You probably saw the ones that were not built by the best fabricators around.I remember in the late 70's my dad assembled a jeep that he bought the entire body, (after market)fenders,tailgate and windshield.The entire body panel is made of 16gauge galvanized sheet metal and the hood was so heavy is made of 15gauge and the tailgate.The parts are just so smooth that we didn't even paint the jeep after assembly.The roof frame is made of stainless tubular steel for the rugtop.In those days jeeps are customize in so many different combinations, if you wanna install stainless steel fenders you can order them what gauge you want from fabricators.Some fabricators assembled them with semi-stainless and the rest of the body panels are painted.It was really craze among fabricators in those days even the front grilles are made of stainless steel.Anything you wanna order for your jeep parts in those days you can select whether a galvanized,cold roll or stainless steel you can have it.

Also from the Philippines here. I assembled two flat fenders and a YJ Wrangler which I still have built by M.D. Juan Enterprises (Jeepstar). Nothing is impossible down here. If it does not fit we will make it fit.

I have installed many Philippine body tubs and none of them fit properly. Not sure why you can't get things right in your factory. Primer is terrible, body tubs don't fit on the chassis properly, hat channel is always in the wrong place, windshields never fit the body cowl..... etc...... That is why I build my own bodies here in the USA

Yah I agree. That's the reason why we down here buy the whole kit frame and everything else. I am third gen. American and dreamed of having the original Jeep.. But as the saying goes "Only in your dreams". The entire jeep body building industry went under in the 90"s when second hand vehicles were more affordable. Shops used to lie side by side where I lived. By the way there are a gazillion small/independent body makers in the Philippines at the time. There are two categories. One is the "Owner type" which is a clone of the American U.S. Army Jeep and the passenger jeep for our mass transport. Most craftsmen at the time hammer out front grill design of whichever car is popular. Donor cars at that time were scarce so if a new body panel is needed, it is made by hand and made to fit. I am now 63 years old and lived in this era. M.D. Juan or M.D. Jeepstar is the only one that uses stamping process instead of the hammer and dolly method. They discontinued the wrangler and are probably exporting restoration jeep body parts to the U.S.