I hear ya on the rant. I got fed up roasting my *** off working for idiots so I got my license and was going to make the big money pounding nails. NOTHING will take that hammer out of your hand faster than being in business in California. It's was a full time job just jumping through the hoops they constantly throw at ya.
Bodywork- screw it up, sand it down and try it again Carpentry- miss 1 of 20 cuts by 1/16th....5 hrs labor turns into firewood, start from scratch A perfect surface is a perfect surface, a hood on a cl***ic car or a dinning room table, no room for illusion. To be great at either takes time and talent.
Proper tools play a big part, Chop saw vs. Skill saw on trim work, body hammer and dolly vs, claw hammer and brick. Bob
I did high end finish work in very expensive homes for years.....decades actually, the sheer exac***ude of everything drove me nuts finally. Either something is right, fits right and looks right or it doesn't. I started another career where things don't have to fit so friggin tight! I've done my share of body work also, the filler and sanding doesn't bother me as long as the shop radio is cranking out the Motown! It's the panel fitting, hanging fenders and doors etc that try's my patience. Good luck with your project!
Aint that the truth. I still use fillers but I try to minimize it because breathing body dust ****s. I think a shrinking disk might have helped you because I would think you get alot of extra metal from beating the dents all flat.
Hey, In 1979 I was workin' in a little independent shop beside a cat from South America...........I felt pretty smug with my mega busk Snap-off roll-a - way, and the debt to prove it. This cat carried his tools ina bucket, and could do creditable metalfinishing & '' bodywork '' with a couple old rivet bucks a cheap pick hammer and a RIVER ROCK!! I learned a thing or two that year 'bout metalwork! " Do not reach greedly for the Kool-Aid "
sent from a payphone hahah. awesome. and yeah i got my first set of hammers and dollies last year. i hate bodywork. pain in the *** lol. metal can be banged out of some pretty ****ed up situations tho, just keep goin
Almost all of the years that I worked in the trade I worked on commission, and the saying that we went by was "If you didn't get paid to do it right the first time, you won't get paid anymore to do it again." So I always felt, if it was a bad job, I didn't want it to come back.
haha, i cant do either.. learning both at the same time... working on a 65 panel and a 45 kitchen... nothing fits right on either
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