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Re: body working question for cowl lead seams
The availability of the tools has changed and the Internet has let us share the skills.
I bet there are way more English Wheels in North America now than in 1950 and that the low point in that number was 30-40 years ago. My father wanted one for hobby aircraft work circa 1995, he had to build his own including having to get the wheels custom machined after travelling 10 hours each way to see one in person. He wanted a planishing hammer and located one via airplane contacts..... it is 1940s vintage. Now you can buy adequate for hobby use versions of both cheap at your local china tool place.
In the 1980s I dearly wanted this high tech thing called a wire feed welder, but they were beyond my means, now you can get one cheaper than a set of used tires.
I've learned more about working sheet metal from youtube in the last 3 years than I picked up in the last 40
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