Power Hammers: Using the Ultimate Sheet Metal Fabrication Tool - Softcover

Longyard, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 192913360X ISBN 13: 9781929133604

Publisher: Wolfgang Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Previously the domain of large factories and certain old-school fabricators, power hammers are now available to hot rodders and collector-car restoration shops. As more and more fabricators consider the purchase of a power hammer there comes the need for a book explaining which hammer to buy and how best to use this fabricator's super tool. If it takes two hours to make a quarter panel for a Ferrari on an English Wheel, the same panel can be crafted on a power hammer in less than 30 minutes by a fabricator with a good working knowledge of this reborn technology.

Author Longyard includes detailed step-by-step photos of well-trained and well-known craftsmen working with both steel and aluminum. He takes each project from the first planning session to the finished piece. The projects include both shrinking and stretching, plus the why and how of using a buck to guarantee accuracy.

About this title

About the Author

William H. Longyard has spent nearly four decades building, restoring, and modifying automobiles, aircraft, and boats. An author, historian, educator, and world traveler, Bill writes with the authority of someone who not only knows his subject, but is passionate about it and can convey his enthusiasm to his readers in clear language.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wolfgang Publications
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 192913360X
• ISBN 13: 9781929133604
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176