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

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, youll learn to tackle DIY projects yourself!

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 its properties and tools to work with to the fundamentals of shaping, cutting, and fastening, even how to work with a welder. With the help of Metal Working: Back to Shop Class, its detailed descriptions, and helpful step-by-step illustrations and captions, youll learn to tackle DIY projects yourself!

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 diesSheet 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 rivetsWorking 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 moldSurface finishes and metal repairs*Getting the most form the bench grinder*Polishing, buffing, texturing*Changing colors with heat and chemistrl%