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MetalMeet Vendor Market
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Sheet Metal Shaping classes, tools and videos offered by Wray Schelin, Founder of MetalMeet.com
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Sheet Metal Shaping Tools, Auto Body Repair Tools, How to Books and Videos and so much more.
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• Introduction
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Please read this first!
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If you have a positive suggestion or comment about the forum / website operation, here is where you can post it. Thanks.
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Practice posting and including pictures in your posts.
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• Library ( Read Only Topics )
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General Sheetmetal Shaping Discussion
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Wide ranging discussions, with the focus always on metalshaping.
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Simple hand tool methods of sheetmetal shaping.
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Advanced and professional metalshapers
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Starting, building and running a sheetmetal shaping business .
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Do you have a patch panel or special panel that you need some help with? If you do, here is where to find the answers.
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Rust, Chemicals, Patina and Coatings
A place to discuss rust removal techniques, patina's and other chemical coatings; which includes paint and other processes.
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Lathes, mills, and other general machining tools used to make more sheetmetal shaping tools.
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Learn all the sheetmetal secrets here.
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Have a chassis question regarding build, design, or modifications? You can also showcase your custom chassis here and share you chassis knowledge.
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Shrinking sheetmetal is a technique that needs to be mastered to effectively create shapes. Here we can discuss all of the methods to shrink sheetmetal and we can measure and compare results.
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Share your unique sheetmetal shaping related techniques and tips.
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MetalMeet Member Profiles
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Have a non-metal hobby or skill, show off your other talents here!
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Member introductions, shop tours and project descriptions
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Profiles of the people who guide content and shepard our forums.
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Metalshaping Events
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Information about regional MetalMeet events.
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If you have attended a MetalMeet event before please post your impressions of the event here.
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Have you attended a show or metalshaping seminar lately? Have you recently visited an outstanding shop? Here's your chance to show some pictures and write your first hand account of the experience.
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Information about metalshaping events that are not sponsored, planned, or oganized by MetalMeet.
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Metalshaping History
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English wheel
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History of Yoders, Pettingel, Quickway and other sheetmetal working power hammers
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Site links, information, and photos of pioneering coachbuilders
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Presevered, restored, and recreated race cars from the early days, and the craftsmen that built them.
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• Metalshaping Tutorials
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Series showing all of the steps needed to make a repair panel for an XK Jaguar
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Paul Reiche shows - with pictures and words - how to make a shrinking disc using simple handtools.
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Wray Schelin shows how to capture a shape's information with a flexible shape pattern made from two types of common tape.
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Best viewed with broadband, follow directions on site.
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Jim Russell shows how to make a scaled down
model of a complicated door skin to learn how to make it fullsize.
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Ron shows how he makes newbrass radiator shells for vintage Morgans.
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Pictural and description of the basic tools needed to get started in the craft of sheetmetal shaping.
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Pictural and description of the advanced tools used by professional and dedicated hobbyists in the craft of sheetmetal shaping.
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A open dictionary of sheetmetal shaping terms
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As the site grows free tool plans will be posted in many different forums. This forum will be a central location to collect all the plans to make them easy to access.
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Post free plans and picture tutorials here for sheetmetal shaping projects that other members might like to make.
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All the hot potato issues in the craft of sheetmetal shaping will get aired out here and allowed to cool down. Both sides of the debate will be argued and members can make up their own minds.
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Applications > Aircraft
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Different methods of fabricating and shaping aircraft panels
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Applications > Architecture
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All types of architectural sheetmetal and methods to make them
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Applications > Automobiles
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How to build original design sportscars and racers .
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All methods of making patch panels for automobile bodies
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All traditional methods of creating hot rods and customs by modifying existing stock automobile bodies.
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Applications > Cyclecars
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All methods of building cyclecars .
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Applications > Furniture
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All methods for creating custom furniture with shaped and fabricated sheetmetal content
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Applications > Medieval Armor
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Construction techniques of medievel armor both traditional and modern.
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Applications > Motorcycles
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Custom sheetmetal fuel tanks , fenders, guards, and oil tanks for custom and stock motorcycles.
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Applications > Online Workshop
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Online MetalMeets, making group projects. Here we plan the project and discuss production methods. After we showcase the results. Scale models, roses, wall plaques, etc. are all suitable projects.
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Applications > Scale Models & Pedal Cars
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All methods of building scale models with fabricated and shaped sheetmetal
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Pedal cars, bikes, and airplanes
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Methods to make the wheels , propeller, and other build issues of the MetalMeet airplane kit.
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Applications > Sculpture
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All methods for creating sculpture using fabricated and shaped sheetmetal
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All types of decorative yard art made from fabricated and shaped sheetmetal
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All methods of making weathevanes from fabricated and shaped sheetmetal
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All methods to make indoor decorative art objects from fabricated and shaped sheetmetal
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All methods to make vessels and bowls from fabricated and shaped sheetmetal
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Applications > Watercraft
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All methods of building boats, canoes, and kayaks out of sheetmetal
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Materials > Sheet Metal
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All types of aluminum, copper, brass and other non-ferrous sheet used in metalshaping
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All types of steel and stainless steel sheet used in metalshaping
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All types of metals used in making sheetmetal shaping tools
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Materials > Other
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All types of plastics used in sheetmetal shaping
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All methods to create wood inner structure for custom automobile bodies
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Processes > Wheeling
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How and why the English wheel works.
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When to use different lower anvil shapes .
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Processes > Design
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Use of CAD software in metalshaping.
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All methods of using a wireform to create a original shape .
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Link pictures and drawings of your concept cars or models here. Want to see what your car will look like with a chopped top or restyled will look like?
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Processes > Hammering
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Use of hand-held hammers, dollys and spoons with bags and stumps
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Using powered hammers to form sheetmetal - including Helve hammers and power hammers such as Yoder, Pettiingill and others.
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Processes > Low Production Run Methods
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All methods of using a hydraulic press to make small pruduction runs
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Processes > Spinning Metal
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All methods of spinning sheetmetal
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Processes > Joining Metal
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All methods of TIG welding sheetmetal
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All methods of MIG welding sheetmetal
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All methods of welding sheetmetal with Oxy/Acetylene gas
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All methods of brazing sheetmetal
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All methods of soldering sheetmetal and the art of leading as a filler.
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All methods of spot welding sheetmetal
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All methods of riveting sheetmetal
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All methods of bonding sheetmetal
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Processes > Cutting
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All types of plasma cutters
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All types of metal cutting bandsaws
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Experiences with shops that provide laser or water jet services.
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Different types and methods of torch cutting
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All methods of shearing metal including hand shearing ( electric and manual), nibbling, jump shearing, power shearing, etc.
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Processes > Shop Safety
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Everything related to shop safety issues.
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Resources
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Know of a good source to purchase sheetmetal, tubing, etc. and have first hand experience with the company share your source here.
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Know of a good source to purchase new or used sheetmetal shaping machinery? Share your source here.
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Know of a good source to purchase new or used metalworking machinery? Share your source here.
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Know of a good source for supplies used in the craft of sheetmetal shaping, please post the information here.
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Provide a recommendation for a book, magazine, or video tape about sheet metalshaping
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Tools > Electrical Controls
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All methods to convert single phase power to three phase.
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Installing a VFD (variable frequency drive)
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Tools > Metalshaping
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All types of 'nibblers', their function, design differences, wiring, modifications, and specialized tooling .
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All types of bead rollers and their special tooling .
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All types of power presses and their tooling.
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All types of planishing hammers and their specialised tooling .
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All of the different types of shrinker/stetchers and their specialized tooling.
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All types of hand tools used in the craft of sheetmetal shaping .
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All types of guided way power sheetmetal shaping hammers, including their specialized tooling.
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Fabricated steel frame, i.e. Bailiegh, Bam Bam, Dake, Shop Dog and shop built hammers.
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Construction details, methods to build, techniques of use, top adjusters, bottom adjusters, anvil profiles, top wheel size, and different types of specialized tooling .
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Techniques to build and use sheetmetal shaping helve hammers.
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Uses , tooling and construction details of the powered Eckold sheetmetal shaping machines
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Making and using a shrinking disc.
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Thumbnail dies and how to make them .
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Different types and methods to make lower anvils for English wheels .
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Hot forging new metalshaping tools.
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Machining methods used for making new metalshaping tools
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Different types of shears and brakes and their uses and tooling.
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Flexible shape patterns , profile, and contour gages.
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Louver methods , tools and dies.
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Manual presses and tooling used with them.
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Tools > Shape Bucks
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All methods of wood buck building
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All methods of making wireform and bondo copy bucks
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Contruction techinques and uses of bucks made from sheetmetal
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Registering a Home/Shop Built Vehicle
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Share your experience in registering home or workshop built planes, motorcycles, and cars.
" The how to's" concerning, titles, serial numbers, cost, and the differences in state laws.
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Chat Zone
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Use this forum for realtime chat. Type your message then hit submit , reload the page frequently to read the other posts. After the chat is finished posts will be erased , unless the content is worth saving. Pictures can be brought up from anywhere
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This is the nostagia zone to link photos of special cars and automotive projects you had many years ago. Post the pictures first in your gallery and then link them here with a description.
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Classifieds
You may list items for sale, or place a wanted ad in this forum. Please list the price and your contact information. You may also inform other users of ebay auctions, craigslist items, etc. Please just keep all items relevent to sheetmetal shaping and tools we commonly use.
This is a free service to MetalMeet users to sell his/her personal items. If you are a tool vendor, machinery dealer, etc. and wish to sell your items on MetalMeet, please contact admin@metalmeet.com for details
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Place items of interest that are not your items, but would be of interest to other MetalMeet users here. Please keep it as closely related to sheetmetal shaping as possible.
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Boy Scouts of America
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This forum is dedicated to Boy Scouts who wish to attain their metalwork merit badge.
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Contests
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Place your submissions to the contest here
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