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|The runway lights are still on at Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN) in Hailey, Idaho, as the Cessna 182 levitates off the pavement, the pink glow of dawn just spilling over the ridgeline of the Wood River Valley. The harsh, pitted lava plain of the Craters of the Moon lay behind us, and ahead, another day of exploring Idaho's backcountry and its challenging airstrips. Guiding us is the man who literally wrote the book on the subject: Galen Hanselman, author of Fly Idaho!, Air Baja!, Fly the Big Sky! (Montana) and the new two-volume Fly Utah! Hanselman's books are the ultimate pilot's guides to the backcountry, providing essential information on the airstrips and airport environment. Yet, they're also elegant, miniature coffee-table books that brim with beautiful photography and pithy text covering history, local lore and practical information on what to do and where to go at each location.
Hanselman claims he started collecting material for Fly Idaho! just so he wouldn't have to explain why he spent so much time flying. "People would ask me, 'What did you do today?' 'I went flying,' I'd respond. They really didn't get it, so I started saying, 'Well, I'm working on a book on flying.' They could understand that. I started writing and collecting data and assembling it into a book."
Idaho has its share of forbidding landing spots, but many are well-groomed, have campsites and are easily accessible to novice backcountry pilots. "That's not the case in Utah," Hanselman says of the airstrips featured in his new book. "Many are badly overgrown. These strips weren't designed for the long-term. They were built to get supplies, like beer and paychecks, to uranium miners, and a couple of years later, they were gone."
|Though he didn't start flying in the backcountry until his 30s, Galen Hanselman has proven himself as an expert on flying in and out of remote mountain strips.

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In this lesson, photographer Ben Clay examines the nature of reflections in a sphere-shaped object and illustrates how a double diffuser lets you create natural-looking shots of highly-reflective objects.
Photographing highly-reflective objects can be one of the most challenging tasks a product photographer can face. Simply trying to control and modify the reflections that show up can prove to be daunting, particularly when you've got an object that reflects everything in the room, such as the highly reflective black teapot that's the subject of this article. Here's how double diffusion lighting can save the day!
Once you know how to modify these reflections through the double diffusion technique, getting professional results can be a lot easier than you might think.
The Before Shot
Before I went about lighting this teapot, I first took a shot of it with a point-and-shoot camera with the flash enabled for comparison purposes. I set it on my dining room table, pointed the camera at it and took a shot similar to the way most people would go about photographing items for eBay or craigslist.
The result reveals the common effects from this type of lighting. The camera rendered a good exposure of the teapot, but there are several reasons why this image fails as a product shot.
First, there are the distracting reflections. Since the teapot is highly reflective, it mirrors everything in the room including windows, the table and three separate reflections of the camera flash. The flash also creates a hard-edged shadow on the table and flattens out the perspective of the teapot considerably. In person, this teapot is visually compelling, yet this rendition fails to do it justice.
Setting Up a Makeshift Studio
To improve on this snapshot, I first brought the teapot into my small home office and assembled a simple lighting set-up. I placed two sawhorses near the corner of the room and placed a sheet of white foam core in the corner to create a little pocket of white reflective surfaces (the foam core and the two intersecting white walls).
I then set up a Photoflex Starlite Small Digital Kit and positioned it close to the left side of the teapot. Finally, I mounted my camera to a tripod in a vertical orientation and dialed in some custom settings:
- Exposure Mode: Manual
- Aperture: f/8
- Shutter Speed: 1/30th of a second
- Focus: Manual
- White Balance: Custom, to match the color temperature of the Starlite Kit (3150 K)
With the camera set and the StarLite Kit turned on, I took another shot.
The result showed an improvement over the last shot, but the reflections of the foam core, the SilverDome soft box and even the silver legs of the tripod were still quite obvious. Before I tackled the reflections of the SilverDome and tripod, I started with the foam core.
Since the teapot was black, I figured I could minimize the effects of the bottom reflections by using black foam core instead of white. I made the switch, re-focused the camera, slowed the shutter speed to 1/20th of a second to adjust for the change in exposure, and took another shot.
Again, the result showed a marked improvement, but the transition between the reflection of the foam core and the reflection on the back wall/ceiling was still sharply defined. Instead, I tried a different approach.
Eliminating the Surface Reflection
Rather than placing the teapot on a larger sheet of foam core or Plexiglas, I opted to create a makeshift pedestal for the teapot that would not render any table reflections. I cut out two small circular pieces of foam core (slightly smaller in diameter than the base of the teapot), adhered them together with "ghee" (a 50/50 mixture of kneaded eraser and modeling clay), cut a small hole in the center of the foam core, and rotated it onto the base of a tripod (with tripod head removed) so that the center screw held the foam core securely in place.
I then replaced the sheet of black foam core and saw horses with the tripod and placed the teapot on my newly customized teapot stand.
After re-framing the shot for a slightly lower perspective, I took another exposure at the same camera settings.
Notice how there is no surface reflection in the base of the teapot? First problem solved!
Jockeying Reflections
Next, I went about modifying the reflection of the SilverDome soft box. I first tried moving the Starlite Kit up and down, sided to side, even rotating the soft box to different angles to try and make the reflection look more natural, but it invariably just ended up looking like a white square stuck onto the surface of the teapot. And since the finish of the teapot was slightly mottled, it rendered the edges of the soft box as visibly jagged.
I wondered if making a larger reflection would be less distracting, so I replaced the Starlite Small Digital Kit with a Starlite Medium Digital Kit (essentially the same kit with a larger soft box), and brought it in close so that the face of the soft box would create a large reflection. Keeping the same camera settings, I took another shot.
This was better, but the reflection of the soft box edges still appeared jagged. Also, the overall reflection was still somewhat distracting, as it fell of sharply from light to black. I wanted a gradual transition from light to dark across the teapot to give it a more natural sense of shape. To do this, I had to apply what is known as a double-diffusing technique.
The Starlite Kit is composed of components that work to create diffused light. The light from the Starlite Head and Lamp pass through the interior baffle and front diffusion face of the SilverDome soft box to create a soft, natural-looking light. But as is evident in the examples above, the edges of the soft box will be easily revealed in any object that is highly reflective. To eliminate these hard-edged reflections, you need to place another panel of diffusion in between the subject and the soft box.
Creating Double Diffusion
I decided to use a LitePanel to work my visual magic. The LitePanel consists of a shock-chorded frame onto which you can attach various reflective or translucent fabrics. It's very similar to how a LiteDisc or MultiDisc works, only on a larger scale.
The LitePanel Frames come in different dimensions, and here I used a 39x72" Aluminum Frame with the Translucent Fabric attached. I placed it in between the Starlite Kit and the teapot and attached LitePanel Legs to the base to keep it angled upright. After the LitePanel was in position, I slowed the shutter speed to 1/10th of a second to accommodate for reduced exposure and took my final shot.
The raw result shows a natural, well-lit rendering of a highly reflective object. The left side is illuminated with soft, graduated light, while the right side receives a subtle bounce-fill from the light reflecting off the right-hand wall. The image was now ready for a few digital enhancements.
Finishing Touches
Afterward in Adobe Photoshop, I duplicated the layer, used the Pen tool to create a path around the teapot, acivated and inverted the selection, deleted just the background in the top layer, deactivated the selection, and filled bottom layer with pure white. I then created a drop shadow under the base of the teapot to make it appear as though it was resting on a surface and not floating in space, applied a subtle Gradation layer to the body of the teapot to smooth out a few areas of the reflection even more, and finally created some "digital steam" shooting out of the spout just for fun.
As you can see from the comparison below, we've come a long way from the first snapshot. This is a good example of just how much lighting plays a role in product photography. Of course, digital imaging helps too, but only to enhance the essence of the shot. Photoshop is an indispensable tool for finishing touches, but it's best not to rely on it too heavily for major changes to your images. That's what lighting equipment is for!
Related Products:
- Photoflex Starlite Small Kit, with 500 watt Starlite, Small Silverdome, Lightstand
- Photoflex Starlite Medium Kit, 1000 watt Starlite, Medium Silverdome, Lightstand
- Photoflex Litepanel 39" x 72" White Translucent Fabric
- Photoflex Litepanel 39" x 72" Aluminum Frame Kit with Soft Gold & Translucent Fabrics
- Photoflex LitePanel Legs, Pack of Two
Learn more at the Adorama Learning Center:
- Setting up simple studio lighting – Adorama TV
- Still life tent buying guide
- The Kitchen Table Studio
- Food and Product Photographer, Rick Gayle
Written and photographed by Ben Clay, contributing lesson writer for PhotoflexLightingSchool.com


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On the Lakers' next offensive play, Moyer again cut through Homer defenders and used his quickness to go 59 yards for his third TD of the afternoon. Perfect blocks by linemen Jason Jones, Paddy Adolfi, Marcus Schokker, Connor Ryan and Drew Jones sprung Moyer on his long runs.
Eschen claimed the first of his two interceptions after that Moyer TD, and Koesterer would get on the board with a 23-yard TD scramble just 23 seconds before halftime, building the Lakers' lead to 35-0 and putting it out of reach.
Chris Nourse would catch a 40-yard TD pass from Koesterer in the late going, as the junior quarterback went five-for-seven for 129 yards. Moyer got most of his 166 yards on the ground from those long TD runs.
And once again, the Lakers' defense was sensational, recording its fifth shutout in seven seeks, holding Brenchley in check. Aside from Eschen's two interceptions and a fumble recovery, Artie Bigsby had 13 tackles, with fellow linebacker James Irwin getting nine tackles.
Cazenovia's defense will now get a major test from Westhill, which has scored 86 points in playoff wins over V-V-S and Holland Patent.
In the latter game, a 48-28 decision, junior running back Dale Ross was a one-man show, running for 306 yards, scoring four touchdowns, throwing a TD pass, and earning two interceptions.
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I have a module that has a function defined within:
module Settings
def find_by_name(name, start)
puts "find_by_name: Found me!"
In miniTest I'm trying to test "sending" to this function in a manner that simulates it dynamically being defined/called at runtime. Here's what I'm trying to do in MiniTest.
require 'settings'
class TestFileUtilities < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
def test_dynamic_call_to_Settings
foreign_function = 'Settings::find_by_name'
send(foreign_function, 'name.txt', 'Users/MCP/Desktop/Projects/TestDir')
What I am expecting is that send() will call the "foreign_function" method, converting the string to a symbol, and then will add the two parameters to the call. All I want is no errors, and a puts to my console so that I know it's working...then I'll start defining "assertions". Right now though I get:
NoMethodError: undefined method `Settings::find_by_name' for #<TestFileUtilities:0x007fdf59840310>
This is the first time I'm playing around with Ruby's ability to dynamically call methods and I was able to get it to work when I wasn't using the scope resolution operator and was
include Settings inside of
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Foreign in much more than language, alien in far more than setting, the Iranian production Iron Island interrupts the assumptions of Euro-American cinema much as a rock interrupts a window. See the effect on my categories of thought: I cannot tell whether this story is based on real incidents or a filmmaker's fantasy, whether it's an allegory or an anecdote, to what degree the central character is a crazy philanthropist or a heartless schemer. I admit up front that I do not understand Iron Island; and maybe I don't want to, since I'm rarely faced with such a blast of fresh air.
The sensation of wind on the face is in fact one of the first impressions the film offers. Speeding across a vast, calm body of water as if standing in the prow of a motorboat, you rush toward the motionless bulk of an oil tanker. A man's voice comes from behind, saying something about how "the rent is reasonable"; but you don't yet glimpse the speaker, or the party he's talking to. For the moment, you see nothing but the immense hull of the freighter, rearing up like the ocher wall of a canyon.
Only when you reach the deck does the speaker climb up in front of the camera, so that you see who's conducting this tour. Dressed in a white head scarf, dark suit jacket and loose ankle-length robe, the guide is a plump man with a plump white mustache and a chin tucked far behind his nose. He is called Captain Nemat (Ali Nasirian), as you soon learn from the dozens of people who return his vigorous greetings, apply to him for supplies or hurry to carry out the orders he sprays in all directions.
For the first few minutes of Iron Island, you might as well be a member of the mute, shuffling family that Nemat conducts through the ship–prospective residents of the grounded oil freighter–as he introduces them to ragtag people doing baffling tasks on a three-dimensional labyrinth of rusting metal. Everything earns Nemat's praise. On the deck, men are hauling away chunks of steel that have a freshly ripped-up look. "I'll give you a job!" Nemat cries to the man trailing him. "No rent! It's deducted from your pay!" Past boys tending a goat and girls doing laundry in metal basins, Nemat comes to a woman who runs a shipboard bakery, when she's got any flour. That reminds him: "You have daughters!" he calls to his new tenant. "I'll find them good husbands!"
In one of the gloomy holds, a bearded man with the slack expression of a psychiatric patient is drawing on the walls with chalk: an exercise for the clump of fly-specked children who sit on the floor, studying a spelling lesson that involves words such as "enemy." Nemat is moved: "Education is more important for your children than bread! They can start right away!" Up ladders and along gangways, Nemat leads the family into a cold, raw chamber. "I'll get you some blankets, and you can divide the room! Now you can get on with your lives!" As Nemat exits to the left, the camera pans right, to show another family standing in the same room.
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The fourth project for "redoing" an image from League of Legends' Journal of Justice; here we have Garen and Katarina attempting to break up the inner-city brawl. Edit: slight changes to the faces
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The original image can be found here [link]
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I love your work!
you really do a good job remaking this picks, love the details and colors, keep up the good work
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This is really good great job man keep it up
Wheres Gragas in all of this? Got drunk and knocked out?
Conducting business to further expand his Graggy Ice lineup
It's actually pretty good. I haven't seen the original until now, btw. A clear improvement.
Whoah, great job, way better than the original!(Also, GarenxKatarina is awesome). Keep up the good work!
Why not post this in the LeagueofLegends and LeagueArt groups here in DA?
Why not post this in the LeagueofLegends and LeagueArt groups here in DA?
Wow! So much better than the original image from the JoJ article!
Good job! I love the face expression on every random character. And btw , Garen's like : COME AT ME BRO >:C
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The expressions were pretty fun to draw out haha. It was definitely something new for me!
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Thanks a lot
This definitely does have the LoL (lolz...LoL) style going on from what I have seen. Nice job on nailing the different character designs and the lighting, even if this is referenced from an original image.
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Two residents wrote to the Lane Ranger recently about the traffic control signals at two intersections within miles of each other on one of the areas busiest thoroughfares, Southeast 17th Street — also known as Maricamp Road as it extends into east Marion County.
Arnold Davis of Ocala wrote about the "impossible intersection" of Southeast 17th Street and Southeast 18th Avenue.
"This intersection has a left turn arrow for westbound traffic, but not for eastbound," Davis wrote in an email. "Southeast 17th Street already has a turning lane for eastbound traffic, but no left turn arrow. Installing a left turn arrow would be of minimal cost and stop the annoyance of no left turn arrow."
Oscar Tovar, streets and traffic engineer with the City of Ocala responded by email about a left-turn arrow for eastbound traffic at the intersection. Tovar said officials have collected data to perform preliminary analysis of a need for the signal.
Tovar added, the "(request) is for operational changes that must be approved by (Florida Department of Transportation), as such, these requests will be forwarded to FDOT. for analysis and approval."
Diane Schoolcraft contacted the Lane Ranger about another traffic light a few miles east at the intersection of Maricamp Road and Southeast 31st Street (Osceola Street).
"I use the light turning left into Oak Park Villages traveling (east)," she wrote. "It takes a long time for the arrow to turn green and is definitely not synchronized. On the other side is a flashing yellow arrow light for turning left onto Osceola Boulevard Why can't that side also have a flashing yellow arrow light or at least change when a car pulls up? I have sat there when there weren't any cars on the other side traveling north for a long period of time."
Tovar also addressed this request.
"A study was recently completed (March 25) by FDOT for this intersection," he wrote. "The study indicated a negative offset for east and westbound left turn movements that poses a potential line-of-sight issue for the heavy westbound left turn movement which could be modified to protect only (green arrow)," he wrote.
"FDOT utilizes flashing yellow arrow phasing as needed to address safety and capacity. The installation of a flashing yellow arrow for the eastbound left turn movement (signal) requires additional clearance height and must meet wind loading design standards," he stated.
"This intersection is under the jurisdiction of FDOT and any change to the operation of the intersection would require the approval of FDOT, he wrote.
Jessica Keene, public information specialist with the FDOT office in DeLand provided the following response.
"I found no active studies by FDOT at the intersection of S.R. 464 and Southeast 18th Avenue," Keene wrote.
"Our April 2014 study of operations at the intersection of S.R. 464 and Southeast 31st Street did not reveal a safety problem related to motorists turning left from S.R. 464 into Oak Park Villages. The number of people making this turn is very low. We do not add left turn arrows everywhere because they can add to congestion at intersections by taking away time from much busier traffic movements. When evaluating the need for left turn arrows, we evaluate the volume of left turns versus the volume of oncoming (through) traffic. We also evaluate safety of the left turn," she said. "For this location, the eastbound left turns do not meet requirements to justify adding a left turn arrow at this time."
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Tommy Coleman and Brandon Jones filed suit in June after commissioners refused their request to hold a moment of silence instead of prayers. They claim the prayers promote Christianity in violation of the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.
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Dont have break outs till pregnancy. Wish I too could find something that works well to get rid of them.
My OB suggested I wash my face three times a day and use a lightweight moisturizer. She said that during pregnancy your hormones caused increased skin oils... Which means that even if your face is NORMALLY dry, it probably won't be for a while!
I know my skin is usually pretty dry, but I have been washing my face at LEAST three times a day and it hasn't dried it out yet! AND is definitely helping the breaking out!
With my last I was covered; face, chest, back, neck. I found Neutrogena's Complete Acne Therapy System to work the best. If you follow the steps 1. cleanser 2. acne control lotion 3. lotion, I found I didn't really dry up. I would run out of cleanser before the lotions, but otherwise I loved it! I actually just purchased a kit this past weekend, and started using it, even though no break outs yet... I have the box sitting right here. It claims it's "clinically proven to start clearning breakouts in just 2 days!" I tried one round of proactive last time and didn't have any luck. Plus this is way cheaper and I got it at my local grocery store. For all of you suffering, my acne cleared up within 2 weeks of giving birth.
Mommy to Alaina (7/2/08), Brandon (6/30/10), and Callie (4/8/12)


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President Obama has returned to his idea—expressed in a letter last month to Senate leaders—of creating an independent board of physicians and medical experts at the federal level with oversight of healthcare delivery system reform.
"Every year, there's a new report that details how much waste and inefficiency there is in Medicare, how best practices are not always used, and how many billions of dollars could be saved," Obama said in a speech at the White House on Friday afternoon. "We need an independent group that is empowered to make these changes."
To push the idea ahead, the White House asked the House of Representatives on Friday to consider including this idea in its healthcare reform legislation. (The Energy and Commerce Committee will continue its hearings on the House reform bill this week.)
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag wrote a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggesting that the House of Representatives and its health committees consider either expanding the power of the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) or creating an entirely new group called the Independent Medicare Advisory Council (IMAC).
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Metalworking Workshop Course Descriptions
Common topics — such as planishing, metal finishing, annealing, work-hardening, heat-treating, patterns, and layout — will be covered in context on each of the four days.
A packet of special workshop preparation materials is sent to you three weeks prior to the workshop. It contains three videos, and many pages of printed material for your study prior to workshop attendance. This packet is available only to those who sign up for all four days of the workshop (and if available separately would be worth $200). If you are attending only part of a workshop, please contact us regarding what advance-study materials you will need.
Please note: Kent's tricky techniques for teaching include conundrums, brick-walls, and brain twisters. You will learn to solve problems and to think like a real metal-man — by overcoming obstacles, and by using your bucket of grey cells. Gold star, anyone? It goes on your permanent record, you know.
Have you already been to The Fundamentals of Metalworking? Want some more challenge, inspiration, and intimidation? Read On...
4-Day Metalworking IntensiveNevada City, CA (TM Shop)
April 22-25, 2016
October 14-17, 2016
Whether you've done metalworking for a short time or for decades, this workshop will hone your skills! You'll have a unique opportunity to learn and practice in a production metalworking environment, while meeting other metal enthusiasts and taking your skills to the next level. Your instructor, Kent White, tailors the workshop to the unique needs of each group of participants, based on their background, experience, and interests.More information...
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Metalworking Solutions WorkshopOngoing training for 4-Day Intensive graduates
Nevada City, CA (TM Shop)
May 13-16, 2016
Would you like ongoing metalworking training and support beyond our 4-Day Intensive? Graduates can now attend our new Metalworking Solutions Weekends. These open workshops are designed to give you more direct support for the specific areas in which you need to further your skills. You will need to bring a project (or have one in mind), and Kent will guide you through learning the processes you need to get your skill-set to the next level.More information...
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Air Power Hammer Intensive Workshop
June 21-23, 2016 - Nevada City, CA (TM Shop)
Nov 11-13, 2016 - San Antonio, TXÂ (Metalmorphosis Studio)
Your instructor, Kent White, designed the Air Power Hammer to address the need for an economical and compact machine that could rapidly shape and planish a wide variety of metals. Kent developed the first machine in 1987, with a goal of creating a hammer that would make shaping operations (including stretching, shrinking, forming, contouring, curving flanges and turning flanges around curved surfaces, and planishing) significantly faster and easier for metal workers in shops of any size.
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Metalworking Fundamentals WorkshopNevada City, CA (TM Shop)
July 15 - 18, 2016
This course is designed specifically for those with limited experience working sheet metal (shaping, repair, fab), and for those who want to learn more about metalworking tools in the shop environment. We will cover layout basics; cutting metal with snips, shears, and machines; files, filing, and metal sanding. You'll learn hand skills for stretching (to make hollows and curves) and shrinking (to take down bumps and make shapes). We also cover annealing and joining in detail. Finally, you'll learn the basics of using the seven main machines for working sheet metal: shears, brakes, English wheels, air power hammers, Pullmax, shrinker/stretchers, and the bead roller.
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Fitting, Welding, Planishing, and Finishing WorkshopNevada City, CA (TM Shop)
Sep 30 - Oct 3, 2016
While our 4-Day Metalworking Intensive focuses primarily on metal shaping, this workshop is for those who wish to dive more deeply into the post-shaping issues of fitting, trimming, joining, weld smoothing, planishing, and final fit. The course will take you through each step required to construct a large panel with a great fit and finish. For this course you will need to bring several small panels (five or six) that fit at least 60-75%, and that you can join together in class for your finished panel or part.More information...
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Metalworking for Metal Artists & SculptorsSan Antonio, TX (Metalmorphosis Studio)
November 4 - 6, 2016
This 3-day course is designed to help metal artists and sculptors hone their hands-on metalworking skills. This course is not intended to teach the design methods or conceptual aspects of sculpture, rather it is designed to teach you highly specialized metalworking techniques that artists are often not exposed to in traditional academic classes in art and sculpture classes.More information...
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Mastering the Oxy-Acetylene Torch WorkshopNevada City, CA (TM Shop)
December 2 - 4
If you've been wanting to learn the advantages of torch welding (versatility, cost, efficiency, control), or if you're just wanting to improve your welding, brazing, and soldering skills, this course is ideal for you. Here is your opportunity to learn to join 9 different common metals 14 different ways, and how to apply these methods to fabrication and repairs.
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We also offer the following programs and workshops that might not be on our current schedule. Please contact us if you'd be interested in attending one of these sessions. If enough people show interest, we can sometimes add it to the schedule. If your small group is interested in a particular topic listed here, or if you'd like to host a workshop or program at your shop, please give us a call at 530-292-3506.
Hands-on Workshops or Training Programs at Your Location
Do you have a crew that needs to improve their efficiency or their metal working, welding, or forming machine skills? Are you part of a group of metal shapers that would like to host a workshop? Kent can design a specific teaching program to suit your needs, using your equipment, at your site based on your specific needs or area of interest. You only need to list what tools and equipment you have and what your group wants to accomplish.
Past programs have included instruction on the English wheel, Air Power Hammer, power shrinker, and aluminum gas welding. Other courses have covered aircraft sheet metal fabrication and repairs; fuel tank construction and repair; auto body fabrication, repair, and restoration; and general metal behavior for parts fabrication. Kent has also given small group and private instruction for automotive, aircraft, motorcycle, and art metal groups, and academic programs. He has done corporate consultations for BFGoodrich Aerospace, Delta Airlines, UPS (Shannon, Ireland), FedEx, Precor, EAA, and others. Students of his Aero Metal Workshops receive FAA IA Course Credit for Refresher Training Courses. These off-site workshops range from 2-5 days, with the cost based on number of days, travel and expenses, costs of shipping equipment or tools if needed, and number of participants. Most off-site courses are hands-on (assuming a shop is available), although Kent does present lecture-only programs for trade shows. For more information, please call 530-292-3506 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
3-Day Metalworking IntensiveSan Antonio, TX (Metalmorphosis Studio)
Similar in structure and content to our 4-Day Metalworking Intensive, our 3-Day Intensive covers patterns and layout, shrinking and stretching, making parts (primarily with hand tools although these will be compared and contrasted with some forming machines), planishing and metal shaping.More information...
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Welding, Brazing, Soldering3-days Nevada City, CA (TM Shop)
Being able to solder, braze, and weld effectively with the O/A torch is one of the most useful skills in the metal shop. And while many metalworkers are familiar with simple soldering done with a torch, often they do not realize that in many cases, welding thin sheet metal is more appropriately done with the oxy-acetylene torch. It's cheaper and faster, and often has less distortion. This course focuses on teaching you to be able to distinguish when to use which technique, and how to feel confident using an O/A torch for soldering, brazing, and welding.More information...
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Making Parts & Shapes with Forming Machines4-days Nevada City, CA (TM Shop)
Workshop using the English Wheel, Air Power Hammer, Pullmax, and Shrinking Machines
Do you want to make a part for your car, boat, airplane, motorcycle, or sculpture project? Do you want to learn how to lay it out and how to approach constructing it? This course gives you the opportunity to learn fabrication skills at the same time you learn or refine your machine skills on the primary machines used for forming – the English Wheel, Air Power Hammer, Pullmax, and "shrinkers."More information...
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Rapid Metal Shaping with Pneumatics3-days Nevada City, CA (TM Shop)
Pneumatic tools can be faster and more effective than hand tools for metal shaping, because they hit more consistently – and consistently for much longer – than the human arm can. They simply do not get tired and erratic at the end of the day. We'll introduce students to the three main pneumatic striking tools: the rivet gun, the hand-held autobody air hammer, and the bench-top air power hammer. There are many "air hammers" on the market, including sand rammers, chipping hammers, air chisels, plating rack scalers, destruction guns, needle scalers, stone carvers, and rivet guns. Choosing the most effective tool can involve considerable time and expense; this workshop will help you avoid unnecessary trial and error.More information...
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Summer Workshop 2:
From Idea to Pattern to 3-D Metal Shape
This 4-day class is geared for serious students, metalworking instructors, and metal shaping professionals. Students will make patterns from 3D shapes, to analyze size and where the shape goes. Then comes transferring the information to metal blanks, and cutting the blanks out accurately. Students will then manipulate the surface area by stretching and shrinking methods, using hand techniques and forming machines, including the Wheel, Pullmax, Air Power Hammer, and Flow-Forming tools. Of course, we'll also cover working the shapes accurately and efficiently using various corrective methods. Welding and brazing, along with annealing, planishing, and metal finishing round out the hot-working and finishing sections of the class experience.More information...
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The Art of Sheet Metal Shaping - From Concept to FormSan Antonio, Texas (George Schroeder Studios)
In this 3-day program you will learn how to take your metal shaping ideas and turn them into finished shapes. This course focuses on making compound and organic shapes, including bowls, reverses, ducktails, saddles, and hollows, that are commonly used in automotive, aircraft, motorcycles, sculpture and metal art (fountains, gates, and furniture). Students will use simple hand tools, flow-forming, and power equipment to learn the steps needed to take a project from concept to final form.More information...
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Gas Welding Aluminum & Steel
In many cases, welding thin sheet metal is more appropriately done with the oxy-acetylene torch. It's cheaper and faster, and often has less distortion. This hands-on course begins with learning to safely set up bottles, regulators, and torch, with leak testing. The first day introduces welding mild steel sheet in 18-gauge and 20-gauge thicknesses. For advanced students, tube joints will be available, along with some 4130 chromoly alloy. We also cover filler metals, joint designs, tip selection, and torch options.
The second day covers welding 3003 aluminum alloy with flange welds in .050" thickness, with butt joints available later for the more advanced welders. We'll also discuss 5052 and 6061 and demonstrate aluminum brazing and soldering, along with their proper applications. We cover cleanliness, regulator pressure settings, tip choices, flux choices, and proper flux mixing, along with clean-up for primer and paint coats. Also included are distortion remedies and planishing to a polished finish.
Kent White, your instructor, will guide your hands and minds to help you get a feel for welding with the humble torch. Some interesting demos may be incorporated, including welding with the cutting torch, and writing your name in the air.
Pre-req: Sincere interest in metalworking / torch welding.
Aluminum Fabrication & Repair – Plus Gas Welding, Brazing, & Soldering Aluminum
Have you wanted to work with aluminum but were daunted by making the jump from steel or other metals? Have you attempted to learn to gas weld aluminum but found it too frustrating or challenging? Aluminum isn't nearly as difficult to master as you might think (or have been told). But you do need to know certain tips and techniques. This 4-day class is designed to give you complete knowledge of the basics of working aluminum sheet for automotive, aircraft, motorcycle, or sculpture.
Aluminum comes in a variety of alloys and is widely used in various thicknesses and harnesses. This workshop covers several techniques for cutting aluminum sheet, as well as hand- and machine-forming four popular alloys: 1100, 3003, 5052, and 6061. We cover hot-working methods, including annealing, shrinking, welding, brazing, and soldering. Along with these basics, the students will learn metal shaping, planishing, and metal finishing.
You'll learn to make paper patterns and transfer them to a 3D form, buck, or mockup, then break down the large shape to smaller, workable shapes. You'll then learn to make those shapes in metal using a variety of hand tools and machines. After roughing in the shape by stretching and shrinking, you'll carefully define the fit of the part by smoothing, then do some even more refined work. Finally, by planishing and making little adjustments to the shape, the part will fit. Once the parts all fit, the students will trim and tack-weld them, and finally join them into a good shape that is filed and sanded. Making hems and wired edges rounds out your day, giving you a complete experience of all the steps, from first idea to physical component.
If you are currently working on an aluminum project you are having difficulty with, you are welcome to bring it with you.
Pre-req: Sincere interest in metalworking. Some knowledge of basic shop tools helps (although we've had students who've never used tools). This workshop is for all skill levels.
Aero Metal: Fab, Welding, and Repair
The three primary aviation metals are aluminum, 4130 chromemoly, and stainless. This class focuses mostly on aluminum, from low-strength alloys 1100 and 3003, to medium-strength 5052 and 6061, and high-strength 2024. Students will learn the differences between these alloys, their tempers from soft to hard, and the various thicknesses.
Over the four days, class projects will include making lightening holes for ribs and fuel tanks, making louvers, and working flat sheet into shapes such as wing root fairings, wheel pants, and wing tips. Students will have many hours to learn riveting, welding, brazing, and soldering. Some damaged parts will also be on hand for practice in making repairs, enabling students to learn and practice hand skills such as annealing, shrinking, planishing, and metal finishing.
You'll also have practice time using metal shaping machinery such as the English wheel, the air power hammer, the bead roller, pedal shear, leaf brake, and the flow-forming system.
Students will be asked to respect the shop environment and equipment, as this special teaching venue is also a production aircraft shop, with tools that are in very good condition.
Some shop skills will be necessary, such as laying out parts on sheet stock, organizing a small job, reading a tape measure, and working to some degree of accuracy. Some stainless and 4130 forming and repair instruction will also be included.
Pre-requisite: Basic understanding and preferably some experience with shrinking, stretching, forming, and shaping. Recommended: Metalworking Fundamentals or equivalent experience (or 4-Day Intensive, or Aluminum Intensive).
Fabricating Parts with Metal Shaping Machines
Do you want to make a part for your car, boat, airplane, motorcycle, or sculpture project? Do you want to learn how to lay it out and how to approach constructing it? This course gives you the opportunity to learn fabrication skills at the same time you learn or refine your machine skills.
Days 1 & 2 focus on the Pullmax and English Wheel and their role in shaping parts. Two Pullmax machines will be set up for shearing, nibbling, and shrinking, as well as bead and joggle forming. The English Wheel is a deceptively simple stretching machine that can be a help or a hindrance, depending on how you use it. We'll begin with proper setup and adjustment, and making correct passes and tracking patterns. Then we'll focus on getting the shapes you are looking for, plus tips for making parts that truly fit.
On days 3 & 4, students will learn to quickly and accurately shape complex parts using the Air Power Hammer (instead of doing a ton of arm work). We'll stretch, shrink, contour, and planish, as well as make complex parts such as hollows, reverses, and compound shapes on this rapid-shaping machine.
If you want to take the class, but have no particular project at the moment, Kent will bring along some bucks that you can choose from. (A 250 Testa Rossa hood blister or head rest fairing, or a wheel fairing for a GeeBee or Cessna 172. Or maybe making body parts for a mini 427 Cobra body.) This class is designed for your success in fabricating parts using the most popular machines available today. Join in and have some great fun!
Pre-req: Highly recommended are: Metalworking Fundamentals, or The 4-day Metalworking Intensive, or equivalent experience. If you are unsure if your skill level matches the course, please contact us and we'll be happy to assist you.
Autobody: Rust Repair & Patch Panels
Rusted steel body panels can be a restorer or customizer's nightmare – but simply grinding the paint off and filling the holes with Brillo pads and Bondo aren't the best methods for making repairs! Kent has spent years doing rust repairs on many high-end cars, as well as many plain-old street cars. This class will cover several methods for making sound, durable repairs on those rusted-out areas. Be prepared to get filthy dirty.
First we'll review cutting out the rusted areas, which will involve several distinct methods – you'll find the best solution for your own situation. (Did you know that a simple welding torch can cut steel very well?) Being able to "see" how far the rust has spread is very important, and you'll learn a simple method for doing this effectively.
The next step is making the repair panels. It's surprising how organized this can be. Paper and cardboard patterns are very helpful for starting the process, and a few hand tools can take us a long way toward making simple panels. You'll learn these techniques, and how to join your panels by brazing, soldering, and welding. We'll also introduce adhesives that can be very beneficial for these repairs.
Third, you'll learn the chemistry behind rust removal and prevention. We'll discuss coatings, primers, and top coats that can go a long way toward preventing rust from returning. Kent has never had a car returned to his shop for additional rust repairs, and his work has entailed replacing complete floors, quarter panels, hoods, roofs, and doors.
Workshop location: Our host for this workshop is Grace Body Shop, one of San Francisco's premier shops for restoration, specialty, custom, collision, and detailing. Grace specializes in Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Maserati, Lamborghini, hotrods, antique equipment (including fire engines), and unique architectural projects.
Pre-requisite: Open to all skill levels. Recommended are a fundamental understanding of metalworking basics, and general knowledge of the metal shop environment (common hand tools, measuring, marking and cutting metal, etc.).
Steelworking Intensive – Plus Gas Welding, Brazing & Soldering Steel
Those of you who are into automotive restoration as a profession or hobby will be right at home in this workshop. Last year, a customer brought the front fender of his 1958 DeSoto which was damaged around the front headlight brawl when a patch was wrongly welded-in. The students helped while Kent showed them how to replace the entire front section and fit the patch to the headlights, using nothing more than a few hand tools and a torch. After a few hours the seamless patch was finished! Car, motorcycle, airplane, or boat – bring that difficult part and let Kent show you how to get started!
Day 1 – Methods for Repairs for Rust and Crash Damage
We begin this 4-day event with a look at making rapid tooling for repair panel fabrication, plus repairing damaged panels. Kent's years of steel body restoration with some of the masters of rollover repairs will bring lots of light to this topic. Add annealing and hardening, and you know the day will be packed.
Day 2 - Stretching, Shrinking, and Planishing
There are some rapid ways to shrink steel panels right on the car, bike, or hay baler; so let's get with the program and move some metal. The same goes for stretching to flare fenders. And then smoothing…why not pick up a Fender Planishing machine and let the machine do it…right on the car? Ever heard of or seen The Amazing Shrink Disc? Or the whirling whanging rubagizmo? Kent can show you how the Texas Dustbowl Depression-era metalmen lifted out hail dents without a sound.
Day 3 - Gas Welding, Brazing and Soldering
What really works, and what's just a time-waster? Why braze? How can solder save time? Is gas welding faster than TIG? Is the MIG welder really a manure spreader? We take a close look at what's appropriate for the task. Chrome? No sweat. Kent has made a bunch of steel stuff for chrome-plate and has done serious repairs for chrome. How do you prep? Kent worked with a plating shop for years…prepping for Pebble Beach. Want to win? Kent did, and he can show you some mighty effective methods.
Day 4 - Oil Cans
Need I say more? Kent recalls, "I once spent THREE MONTHS on a fancy five-piece brass-trimmed Pierce Arrow hood that had gone saddle-back after a load of snow fell on it. Then some character sandblasted it! I sure learned a lot about shrinking…and oil cans." What are oil cans (oilcanes?)? How do they form? You'll be surprised to learn the truth – and how easy it can be to send one packing. By day's end, you'll be able to make 'em and erase 'em. And if you're a real pro and get through Kent's obstacle course…we can do a class on louvers.
Pre-req: Sincere interest and basic metalworking skills. ("The Original" 4-Day Intensive is NOT a pre-requisite for this class.)
Working with Soft Metals (Aluminum & Copper)
Techniques for Fabrication, Repair, Gas Welding, Brazing, & Soldering
Have you wanted to work with aluminum or copper, but were daunted by the jump from steel? Have you attempted to learn to gas weld soft metals but found it too frustrating or challenging? Working with the soft metals isn't nearly as difficult to master as you might think (or have been told) – but you need to know certain tips and techniques. This 4-day class will give you complete knowledge of the basics of working soft sheet for automotive, aircraft, motorcycle, sculpture, and art metal.
This workshop covers several techniques for cutting sheet, as well as hand- and machine-forming. We cover hot-working methods, including annealing, shrinking, welding, brazing, and soldering. Along with these basics, students will learn metal shaping, tips and tricks for shrinking and stretching, plus planishing and metal finishing.
Students will learn to make paper patterns and transfer them to a 3D form, buck, or mockup, then break down the larger shape into smaller, more workable shapes. You'll then learn to make those shapes in metal using a variety of hand tools and machines. After roughing in the shape by stretching and shrinking, you'll carefully define the fit of the part by smoothing plus some even more refined work. Finally, by planishing and making little adjustments in the shape, you'll learn to make the part fit. Once this is accomplished, you'll trim and tack weld, finally joining the parts into a good shape that is filed and sanded.
You'll round out your experience by making hems and wired edges, giving you a complete course in all of the steps, from first idea to final physical component.
If you're currently working on a project you're having difficulty with, you are welcome to bring it to work on during the class, or to get advice and help on how to proceed with your project.
Pre-req: Sincere interest in metalworking. Some knowledge of basic shop tools is helpful (although we've had students who've never used tools). This workshop is for all skill levels.
TIG Welding Aluminum, Stainless, & Titanium
Please call or email us (firstname.lastname@example.com) for more information on this specific course.
Workshops at other Locations
From time to time, Kent offers workshops at locations besides those mentioned in this schedule. Topics may include specially requested subjects, plus metal shaping, fabrication and repair, or gas welding. To be notified of workshops at the following locations, give us a call at 530-292-3506 or email firstname.lastname@example.com:
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai
San Antonio
West Coast
South San Francisco
Ruti, Switzerland


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