My DIY projects out there for the curious souls to see.

     I can still remember many years ago how I tried to stick things together with screws, glue, this, that and the other. But deep inside my heart I knew that a welder was the answer to all my questions. Well the metal related ones at least. So through a relative I found some yard work and spent my entire summer chopping wood. After all the work was done I was left with some money, not much but hopefully enough to buy myself a welder. So I kept all that money safe until that fateful day when I found a welder in the flea market. It was an old "Schweisstechnik" AC buzzbox, so old you can't even find it on the internet. Adjustable current up to 110A at one phase and a max 180 amps with three phase power. But best of all, it was within my budget. So of course I immediately bought it and with the help of my cousin we both carried the absolute boat anchor of a welder into my dad's car.      As soon as the welder was home I started looking for bits of metal to t...

     A year ago I bought myself a classic car and this summer I finally found enough time to repair the rusted body panels. But as the problem with most classic cars is, there's no parts for sale and when they become available they cost a fortune. So hobbyists like me and many others alike have to DIY their own body panels. There are specialized tools for beating body panels and working sheet metal, such as the classic hammer and dolly which are the bread and butter of panel beating.       Up until now i've been using a regular hammer but it's old, it's square and it doesn't leave a nice finish. For hammering nails into wood it's been fine. Body work? Not so much. So I got tired of it and decided to make my own. Buying one is not possible because there are none for sale locally and it would go against my DIY nature. So let's make it!        First I started off by scavenging for scrap steel. You can imagine the basic shape of the hammer...