Setting up a Home Car Workshop (WorkshopPro) - Softcover

Edgar, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178711208X ISBN 13: 9781787112087

Publisher: Veloce, 2018

Synopsis

Working on your car at home both saves you money and helps you to achieve the results you want.

You might want to perform routine servicing, modify a car, restore a car or even build a car from scratch. But to achieve the best outcomes, you'll need a home workshop. Setting up a Home Car Workshop covers the setting-up and use of a home car workshop.

Whether you're working with a small or large space, it shows you how a workshop should be laid-out for safety and ease of use, the best parts and tool storage options, and the equipment you should buy.

Want to save money? Inside, you'll find out how to build your own storage racks and cabinets, how to build a strong workbench - even how to make your own full-length car ramps.

It also covers how to use the tools and equipment, how to weld, how to use hand tools, and gives advice on the best tools to buy to work on the electronics of your car. The book is fully illustrated throughout, with step by step guides, and many useful hints and tips.

If you are planning to set up your own home workshop, this book is for you.

About this title

About the Author

Julian Edgar has worked as a teacher, writer, editor and photographer. He edited a national Australian automotive print magazine before working at an on-line car magazine for 18 years. He has contributed articles to automotive publications in the UK, the US and Australia. This is his 20th book.

Julian is a hands-on modifier who performs all work on his cars himself in his home workshop. Over the years he has built two home workshops from scratch, and has equipped and organised five different home workshops. His current workshop has MIG, TIG, oxy and spot welders; a lathe and mill; sheet metal guillotine and folder; custom-built ramps and a wide range of hand tools. 

His main automotive interests are in suspension, engine management and aerodynamics.

From the Back Cover

- Step-by-step - how to set up ahome workshop
- The best hand and power tools for working on your car
- Welding equipment for car fabrication and repair
- Home workshop layouts to make the best use of space
- Designing a home workshop from scratch
- Working under a car - pros and cons of ramps, hoists and pits
- Should you buy a lathe - or spend that money on a bead blasting cabinet?
- Build your own storage cabinets, car ramps and workbench
- How to use hand tools to get the results you want
- Designing and fabricating components for car modification

Edition details

• Publisher: Veloce
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178711208X
• ISBN 13: 9781787112087
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160