Sheet Metal Fab Basics - Hardcover

Remus, Timothy; Roehl, Rob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1941064035 ISBN 13: 9781941064030

Verlag: Wolfgang Publications, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Sheet Metal Fabrication Basics gives the reader the knowledge needed to shape sheet metal without the need for expensive power tools. The reader needs only a simple shop equipped with the most basic of tools. Master craftsmen like Rob Roehl from the shop of Donnie Smith, discuss the types of steel and aluminum that are best suited to motorcycle projects, how to plan and layout a project, and how to stretch and shrink sheet metal without a power hammer and without a Pullmax.

The key is planning, then shaping primarily by stretching. Eventually the various panels must be joined through careful welding. And though many professionals use TIG equipment, there's no reason you can't weld both steel and aluminum with gas welding, as demonstrated in the book.

Start to finish projects include the creation of an air cleaner cover, a seat pan, and a complete fender. The book covers a wide range of techniques, from hand stretching with a hammer and a bag of shot, to shrinking with a small hand operated shriker/stretcher, use of a hammer and dolly, and the use of an English wheel, both to shape metal and to smooth out the lumps and bumps left by typical hammer work.

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Author of forty-plus titles, Timothy Remus started his adult life as an automotive mechanic. After fifteen years in the trade, Timothy gradually spent less time working on cars and more time assembling printed material - first a regional motorcycle magazine, then a series of books for Motorbooks, and finally as publisher of his own (mostly) how-to books. As owner of Wolfgang Publications, Timothy published timothy Remus titles on customizing, which includes both custom painting and airbrushing.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wolfgang Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1941064035
• ISBN 13: 9781941064030
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 146
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