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My question would be which bit are you going to focus on? The subject spans from fabricatin/wheeling metal to welding, to lead loading/filler, paint and lacquer....
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I always entrust bodywork stuff to someone like you that knows what they’re doing, but learning how to compound and polish would interest me.
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It would be aimed at our clients, so everything that they can do with mostly hand tools.
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Me too if I'm honest, I can do it but I hate it and our go to guy can do in an hour what it would take me a day to do. It will probably cover the basics of polishing out though
If it involves the dark art of working with and spraying glass fibre - very interested.
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We've had that conversation I know. And distance was the issue. There is a consideration of an on line version or even a live subscription vlog type thing.
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Valid point indeed. I will take that on board. Substrate is substrate once the epoxy primer is applied and cured but getting to that stage varies with the base material.
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A very valid point. Indeed there will have to be a good amount of background investment to pull it off and make it viable. Thankyou for your point of view. Interestingly, I have ultimate respect for the Gunnies, Eds, Ants and Tonys, most of whom, like me, have a wide and timely experience in getting the top class results be it for crash repair or restoration of classics. Two completely different applications. All our methods have slight differences, whilst sticking to the basic rules but there is no one ultimate method. It is about presentation and being able to make the student feel comfortable in being able to ask the most basic of questions regarding use of tools and methods without feeling silly, and this is best applied on a face to face, if not one on one method of presentation. The company I work for has a good name though maybe slightly limited in numbers and tomorrow, I will be there for one of the monthly open days to speak to the clients re: bodywork because my results give them the confidence in my methods. It is many them who have asked us about running workshops.
its not about how good you are
its about how good your perceived to be .
to create value , be it actual or perceived you need awareness that means advertising.
Bodywork is an interesting thing.
One day won't barely scrape the surface but it depends on what your ideas are.
Ie day one is knocking dent out and filling + health and safety
Day 2 would be more trying to get closer to a metal finish.
Did 3 years at college and 5 years in a body shop doing vehicle body repair. There is still some stuff now which I will leave to others as more coachbuilding than body repair.
One day won't barely scrape the surface but it depends on what your ideas are.
Ie day one is knocking dent out and filling + health and safety
Day 2 would be more trying to get closer to a metal finish.
Did 3 years at college and 5 years in a body shop doing vehicle body repair. There is still some stuff now which I will leave to others as more coachbuilding than body repair.
Yeah, cos your work really does need improvement!!!!!
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possibly the people who would be interested have got a differant perspective though than your average 17 year old with hormones raging and clubbing etc where you have to work to earn ,so its not so much interest in the job as some one who has gone past those years and is now looking to increase their capability at something they really want to excell at.
they watch a you tube video ,,,, get me a month with Wray , Lazze or Ron Covel and I would pay ,,, for a day with a hammer and some guy I know nothing about nope ., Ill watch a video for nothing , and there in lays the trouble .
It has to have value , not being a nay sayer ,,,, just being honest . or ask yourself what could you really show someone in a day ?
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Exactly the point. A vast majority of our clients are more towards twighlight years and are not looking to make money from it. They have seen all the videos and whilst videos are good for some, they are not all interactive, they are not all covering absolute basics and unlike my teaching not old skool. It is these guys who are asking me to do workshops.
