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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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!!

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

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.

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

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

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 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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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...

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.

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.

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 :)

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

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?

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. 🤙

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

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

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.

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.

Every day is a school day-GW thanks

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

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

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.

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

You're the man Karl. What a talent. Teaching and forming.

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

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!

Great work I glad to see someone who understands the old ways and how simple the tools are and your enthusiasm is a very positive. I'm retired now and I've been a fabrication guy for a lot of years. I liked learning about shaping metal myself so thanks a lot😊

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

Always informative

Truly an artist.

Great instructional video! Learned a lot thank you.

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

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.

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!!!

So cool how you can do all this stuff I've never seen anyone else do. I'd like to see more on welding. If you had a class, I think that would be cool.

You are awsome

great content Karl, thank you from England

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.

Thanks Karl. You're a great teacher mate. Billy J..... Queensland, Australia..

Just thank you 😊

Great video,thanks!

Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

Awesome work, thanks 👍👍

Loved it!

Great tech session!

Love your work man

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

Really tucking cool.

I made the tucking fork you showed a few months ago. Bought a cheap set of nail punches $5 at Bunnings in busselton WA. Welded to two largest together and added some rod for a handle. My first go was on my mini replacement floor panel, which had a heap of warping. Amazing results in no time. Thanks for the lesson.

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

Thanks for sharing! Always interesting and always learning!

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

Brilliant video mate. 👍👍👍

Nice tutorial love these videos

Thank you for the great video, great easy explanation!

Hey Karl. Thanks for sharing that was very kool. What guage sheet metal where you using?

Fascinating

Mind blown! Hey Thanks Carl!

excellent content as usual, and information you can trust!

My favorite channel, 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.

Thanks for a great easy viewing video. I'm new to your channel and have little metal shaping experiance. I look forward to learning from you. Good on ya mate. Excellent work.

you`re the best !!!

"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 and cheap - the best combination

Informative i liked it i liked it alot!

Can I just wow.😮

Great teaching skills and craftmanship

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

Thanks for taking the time and effort to demonstrate these methods. True craftsman/artist!!!!

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

I really enjoy watching your videos, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to show us your techniques.