Maintenance Training : Airframe : sheet metal
How to Fabricate Damn Near Anything: by Monster Garage

How to Fabricate
Damn Near Anything

Publisher:
Motorbooks
ISBN:
9780760321942
Published Date:
2005
Pages:
159
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Working with metal is an unknown world to most do-it-yourselfers. Yet the magicians on Monster Garage took the mystery out of fabricating metal (and a lot of other materials) long ago by building everything from hydraulically-actuated boxing rings to perfectly-shaped firetruck water tanks.

In How To Fabricate Damn Near Anything, the metal masterworkers from the show share the secrets of fabrication. Processes covered include shop setup, basic tool selection, project planning, sheet metal fabrication, welding, machining, working with plastics and composites, and more. They explain the basic tools and shop space you'll need for your own creation, and then go on to take you through a selection of projects that you can do at home. You'll also meet the experts in the short profiles, and see some of the other works done by the wizards of Monster Garage.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Introduction 6
  • Chapter 1 Shop Setup & Basic Tools 8
  • Chapter 2 Planning Your Project 16
  • 2.1 Fabrication: Art or Craft? 19
  • 2.2 Meet the Pros: Renee Newell 20
  • Chapter 3 Sheet Metal 22
  • 3.1 Space & Equipment 23
  • 3.2 Meet the Pros: Mark Carpenter 28
  • 3.3 Monster Project: Building a Portable Tool Caddy 30
  • 3.4 Meet the Pros: Jerry Bowers 40
  • 3.5 Monster Project: Embossed Flames 42
  • 3.6 Meet the Pros: Rick Dobbertin 48
  • 3.7 Meet the Pros: Boyd Coddington 54
  • Chapter 4 Welding 56
  • 4.1 Space & Equipment 57
  • 4.2 Meet the Pros: Lisa Legohn 62
  • 4.3 Meet the Pros: Eric Scarlett 64
  • 4.4 Monster Project: Repairing a Rear Window Channel 66
  • 4.5 Meet the Pros: Ed Federkeil 76
  • Chapter 5 Fiberglass 78
  • 5.1 Project: Building a Fiberglass Stereo Enclosure 80
  • Chapter 6 Machining 94
  • 6.1 Making Parts on Your Own 95
  • 6.2 Making Parts on Your PC 96
  • 6.3 Meet the Pros: Jim Lewis 106
  • 6.4 Meet the Pros: Joe Barnes 107
  • 6.5 Meet the Pros: Al Teague 108
  • 6.6 Meet the Pros: Ron Krol 114
  • Chapter 7 Hydraulics & Pneumatics 116
  • 7.1 What Are They Really Good For? 119
  • 7.2 Monster Project: Building a Log Splitter 120
  • 7.3 Project: Installing a Hydraulic Door Actuator 124
  • 7.4 Pneumatics 128
  • 7.5 Meet the Pros: Todd Blandford 134
  • Chapter 8 Plastics 136
  • 8.1 A Shark Tale, Takes 1,2,3 138
  • 8.2 Meet the Pros: Eddie Paul 142
  • 8.3 Monster Project: Making a Makrolon Windshield 146
  • 8.4 Meet the Pros: Dwaine Jungen 154
  • Acknowledgments & Photo Credits 156
  • Index 157