Description
By: Jeffrey Zurchmeide with Russell Nyberg .
Automotive metalwork is a challenge faced by every racer, hot rodder, and customizer. Good metalwork requires skill and specialized tools, and the high cost of professional welding leads many amateurs to try their hand at it. Amateurs can achieve good results using inexpensive or rented tools, provided they have a good step-by-step reference work to assist them. This book lays out many common automotive metalwork projects, from repairing a cracked or broken cast-iron manifold to fabricating a basic roll bar or a sheetmetal bulkhead. Once you have mastered welding, there is very little that you can't do. Automotive Welding: A Practical Guide is just the book to get you there. While there are certainly other books on welding available, they vary quite a bit on focus and detail. This is a practical book packed with useful information on the types of projects that a self- trained welder can complete, and that a typical automotive enthusiast Would want to undertake. Topics covered are the kinds of welding and metalworking that are available or commonly used, the tools required to perform welding tasks, the different types of welders available, basic welding techniques, grinding and cutting, various forms of sheetmetal work, frame repair and reinforcement, filling body holes and rust repair, tube steel projects, and more.
