Professional Sheet Metal Fabrication
Professional Sheet Metal Fabrication is the number-one resource for
sheet metal workers old and new. Join veteran metalworker Ed Barr as he
walks you through the ins and outs of planning a sheet metal project,
acquiring the necessary tools and resources, doing the work, and adding
the perfect finishing touches for a seamless final product. From his
workshop at McPherson College?home of the only genuine sheet metal
fabrication education program in the country?Barr not only demonstrates
how the latest tools and products work, but also explains why sheet
metal reacts the way it does to a wide variety of processes. He includes
clear directions for using power and pneumatic hammers and the English
wheel, as well as describing specific skills like hand-forming
techniques, buck building, louver punching, edge finishing, and more.
Readers will learn how to form door seams and to make fenders, hoods,
and other body parts; they?ll also learn how to put various finishes on
metal through engine turning, metal chasing, and laser processing. This
is truly the most detailed enthusiast-focused sheet metal how-to book on
the market: whether you?re a metal hobbyist or experienced professional,
you?re sure to find something new in Professional Sheet Metal
Fabrication.
Sheet Metal Fab for Car Builders: Make Panels for Cobra, Lotus, Hot
Rods & More
Some of the world's greatest panel crafters share their tips,
techniques, and experience to get the home builder up to speed quickly.
This book goes well beyond introductory metal shaping and through
step-by-step instructions, and hundreds of photographs, shows how to
form complex, perfectly formed panels, in the home shop. Thousands of
Cobra and Lotus Super 7 replica owners dream of one day turning their
fiberglass tribute cars into genuine metal machines, like the originals,
but don't know where to begin. Many more car guys would love to
customize their hot rod or restore their classic without paying the
stiff fees charged by custom panel shops. Now, for the first time, they
have a guide that goes into great detail on how to build complete metal
bodies, not just patch panels, for any car project without the need for
expensive tools, years of training, or paying for professional help.
Some of the world's greatest panel crafters share their tips,
techniques, and experience to get the home builder up to speed quickly.
This book goes well beyond introductory metal shaping and through
step-by-step instructions, along with hundreds of photographs, shows how
to form complex, perfectly formed panels in the home shop. Dreams of
customizing become an affordable reality with this book by noted
builder, designer, and craftsman William H. Longyard.
Automotive Sheet Metal Forming & Fabrication
Sheet metal forming and fabrication is an essential automotive art.
Creating door skins, fenders, hoods, and a myriad of other components
from sheet metal is a crucial skill for restoring many muscle cars,
building custom parts for hot rods, and fabricating parts for classic or
competition cars. While many specialized and expensive tools are used to
form sheet metal into functional and completed parts, simple metal
working hammers, dollies, anvils, and shot bags can be used to create
complex curves and crowns. This book shows the inclined enthusiast how
to design and fabricate with inexpensive and simple tools as well as how
to use more specialized tools, such as an English wheel. Automotive
Sheet Metal Forming & Fabrication provides the know-how for people who
are working, or want to work, along the nearly endless learning curve of
this craft. It provides instruction for most of the common processes and
operations in sheet metal fabrication work. The book also covers some of
the more exotic tools, equipment, and techniques, but the emphasis is
largely on the reliable basics. Matt Joseph, author of best-selling book
Automotive Bodywork & Rust Repair, also discusses how to determine
elastic limits as well as how to shrink and expand metal, heating and
annealing, and many other metal working techniques.
