Fabrication and Welding workshop day in Petaluma: MAY 18, Let me know if you're in! Options

[tygaboy]

UPDATE:
Saturday, May 18, rain or shine
Feel free to arrive any time after 7:00 AM and let's plan to go until about 5:30 PM or so, longer if needed.
I will PM my address and contact info to confirmed and tentative attendees.

Please bring your welding helmet, if you have one.

Please post here or PM me if plan to attend and indicate what you'd like to accomplish.
If you just want to observe and hang out or just pop in for a little bit and say hi, you're absolutely welcome to do that. The other attendees and I would LOVE to meet you!

Attendees and what they want to do:
Confirmed:
- markhoward: bringing his roller. Fitting, tacking/welding in passenger side rear floor
- Andyrew: Roll cage, water tank, sway bar arms
- Retroracer: fog light brackets, TIG practice, help others w/electrical
- SirAndy: Adult supervision, er, wait a minute...
- fiacra - Targa latch repair
- MartyYeoman: 914 bike rack mount blank cut on plasma table!
- Wes: Observer
- Napasteve: Observer
- 914-d: Observer
- Krieger: Fashion critic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
- Mueller: Sr. VP of Support to other non-Porsche engine swappers/fellow tool whore
- bob164: Observer
- Rich: Observer
- tygaboy: Helping others, messing around with my build, if time permits
- BuddyV: possible McMark GT roll bar install

Hi World -
Back in June of last year, I hosted a workshop day at my place. A few folks have asked about doing it again so I figured I start the process of seeing who might be interested and what we might do. Here's a link to last years event and activities.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=326533&hl=

Essentially, it's an opportunity to:
- just get together and hang out with like-minded folk
- get help with something you may be working on, such as bending a tube, making a bracket, welding something, or my favorite: having a part plasma cut (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
- use a tool I have that you may not
- try some fabrication you've wanted to do
- share knowledge
- have fun

Tools that will be available:
- Hydraulic bender w/ various dies.
- Hydraulic press
- Tubing notcher
- Roll bender w/various dies
- Plasma table
- 48" sheet metal brake
- bead roller
- shrinker / stretcher
- English wheel
- fixturing table
- band saw (al and steel)
- cold saw
- TIG welder
- MIG welder
- Body working hammers/dollies
- brake/fuel line forming tools (bender, 45 and 37 degree flare making)
- misc. hand and air tools

Please feel free to come even if all you want to do is hang out! Heck, worst case, you watch me struggle with something on my car!

Anyway, post here what you have that you'd like to work on or if you plan to come.
If a PM is easier for you or you want to talk details, just let me know.

Thanks and I look forward to seeing, helping, watching, learning and just hanging out with you!
Chris

[SirAndy]

I'll schwing by and just hang out and pester all you guys while you're trying to get something done.

I can bring some refreshments, although i'm not sure how well drinking and welding go together. Maybe we'll reserve the drinking for the spectators.
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[Andyrew]

I can bring some refreshments, although i'm not sure how well drinking and welding go together.

It goes GREAT!

Grinding on the other hand...