Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair teaches you how to select the proper tools for the job, common-sense approaches to the task ahead of you, preparing and cleaning sheet metal, section fabrications and repair patches, welding options such as gas and electric, forming, fitting and smoothing, cutting metal, final metal finishing, including filling and sanding, the secrets of lead filling, making panels fit properly, and more. It also includes a comprehensive resource guide.
Contents: ● What You Should Know Before You Start Panel Types, Configurations and Reinforcements Autobody Steel Plasticity and Elasticity Work Hardening: The Metal Remembers At the Factory and Afterward Necessary Tools and Equipment General Considerations
● Limits of Materials, Equipment and Skills Inherent Advantages Divide and Conquer
● Types of Jobs Damage Repair Small Rust Repairs Small Patch Piece Welding Methods
● Cleaning, Modeling and Cutting Preparing and Cleaning Sheetmetal Cutting Panel Materials Getting Shapes and Contours Right
● Forming, Fitting and Smoothing Simple Tools and Equipment Applying Plasticity/Elasticity, Work Hardening and Annealing Hammering Techniques that Work Bending, Beading and Prying Power Forming Pulling Approaches to Moving Metal Smoothing, Stretching, Shrinking and Forming Operations
● Bumping to Move the Metal the Right Way
● Metal Finishing Indicating, Feeling and Other Human Tools to Determine Panel Surfaces Filing Done Right The Art of Pick Hammering The Disc Sanding Alternative
● Welding Body Metal Types of Joints Welding Smaller Pieces into Large Constructions Fixturing Electric Welding
● Filling The Secrets of Lead Work The Project Applying Lead Filler Material Applying Plastic Fillers
● Special Projects and Procedures Fabricating a Splash Shield for a Ford Amphibian Making Panels and Trim Fit Quarter-Panel Replacement Door Re-Skinning Hanging Doors Mounting and Adjusting Trim
● Before you Paint The Danger from Behind
● Minor Rust Repair to a Fender Edge The Approach The First Step: Evaluation Removing the Bad Metal Planning and Modeling the Repair Cutting and Forming the Metal Patches Final Fitting Welding Considerations Cleaning, Positioning, Fixturing and Welding Grinding the Weld Beads and Shrinking the Bulged Area Final Steps before Filling Tinning Applying the Lead Filler Shaping the Lead and Finishing the Job
● Repairing Collision Damage in a Decklid The Approach The Early Steps Metal Finishing Filling
Whether you want to tackle a full restoration project, or just want to save money by doing minor repairs yourself, Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair is the book to get you through it.
