Scott Dennison

[Scott Dennison]

This spinner belongs to a friend who owns and flies a T-6G and accidentally dropped the spinner which landed directly on the point, of course. This spinner was actually made from a sheet, rolled and has one weld seam. It is chrome plated. It was only about .020" thick material.

So, my approach was to make a form of the inside of the spinner. To do this I filled it with fiberglass resin with a 1" stake in it to fit my stand. This gave me the actual profile of the back side of the dent.



I then body worked the dent with bondo to make the form smooth and represent the inside of the spinner without the dent. Turning the spinner over and using my shot bag and fingers only, started coaxing the dent back to where the metal really "wanted" to be. Once I got some of the major dent moving, I put the spinner on the form. I then spent nearly 12 hours (not all at once...) using only my hands and cotton gloves slapping, pushing and gently working the thin material back in shape. It really taught me how the form already had a memory and didn't like being out of position. Spinning on the form slowly and just flat palm hammering got the shape back with no damage to the chrome, a testament to the ability of the plater.

[Scott Dennison]

I once dabbled in medieval armour when my boys were part of a jousting troupe doing renaissance fairs. I believe this to be the Pennsylvania fair. All is 18 ga. cold rolled steel, all hand formed in stumps. Fully articulated per the period methods.

[Scott Dennison]

This was a Chevy V-6 race engine for Interscope Racing driven by Danny Ongais. At the time, no induction pieces existed but the geometry was identical to the small block V-8 so we cut down a V-8 Hilborn manifold and made this one. Everything else was, of course, custom. The era was late 70's.

[HEATNBEAT]

Scott, the best part of this forum is if you don't understand something just ask!

[Jere]

Scott:

I'm sure our paths have crossed at some time.

From 63 - 66 I worked at Shelby's. When I drove for them in 64 Ralph Falconer went with me to every race across the US.

In 69 - 70 I worked for STP in Santa Monica We had Mario, Pollard, and Sam Posy. I was Sam's mechanic and fabricator.

In 2012 we won the USAC Western States Midget championship with Cole Carter as our driver on dirt.

Good to have you on board.

Check out my web site.

Jere

[RockHillWill]

Scott, you have an impressive background and wide array of talent as well. My first foray into racing was at Indy before I got sidetracked to the stock cars. In 1970 - 1971 I worked for Howard 'Tilt' Millikan in Crawfordsville getting two cars ready for the race at Indy. One was driven by Rick Muther (the last turbo powered car to run at Indy?)That's me pushing at the left rear, and Jigger Sirois in the more conventional Turbo Offy. I found it an amazing difference in atmosphere while going thru qualifying and practice as opposed to going thru the gates on race morning. I would have LOVED a chance to work with the open wheel cars, particularly any of the Unser boys. If you get a chance to attend a shaping event at Dan Pates, I would certainly like to meet you.

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[Scott Dennison]

Originally Posted by longyard

Okay Scott. Thanks for blowing my whole night! I've just gone through your pages and have to say your woodwork is as impressive as your metal work. Great photography, too!

Bill, I recently purchased you book on wheeling. Thanks for taking the time to produce it. Great stuff.