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#1273373 07/22/2018 5:55 PM
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i just posted some info on my seminars ? somewhere -cant find it an hour later ?? anyway id like to see somebody that is familiar with the new paints or does a lot of painting to give us old enamel & laquer guys a demo or talk seminar on paints ?? what to do -how to do it & where to get a loan to buy the correct supplies ??? when i go to buy paint for my 59 gmc or the 66 carryall -i dont want to act like a dummy ? BUT I AM !!! -you would have to do a paint demo -but just explain some buying & may what to do OR what not to dos? I HAVE BEEN buying "NASON " STUFF FROM "O REILLYS" BUT THE GUY THERE confuses me ? im afraid of him giving me some bad advise & wasting my money on something that wont work ?paint -being as expensive as it is ! thanks guys


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Good post Mike!
I painted a few cars when I was about 20 YO, out front of the garage.
Should have just used rattle cans.

Anyone that wants to do a short Seminar/demo on anything.
Let us know.

Don

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like i posted somewhere ?? i will be doing a short demo on brake line flaring,also a short one on doing a brake flare on the car ,with a new tool i just bought ,also a demo on removing stuck wheel cyl. bleeders {if anybody has a old whl cyl with a stuck bleeder ? please bring it to try ?} also have a new paint striping tool to demo! it might be better than stripper,blasting ? ANYWAY IM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING LOTS OF STOVEBOLT MEMBERS THERE !


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Mike
We'll have that white board again and set a time of your choosing, to do your demo.
You really do a good job of showing folks how to do things.
It always draws a big crowd.

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Don't look like I'll make it but while spending some time in the shop today I started thinking....a dangerous thing!


Not sure if ya'll have noticed but there is usually quite a bit of talk about putting bushings in the torque tubes and I "thought" that would be a good seminar if someone had an old torque tube and the tool to do it with it. That sucker has always puzzled me but luckily I have never needed to do one. (shhh, I may need to do one on my 50 coupe)shhh

Just a thought guys. Something to think about while cooling it.


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Hey Alvin, I put bushings in my torque tube at a homecoming a year or two ago.

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this might be an interesting seminar ??? maybe mongo would have a old one laying around ?? at least show the group what one looks like ? maybe some pics of parts needed & tools required ?? think about it guys ??


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im pretty well packed up -as far as seminars i got the brake line flaring stuff. i can do a "brake bleeder " removal seminar,battery cable hyd. crimping demo,i also have a new "eastwood" - electric rotary paint stripper tool - i believe its an alernative to metal blasting on most body panels ?? ill try to not take long on each ?time & interest will prevail ?? ck the posted signs at the "stovebolt sign in table - all will be done at the blue& white 64 chevy carry-all or dons truck area ? thanks mike


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due to the drizzle /overcast conditions -i did some tool talk & demos after the get together meeting ! if fact a did several set-ups & shows -seemed to work good that way ! i always have some kind of new tools i buy ? anything to make the job easy ! just wished i could bring my "pullmax " run some metal pounding -beads & shape forming ! but the p-7 pullmax weighs about 3500 #s - anyway i will try to do more tooll demos & if you got something you want to demo or show ? think about it - you got 12 mos to think of something you might want to see or do ?? thanks mike


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Mike,

Thanks for the demos, and showing the new tools that are available....12 months seems too long to wait for the next round of learning...

--Tom


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