Professional Sheet Metal Fabrication

My first impression of this book was, "Wow! This is a lot thicker than I expected." I had not heard of Ed Barr prior to ordering the book, but I had heard of McPherson College, where he is an instructor. McPherson is a real-deal, four year accredited institution that offers several degrees in automotive restoration. This book contains the quality and depth of information that you would expect from someone that teaches in such a program. Professional Sheet Metal Fabrication contains a good balance of information on fabricating from scratch and restoration. Both hand shaping techniques and shaping with power tools are covered. There is a pretty thorough section on using a Dake power hammer, for example. The thing that I like about all of the "how to" sections is that they're clearly written by someone who is an expert sheet metal worker instead of a writer describing what they've seen someone else do. This really separates this book from several others that I own. In a lot of cases, he describes what can go wrong and how to fix it, which can be really helpful. The book is well illustrated with color photos, many of which show the work of the author's students. The author is also really good about citing the originator of particular techniques or tools, which is pretty refreshing. I recommend this book highly to anyone looking for a good reference on tools and techniques used in sheet metal shaping.

紙質がいい。 写真はオールカラーから見やすい、読みやすい。 板金の基本の本。

Lost of details and pictures, describes tools and technics, covers many aspects of the metal work. An excellent guide. Authors show professional work, not just dirty repairs like in other books.

I found this book very informative,packed with very usefull information covering allmost all aspects of body work relating to manufacture,restoration,fabrication and rebuilding of classic vehicles or even building one from scratch. excellent book recommended for novice or professionals alike. This book gives the reader an insight into repairing,shaping and manufacture of steel/alloy body panels using different tools and machines in order to achieve a satisfactory end result. Obviously the only way to carry out any practical task is to do so with ones hands and available tools/machines,but this book read/refered to will go a long way to help/guide you in order to carry out the task in the correct manner. It also gives an insight into the tools required,proceedures in order for the reader to obtain the same for there own projects/work.

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