Yoder Power Hammer

 

Fay Butler Fab/Metal Shaping

Announcements/Events

Announcement Archives

      

7/12/2022
Jim Cicciarelli
from Rimersburg, PA visited the shop with his mate Peggy King, after traveling to Canada to a hot rod event with his 1930’s Plymouth street rod.  He put the body over a Chevy Colorado chassis.  The vehicle had air conditioning and is a good “road vehicle”.  Jim received my “Fay Butler Best Metal Award” in 2009 for a different hot rod he had built. 

Roy Klinger Penn State College of Technology, February 25, 2020. Stopped and visited. They hosted me as I have worked with the instructors in the past. They had a coach built body by Rollston on a 1932 Dusenburg chassie. The body was original built on the Yoder power hammer in my shop. I helped them with shaping using their hammer and Pullmax machine. The college put me up for the night at their Victorian Guest house on Campus. Click here to see more.

With my friend Gene Winfield at Autorama, Detroit 2019, World of Wheels, Boston. Click here to see more.

6/10/2019 Visited Steve Schifer, past seminar participant (11/2009), at his shop: Bucyrus Copper Kettle, in Bucyrus, Ohio. Steve has worked there nearly his entire working career for the family of the original owners at the same location for over 100 years. Steve is a very high skilled craftsman and the copper kettles he makes are traditional in the way they make them, and as beautiful as possible. The building is on the Historic Register. Click here to see more.

5/20/2019 ASM Materials Camp at Boston University Click here to see more.
5/6/2019 ASM Materials Camp for high school students to explore science through materials. I created and run a module that allows students using a standard carpenter’s straight claw hammer to take a 6 inch aluminum disc and by developing tucks along the edge and hammering them out, the edges shrink to create a dish. Rick Guerrero from TX assisted me. I was also the key note speaker for the event, assisted by WPI engineering student Kushal Manjrekar. Click here to see more.


Fay Butler/Jeff Ryder, Petaluma, CA, Metal Shaping Seminar April 1-3, 2017. World-renowned metal shaper/educator Fay Butler teamed up with Jeff Ryder, at his 5000 square foot shop at 133 Copeland Street, Petaluma, CA. Offered was a one-day lecture and demonstration by Fay Butler, with an optional hands’ on day for a limited number (Must complete first day for eligibility for second day hands on). Assisting Fay during the two days was a group of professional metal shapers, past associates of the Fay Butler school. Click here for details. If you want to check out 2016's seminar with Jeff Ryder, click here.

Mark Scranton, Hoosier Hills Career Center, Monroe County Community HS, Bloomington, IN. I stopped and spoke to the welding/fabrication group for 1.5 hrs. I met the principle and suggested to move into inverter power source welding machines, and powered methods of shaping sheet metal. I spoke about the need for teaching science starting with material metallurgy. February 2015
Penn State College of Technology, Williamsport, PA. We were the guests of Dean Colin Williamson and Assistant Dean Bret Reasner, instructor Roy Klinger, to advise on their restoration program ideas. Had lunch with Dean, Assistant Dean and Instructor, toured the campus, and put a talk on to the restoration class.  Set up and ran their power hammer, while assisting their students to do the same. The college put us up for the night in their Victorian Guest House on campus and Roy took us out for dinner that evening and breakfast the next morning. The school was very respectful and professional and Roy is serious and responsible in wanting to develop a professional program. November 2014
Formtek (Yoder is a division), Warrensville Heights, OH. I spent two days at the old Yoder Company, outside Cleveland, OH helping them set up a new Yoder Power Hammer they were building for a client. It had been many years since they built a new hammer, and no employee in the shop could remember that time. I made many adjustments based on all the hammers I have run and rebuilt over the years. I brought a set of my dies to test the machine for stretching and to shrinking. In the end the machine felt like a brand new Yoder. November 2014.
Stopped and visited Line Bruntse, Sculpture Professor, Art Department, Millersville University, Millersville, PA. Line took my seminar in the past. November 2014
I was invited to be the guest speaker at the 77th Annual New England Association of Technology Teachers Conference held at Johnson & Wales, Providence, RI. I presented a power point presentation. November 2014 
Gathering of the Faithful, hot rod event demonstration with Norm Ayers' assistance 14th Annual New England Speed Meeting 2013

©2005-2022 Fay Butler