Did you ever wonder how those beautiful streamlined surfaces on boats, yachts, aircraft and racing cars are made today? There are two possible answers: fiberglass or sheet metal. I can guarantee that skilled craftsmen can produce those beautiful forms, faster, stronger and cheaper with metal than with fiberglass!

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Best book for beginner  Nov 06, 2002 By Bill Rhodes
I only have a few metal working tools in my garage but I enjoy the craft and I have spent quite a bit of time learning the tricks. This is the best book I have found on sheet metal. I picked up a lot of tricks and techniques that I have not found in any other book. Get this book before you tackle that next project, you will be glad you did!

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A must if you are interested in hand metal fabriction  Jul 10, 2000 By Marco from Rome, Italy "marco_taccini"
This is a book which will explain you the techniques of building "one of a type" metal shaping techniques most people think are done in big presses.. sorry this is not the case, prototypes and many aircraft parts are still made today with the techniques shown in this excellent book... an excellent primer!

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Only if you are a complete newbie  Jul 14, 2006 By Plotinus
I bought this book based on rave reviews on Amazon.com. However, I pretty disappointed. It's nicely produced and has lots of pretty good pictures, but it should be considered only a bare-bones introduction to sheet metal work for beginners. It very briefly covers all the basic topics related to making sheet metal items for car bodies, aircraft, etc. But it does not go into nearly enough detail to cover any of these topics. It's more like an overview of basic tools and techniques. You could find all this information just by surfing the web. I give it a thumbs down.

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Limited...Beware!  Apr 11, 2011 By J. Mcgowan "Chopped Up"
This book, as well as many others like it, Show very basic techniques which can be learned and easily repeated in many home garages and shops. The draw-back with most of these books is that a crucial step (or two in many cases) are left out (not sure if ententional or not) which would frustrate anyone, exspecially if the individual doesn't know the step is even missing. I'm a professional metal fabricator and I see these books over and over again which miss critical steps, techniques, or even the proper tool and how it's used. If at all possible, look at these books at your local book stores first before you purchase. See if you'll need to buy a special tool in which to achieve your desired technique. This is not meant to be a "bashing" of metal-fab books across the board....just try to as informed as you possibly can about these "DIY" books about a highly technical trade. It is possible to achieve great results as a beginner with the right info, techniques, and tools. I'll even take a few questions if you need an answer. lowchops301@gmail.com

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