Metal Working: Real World Know-How You Wish You Learned in High School

by Skills Institute Press

Overview

Do you know what to do if a pipe in your home leaks or the heating duct needs to be replaced? You might if you remember shop class from high school, but if not, this book can help! Go back to learning the basics of working with metal, from understanding the properties of various alloys and the tools to work with them to the fundamentals of shaping, cutting, and fastening it into various shapes. With helpful illustrations, insightful descriptions, expert secrets to soldering, welding, and forging, techniques for surface repairs and finishing, tips for setting up a workspace, and so much more, you’ll learn to tackle DIY projects yourself!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565235403
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Metal comes in many forms *Basics alloys, characteristics, shapes *Cutting cold metal *Shaping with power grinders *Bends and twists *Drilling precise holes *Cutting threads with taps and dies Sheet metal is easy to shape *First steps in working with sheet metal *Cutting a flat metal shape *Folds and bends make three dimensional shapes *Fastening with screws and rivets Working hot metal *Solder makes a quick joint *Forging iron with heat and hammer *Oxyacetylene torch for cutting and welding *Special torch tip for cutting metal *Arc welding *Demo project steel stair rail *Casting molten metal in a sand mold Surface finishes and metal repairs *Getting the most form the bench grinder *Polishing, buffing, texturing *Changing colors with heat and chemistry *Preventing and repairing corrosion damage