Hogtown Meet, 2014

34guy · MISSISSAUGA, ONT

RE: Hogtown Meet, 2014

slab · BRANT COUNTY, ONT

Great day in Hog town. Thanks a million Pugsy for hosting and opening the shop up for us to learn a bit(or a lot) , meet fellow members and a whole lot of Bench racing and noise making. Thanks to fellow members who offered advice and tips to those of us who were trying to learn something new. There were lots of you and I can't name them all but you know who you are. Ben and I had a great time. I must say that the kid impressed me with his "I ain't quitting until I get this mini fender done" attitude. We both tried our hand at tig welding and at the end of the day I must say that his weld looked better than mine. It was my glasses .... Ya Ya that's it... my glasses!!

Looking forward to next year in Hog town.
Thanks Again
Rich

34guy · MISSISSAUGA, ONT

Ben was doing a great job at the tig welding !!!!

You'll have to get him a machine of his own

Chris Stapley · CAMPBELLFORD, ONT

Awesome day to come out and jabber with all of you guys, great to finally put some names to faces etc.. Anyone that ever gets beyond that fence that seems to hold everyone in the city is always welcome at my place so please drop in some time..thanks to Pugsy first off for being such an awesome host, to everyone willing to offer a helping hand and suggestions,to Ken for coming along and enjoying the day and finally to Dan for the after party,glad I was on the A list!

Lightspeed Mike · BELLEVILLE, ONT

Thanks Pugsy for hosting this awesome event again this year. It was good to meet some more of the guys again this year.
My friend Ben got the crease in his Model A door out and learned 17 ways to put a patch in the bottom. smile

The BBQ was cooked to perfection.

Hemi gave me a few pointers and I was TIG welding aluminum. biggrin

Hemi also proved that you can't weld stainless and aluminum together. He did try very hard though. wink

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

I will echo ALL of the statements above and even add a few pictures..... maybe by tomorrow or Monday.

Thanks Pugs!

P.S.: Thanks also goes out to Joe for carting a few "pre-swap meet" goodies to the event and even helping to load it all....somehow....into my Van. It fits! It all fits!!!!

dodge38 · MISSISSAUGA, ONT

Thanks Jari !!

First of all very nice meeting you!

Thanks for such a great event and hospitality, thanks for the advice with all the tools and showing how they work, great inspiration also with a bunch of home made tools!

And thanks for the help with the piece I made (well you made all the difficult things for it and I was just hanging on the piece) and thanks for the material even!

Very nice meeting also all the other guys and thanks for all the help out there, and sorry for not remembering everyone's names when we meet next time... especially thanks to the guy (Barry?) who let me loan his bead roller and even helped me to use that!

Chance · ENNISMORE, ONT

Hey Jari, Thanks again for hosting the Hogtown meet. It was great to meet some guys from the forum, and do a little metal work. I really enjoyed the TIG welding, and was glad I got to see some masters at work.
Unfortunately my wife isn't feeling well today so I will have to stay home and mind the little one so she can rest.
I appreciated the time you took to show me around and I will be coming back for sure in 2015!

Maybe I will see some of youz guyz at Lindsay next weekend.

Cheers,
Chance

58Chev · ETOBICOKE, ONT

Pugsy,
had a great time today. Dam my arms and hands are sore from pounding out a bowl. lol

Nice meeting you and the others that were there today. My son-in-law enjoyed himself also.

Definitely hope that I will be able to make it for the whole meet next year.

Chance · ENNISMORE, ONT

That's gotta be one of the best avatar pics ive ever seen!!! I need that full size in my workshop! Where did you get THAT!

chevyboy · TORONTO, ONTARIO

I would like to thank Pugsy for another amazing weekend, learned a lot as I do every year. Great to see so many of you out there learning, bench racing, and bullsh1tting !! Always nice to smash some metal. Thanks to chef Mark for the wonderful lunches both days and everyone for the laughs that were shared.
Looking forward to next year and any chance I get to make stuff up in the mean time

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

I've got a few pics from Saturday - Great time!

The Chow line:

Seeker1056 · DOURO, ONT

this was an amazing event and my hat off to Pugsy for having us!!!!
I learned a lot of priceless skills there!

123pugsy · MARKHAM, ONT

I'd like to thank everyone for coming to the meet.

I was sick all weekend and didn't take many pics.
Thanks to Steve for getting the excellent shots.

Thanks to Chris Stapely for the cool sign. I will post a pic or two of it later.
It really means a lot to me.

And of course a big thanks to my buddy Mark for cookin up all the grub and helping out around the shop.

Sorry to anyone I may have not helped out when you needed assistance. Having a cold and running around wasn't easy.
Hopefully, I'll be in better shape next year.

Thanks again to every one who came. If you weren't there, it wouldn't have been a meet.

123pugsy · MARKHAM, ONT

Hi Guys.

LOST AND FOUND: Please send PM's to me to get this stuff back

I found a small box with some metal shaping dies, a hammer, and a couple pairs of glasses.

Mike lost a pair of glasses in a black case. Can everyone that brought tools along check to see if they wound up in your box.

Thanks.

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

I didn't lose anything and came home with no extras, but I do remember seeing a black case for glasses at the central welding table:

123pugsy · MARKHAM, ONT

Fordy Acres Car Farm wrote:
I didn't lose anything and came home with no extras, but I do remember seeing a black case for glasses at the central welding table:

Aha. A clue, the hunt is on. I'll take a look in that area tomorrow morning.

BTW, is it OK for me to copy your pics? I'd like to post them to the thread I have at allmetalshaping.

Thanks Steve.

hemi43 · ONTARIO

Nope, that one's mine.

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

^^You may copy at will and there are a couple more on my web page that I didn't post here. See them here: http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/roaddawg/vehicles/95282

123pugsy · MARKHAM, ONT

Thanks Steve.

Damn Dan. I thought I was going to play Sherlock Holmes in the morning.

Chris Stapley · CAMPBELLFORD, ONT

Hey Pugsy, credit where due on the sign too, Chris Sullivan from Oshawa came two years ago as well, he had the pedal car body making the rear quarter panel for . He started this panel and was the one to take it to Ofdball kustoms for the lovers as well, we really appreciated what you showed us and it's a simple way to pay forward. I will do something with the Chrysler when you get it figured out what it's going to look like eventually,oh yeah and your serial plate.. The glasses by the welding stand were definitely the pair Dan had with a case near his welding helmet...

123pugsy · MARKHAM, ONT

Here's the cool sign made by Chris Stapley and others:

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I played around with the shrinker/stretcher Sunday morning :

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I only took a couple of pics of the meet and they came out blurry so I won't post them. Hopefully next year I'll be feeling better and will do a better job with the updates and pics.

Thanks again to everyone that came.

janies dirty 37 · SOUTH RIVER, ONT

Awww great sign.

123pugsy · MARKHAM, ONT

Holy Crap.

I knew I had forgotten something.
Dan, thanks for holding the excellent TIG welding seminar.
Greatly appreciated.

You're OK, no matter what everyone around here says about you.

fatchuk · ST MARYS, ONTARIO

Pugsy said re Dano43

You're OK, no matter what everyone around here says about you.