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Ultimate Sheet Metal Fabrication Book | 
 enlarge | Author: Tim Remus
Publisher: Wolfgang Publications, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 43137
Media: Paperback
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0964135892
Dewey Decimal Number: 629
EAN: 9780964135895
ASIN: 0964135892
Publication Date: June 7, 1999
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Condition: Tight, clean copy, ex-library with usual stamps/stickers, 100% guarantee, ships on same or next day
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Product Description
Develop the skills you need to build your own sheet metal parts! Expert customizer Tim Remus combines his knowledge with metal-workers Steve Davis, Bob Monroe, Steve Moal and Craig Naff, to provide all the instruction you need to get the job done right. Detailed chapters cover: the right tool for the job; materials; welding; repairs; building from scratch and finish work; plus tips on how to repair and modify an existing part and starting from scratch. Create your own complex shapes from scratch or repair damaged panels with help from today's knowledgeable craftsmen.
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 Not much new here. August 5, 2007
davvet2
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you've bought a few metalworking books you don't need this one.
I was disappointed -- expected more than was given, especially on the english wheel topic.
This book read more like a press release than a how to.
 Ultimate Sheet Metal Fabrication August 31, 2005
J. J. Fernandez (Meriden, CT)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Very good for the novice sheet metal worker. Good explanations on the how's and why's of sheet metal work. Great interviews with professional mechanics. Pictures also help alot, as the task is explained the reader can see the before and after of a given project. Looking forward to my first project.
 Watch two Biker Build Offs on TLC you will learn more August 11, 2005
DeeMee (Alabama)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
about metal working than this terribly mis-titled book. Read the other low rated reviews. They cover the problems well enough. Only thing I can figure is all the 5 star reviews are friends of the author or something.
One guy mentions how much he learns about metal shrinking. My question is how? It is mentioned many times. In one place they have a photo caption saying heat shrinking works by heating a spot and then blasting with air to quick cool it. As for mechanical shrinkers, they never tell you how they work. Or give any info on how to figure out how much or how to really shrink metal. You will learn it can be shrunk and pretty much nothing else.
For someone wanting to learn metal work, it isn't useless. It is pretty close to it. You honestly can learn more by watching some Biker Build Offs as metal is worked in the background. I haven't been this disappointed in a book in many years.
 Useless for the amateur September 30, 2004
Bruce Brodnax (Lost Angeles, somewhere out in the smog)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
This book should have been titled "Interviews with the masters of sheet metal fabrication" instead. Very little content to show the uninitiated how to achieve a particular goal or effect in sheet metal-work. It consists predominantly of interviews with different practitioners of particular approaches to sheet metal shaping, with the bottom line being: "You could do this w/ hammer & dolly, or any of several other methods, but this is the faster approach I prefer..." It was an interested read, but not something worth keeping as a reference. I wish I had saved my money.
Fanatastic overview January 19, 2003
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
This book and the author not only answered the questions that no other books on metal shaping could, but it also draws upon interviews and information from renowned masters. It touches the heart and soul of the revival that is occurring in metal shaping and discusses all (English Wheel, air/power hammers, etc.) of the fancy and wonderful tools while showing you how these techniques can all be done with nothing more than patience, skill, a hammer or two and a tree stump. For the price, this book can't be beat! The only improvement I would ask for in the next printing is a more complete index but I plan to read this book enough times that I won't even need it.
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