H.F.A.W.H.A. meeting

[Sheetmetalfab]

Saw quite a few snow gators people made instead of snow men lol. Surprisingly only saw one snow dong, I’m disappointed in the youth

Snow scissors......

 

[Admin]

 

[BrophyCreek]

Oddball story of the week.

Early last year I was contacted by Basler Turbo Conversions and EAA (experimental aircraft association) to make a "cool" airplane themed piece of furniture. I collected parts from a plane Basler was tearing down to restore. The plane was Douglas C-47A KG503. Last summer's EAA air venture marked the 80th anniversary of Normandy and this plane dropped troops at Normandy in June of 1944. I initially was thinking 2 chairs and a small table but but the first chair threw me off and I quickly got discouraged.

Here's a few photos of the chair. Neat but not the look I was going for.

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The event the item I was making was a formal dinner ($500/plate) and items were expected to sell for a lot. I went back to the drawing board, built a round die for my press to roll aluminum and went to work on something a bit more "modern industrial". Round 2 made me a lot happier. The steel frame turned out really cool and focuses your eye a bit more on the aluminum and the metal work. I'd never bucked a solid core rivet before (0/10 do not recommend) and I certainly didn't have another guy in my shop to help or hold the dolly. Anyhow, the charity event went well and the bench sold for $3900

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Fast forward to November... this silly chair is still getting kicked around my shop and my enthusiasm for it hasn't increased. I tied the back to the seat a little better and put it on marketplace. As you can imagine, it wasn't a hot seller but I wasn't super motivated to get rid of it, until this week. I had a POC from a film studio reach out to me very interested in it and as of today it's paid for and headed to Chicago later this week. It'll be used for filming an upcoming TV show in February.

Kinda weird, kinda cool, definitely curious about what the scene turns out to be.

That's bad ass Dude! Nice work!

 

[BrophyCreek]

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Morning cheers! getting ready for the Moosejaw Safari ride

Now that's a beer!

 

[BrophyCreek]

Oh! And...Cheers all!

 

[Adam490]

@TripleB circa 1992

 

[TripleB]

@TripleB circa 1992

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That's gonna be me at the takeover, if Snuff shows up with his vet.

 

[Coeus]

Cheers HFA! Have a fantastic weekend!

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Here you go….

 

[ToddACimer]

Quick trip to Illinois and Iowa today. This should be awesome for the pioneer and talon

 

[Bad_bowtie]

 

[ToddACimer]

Holy cow, well deserved glass of bourbon after nearly 600 miles in the truck today.

 

[Plumber32]

Quick trip to Illinois and Iowa today. This should be awesome for the pioneer and talon



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Thought you didn't like aluminum?

 

[Plumber32]

Holy cow, well deserved glass of bourbon after nearly 600 miles in the truck today.

That's a ton to ride in a Ford. That's a half day drive when you got 6 in a row.

 

[Plumber32]

 

[ToddACimer]

Thought you didn't like aluminum?

I don't like peeling paint or 10k trailers either. It looks like the best option right now. My 24ft steel trailer has over 10k miles and needs a set of tires sometime soon. The dove tail really didn't work for me. H&H is one of very few trailers with a flat deck, they make this trailer in steel but with 8" tube rails this is twice as tough as my old aluminum trailer and the steel subframe is made like the one I added to the last trailer. I think running a 14k aluminum trailer under 8000lbs is a better idea than running a 10k steel trailer at 8k. The dumbest part about my current 10k trailer is I cant fit 235 tires with a 2500-3000lb weight rating. 15" wheels and narrow axle spacing leaves you stuck with smaller 225 tires and 2200-2300lb rating

 

[Rayger143]

I don't like peeling paint or 10k trailers either. It looks like the best option right now. My 24ft steel trailer has over 10k miles and needs a set sometime soon. The dove tail really didn't work for me. H&H is one of very few trailers with a flat deck, they make this trailer in steet but with 8" tube rails this is twice as tough as my old aluminum trailer and the steel subframe is made like the one I added to the last trailer. I think running a 14k aluminum trailer under 8000lbs is a better idea than running a 10k steel trailer at 8k. The dumbest part about my current 10k trailer is I cant fit 235 tires with a 2500-3000lb weight rating. 15" wheels and narrow axle spacing leaves you stuck with smaller 225 tires and 2200-2300lb rating

You been lookin for awhile and done your research. Sweet trailer! It’s gonna work good for you.

 

[Rayger143]

Here you go….

Watcha giving me? Don’t see anything

 

[Coeus]

Watcha giving me? Don’t see anything

HFA thread…

 

[Rayger143]

HFA thread…

Haha! I did a Smitty!

 

[Coeus]

Haha! I did a Smitty!

Ed Zachary

 

[JenElio]

Holy cow, well deserved glass of bourbon after nearly 600 miles in the truck today.

🤔.....I guess I'd be celebrating too if I drove a Ford that far and back......😬😂😂😂