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Metalshaping 101

This is a listing of various how-to and technical articles and albums

Be sure to see the tips and tricks from the Pros, too.

Beginner Basics


Animated Videos (Air Hammer, Helve Hammer, Power Hammer, Pullmax, Hammer & Dolly, TIG Welding)

Patching a Hole in a Beaded Firewall -- Don Ross

Tear Drop Bowl or Blister -- Mark Scranton



Making a Steel Apple -- Terry Cowan

Beginner Bucks -- Jacin Barnes

Buck Construction -- James Bowler

Making a Bowl Shape-- MSA Members

Shrinking with Kent White's System -- Howard Booster

Flame Embossing -- Jacin Barnes

A Visual of Shrinking and Stretching

Pat Groover's Tuck Shrinking Demonstration

Beginner Tools


Making a Slapper - Step-by-Step -- Corey Harder


Tree Stump Preparation -- MSA Members

Beater Bags and Stands -- MSA Members

Shaping and Fabrication -- Beyond Beginner Basics


Building Front and Rear Wings -- Chris Knudsen

Building the First Hotrod Stroller -- Corey Harder

Building a Hotrod Stroller -- Corey Harder

Locating Patch Panels & more -- Jim Bailie

Wire Edging -- Jim Bailie

Making a Quarter Panel -- Jim Bailie

Lakester Nose -- Jim Pendelton

Tools and Equipment


Jim Bailie's Helve Hammer -- Jim Bailie


Richard Ferguson's Helve Hammer -- Richard Ferguson

The Helve Hammer - Theory, Tuning, and Practice -- Richard Ferguson and Jim Bailie

Jim Bailie's Custom E-wheel -- Jim Bailie

CP 524-36 Air Hammer Parts List

Slappers and Spoons -- Terry Cowan

Details of a CP Air Hammer Body

Shrinking Disk -- John Kelly

Building the Metalshaping Helve Hammer -- Joe McGlynn

Materials


Sheet Metal Gauges Chart

Material Weights and Dimension by the Foot

Ryerson Tull Sheet Steel Gauges

Pictorial Guide to Basic Metallurgy

What Is Stainless Steel and Why Is it Stainless?

Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking

Conversion Utilities


Metric Conversion Calculators

Misc. Videos


Tuck Shrinking -- John Kelly

Simple Dent Repair/Metal-Finishing -- John Kelly

Libert Shrinking Dies -- Dan Pascoe

Big Guns Mini-Fest

Ivor's Little Hammer


Jim Bailie demonstrates rubber dies on the Helve Hammer

Metalshaping Classes


List of Facilities Around the World

D&D Classics Metalshaping Class -- Mark Scranton

D&D Article in Cars and Parts Magazine






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