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Hi Bill. Perhaps you would like to share a little of your aeronautical shaping experiences..... AT6 trainers? Just post a picture or two of your workshop to give everyone an idea of what you get up to. Thanks for joining us. Over Johnny
Hi,
Kinda a late response, I didn't know I had questions until I checked my notifications. I started my company, Tromblay Tool LLC with my brother in 2001 and we specialize in custom machining, welding, design and now metal shaping. We are a small shop with my brother Jim and I and our apprentice machinist, Tony. We are a job shop, so we do a lot of repair, prototype and design work for many different industries, including medical, food and aerospace. Do to my aviation back ground of being a pilot and a A&P IA mechanic we tend to specialize in aircraft work. Out of high school I was offered a Machinist Apprenticeship and in time I became a Journeyman. Due to the company I was working for at that time, I also had to become a welder. I had an interest in metal shaping and with our apprentice running equipment now, it allowed me to pursue a new passion. I metal shape, repair and replacement components for aircraft, so all of my work is in aluminum and a little bit of stainless steel.
The shop is equipped with a full line of CNC and well as manual machines and for sheet metal tools I use a Pullmax, English Wheel, CP plainsh hammer, Erco shrinker as well as the normal brakes, bead rollers and shears. I also TIG and Gas weld with Oxy/Hydrogen fuel.
A small sample of parts that I make.
North American F-86 Saber, smoke oil tank. Taylorcraft L-2 firewall forward cowl. Waco UPF-7 upside down battery box. Piper Seneca engine baffle set. Messerschmitt BF-109 fin caps.
We ship parts all the time, so there is a lot more than these few photos. I'm on a continual quest to perfect my craft and become a better craftsman at what I do.
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