Don't care how much we all think we know. There is alot to be learned from each and every one of us. Some cool tech in this. I Will share it on my Facebook page. Nicely done
This is a dying art. You are the type of Teacher / Instructor everyone needs: Able to clearly carry over knowledge, and expertise in calm and pleasant way. Thank you for sharing.
I think you are so very informative and tell the cheapest most easy way for beginner's to do everything you do! Love how you play music while noisy thing's are happening too! 👏
I'm 46 and just started sheet metal work for the first time ever on my personal rod. I never realized I would love this! You have been my biggest help watching you show! Very articulate and easy to listen to as well as fun to watch! Thanks for your help! Wish you were in the states, I would love to visit your shop
Make it Kustoms you rock and Fitzee you two are my go 2. so nice to see you commenting and giving praise where praise is due.. . really when it comes to Fab work I have learnt a lot from you both ... I'm working on a 66 beetle and man everywhere I look I need to create something... so from the bottom of my heart "thank you" and keep it up... oh and I'm making the beetle kustom for sure .. it'll be MY baby when finished!
Gotta plug it in. Lol! My wife was sitting by me and heard that. Made her laugh and she just stared at me. I said, see, it happens to everyone! Glad you leave things like that in vids. Hate the ones edited to perfection. Always good info.
Many years ago when I was taught the use of hand tools for body and fab work, we used to have a sheet of lead about 15" x 15" x 3/8" thick set into a wooden frame to do work like that on. The same for cutting out gaskets with a gasket punch. A chunk of lead under the gasket material would save the sharp punch tip from collapsing. We were not allowed to use wood, had to be lead. Then there is the time I learned about" Fix/Broken" switches for engines...the head dress, the chanting, the magic phrase "Boom Swaddishe" ,the flipping of the switch, worked every time. I found out later that all you really have to do is flip the switch, the rest of it was there because the instructor liked a little bit of drama...Nice, I have a linear stretching hammer. Picked it up from KMS years ago. You still haven't found any heat dissipating paste?
So nice to see a young person so skilled and working with their hands. The country needs more of this. I'm a senior with a myriad of skills and wish I was able to pass those onto the younger generation.
Wow, Fitzee AND Brent! I'm in good company, and I watch both of those guys. You guys should get together and make a group video. Thanks for the instructional Carl, and the good company, it's like we're hanging out. I'll bring you all a beer.
Peter Poole (clockmaker) Its always fantastic to watch a creative thinker Manipulate metal. I also love the challenge with clock repairs and jewelry design in manipulating silver, brass, copper and whatever else presents itself. I love your approach to metalsmithing.
I just found You and have been looking for someone that is exactly like myself meaning using common sense in doing things. I've have been welding for many many years and getting older now but still want to do body work for myself but never got totally involved. Watching you made all the difference that I needed to get started. I wish we lived closer I would be your student. I am a old Hot rodder and love high output pro-street, street rods, muscle, Rat rods, etc. I'll be watching and learning everything I can from you, you are a smart young man and it's so nice to see someone like you doing this trade and teaching it to others. Thanks for all you know and sharing.
Man I thank you for these video's. I am restoring an old Holden in Australia it's a father daughter project, watching you and Fitzie I have learnt a lot. I don't have the resources to purchase a lot of tools but doing what you guys shown me is the boom. Keep up the good work I love watching you video's and G'day from down under Melbourne Australia.
This is one of those videos where you watch someone who knows EXACTLY what they are doing make something which is relatively difficult look like a piece of cake :D Love watching you work, the craftsmanship and love for the work you do is self evident.
Along with remembering to plug the machine in and turning it on, keep in mind that a good welder always remembers to forget the ground! :) awesome work Karl!
Hey Karl, Thanks for all the verbal instruction along the way. You’ve been teaching me the possibilities with sheet metal which I never would have attempted before. I appreciate the “basic tool” videos the most!
Am from North Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 and like your video very instructive I have to do bodywork on my truck now you show me lots you need lots of patience and no rush thank again are be looking more of your video now am 66 years old and like to fix my truck
Beautiful repair in an area most people wouldn’t give a fig about. I’m an old guy with an eye going downhill and trashed lungs so I’m concerned to see a lad with no air fed mask to protect himself.
Im definitely jealous of your hammer and dolly collection lol. I made my first dolly t!ble went I was about 13. I used an old trailer hitch ball some different size pipe and angle iron. Watching Jesse James make a gas tank by hand sparked my interest
Just finnished watching CADDY video and here's another one. Made my day better. Nice cars, great content, AMAZING skills. Thank you for sharing with us and educating us.
I really love your enthusiasm and positivity. Though my automotive interests are a little different I find myself very much looking forward to your videos. You’re obviously a talented fabricator but you’re also clearly a student of the craft which makes me appreciate your content even more. Well done!
What is simple for you is LEARNED and we mere mortals with other things to do need to get hammering to gain this skill. Thanks SO much for the tips, amazing job. Now show us the window channel patch work!
Tape! I have suggested this many times on many forums as i have been using this for years. I not as concise as you,on my videos,Karl so this will be a good reference to link to!
Hay Mr Fisher, that is a lovely little repair, you really understand the shrink and stretch thing, I think I am getting it, you explain in a way that even dullards like me can understand. Keep it up.
Not sure how many times or how many ways I can say, I love your show and your such a great teacher. I am 62 years old and I feel like am 34 years old listening and learning from you. Your amazing with your hands, You have the skills and the touch. And having the touch makes you a king among kings, in the metal world. Thank you for doing your shows, Now that I given you a big head, You still have to keep it up cause you have not made it to the big show making the big bucks yet, But yOu are well on your way.
Maybe somebody else is doing videos like this, but yours are the first I’ve found that really just walk through a process like this. It makes me think I might be able to do this too. Thanks again!
Well you definitely picked an odd shaped area to patch repair . Been and done a fair few like that but always struggled to refine the shape your use of the tucking fork shows why . Love the safety squints when tacking lol ..done that a few times as well and experience helps by the sound it makes . Great amount of easy given and understandable info for your age you really are a wealth of knowledge and very generous with it . Many thanks karl
Perfect timing for me. Between you, Fitzee, Wray Schelin, Trev’s Blog and Auto Body Training Solutions, I’ve learned enough to tackle a pretty difficult wheel arch/ wheel well rust repair.
Your linear stretch hammer worked great. But I've used an old masons hammer to do the same thing. It has a square head on one end and a dull chisel on the other end. I'm rebuilding a 1970 Mustang and tips from you, Fritzee's Fab, Trevs Blog, Mobylas, and Lakeside Autobody have helped me a lot. Thanks to you all.
Always enjoy the videos!!! That was a really complicated section. Didn’t look so bad until you started explaining it. Then I realized just how many bends & curves there were!
Always a positive learning experience even for a guy with years of experience. I dont care who you are , you can always learn something new watching someone else do it. An open mind will always absorb info!
You are a very talented young man, who clearly knows and loves his trade..I've seen your work before..You chose a particularly difficult piece to show us..thank you....
Very informative video. On your opening pulling the van in to the shop, most guys like myself don't have a deep garage to pull vehicles into and have to resort to pushing things in. I solved that problem by purchasing a Harbor Freight hitch mount for my winch. I made a bracket that bolts a receiver to the garage floor, slip in the winch , reel out the cable and winch whatever I need into the garage . Got the same on my trailer and of course I can slip it into the receiver on the truck.
Only 02:51 into this video and I'm glued. Just what I need at the moment as I started on my RV Friday last Saturday and Sunday too cold. So in advance Thank you for the coming lessons. OK let the production roll.
When I saw the video I immediately went to thinking how I thought Fitzee would do this, likely in two pieces. So it was really cool to see you work the metal to do it in one piece. You both are very talented and thanks for the continued content. Cheers from Dallas.
Another Awesome instructional video Karl. You do make it look so simple. I guess Practice is key to anything. I need to get me some simple dollies and play.
Just wanted to thank you for this idea with the tape in making a template, used this exact trick today with fitting a new spoiler to a vehicle and lining up all the new fixing holes. Worked perfectly first time, saved me so much time and was a lovely bragging rights to the lads at work 😂👍
I love following your project cars. But I also really appreciate these sort of instructional videos that focus on lesser equipment. Sessions like this one and the shrinking stump and master basher hammer set really make working panels more accessible to the occasional weekend warrior. It's fun seeing the project cars come together as the main focus but intermissions like this with the focus on cheap to buy and easily made tooling are super sweet too. It's not like you don't include a lot of your technique ideas in the project series but I find it's that little bit better to really focus on them in these pure training style videos too. I don't have much for tools to work with sheet metal wise but I'm going to have a go at making a fairly deep round, flat bottom parts dish for fun. It should be a good practice piece for developing a feel for the techniques. And a lot of fun to boot.
Hi Karl, Loved the video! A newbie to metal work but just one tip turns the light bulb on! One of your last comments to visualize a shrink or stretch by using a piece of paper. "If it spreads apart it's a stretch if it comes together it's a shrink. Great visual aid as one can get confused until it becomes second nature. Simple tool but so effective. Thanks Dan
This is an amazing video for a beginner!!! Your talent goes way beyond your sheet metal skills you are also an excellent teacher!!! Thank you this is one of my favorite videos to date!
Thanks Kyle for going through the long way to make the patch on the van so that we can see how it’s done with simple tools , it’s obvious that with the tools you have at your disposal you could have made that patch in a fraction of the time. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
The amount of patience you have and skill making the metal do what you want absolutely blows my mind. While I feel inspired I also now feel helpless at coming close to this 😅
Would love to see more about shrinking metal. I've used shrinker/stretchers but would like to see more about "old school" ways of doing it. Love what you're doing!
Don't care how much we all think we know. There is alot to be learned from each and every one of us. Some cool tech in this. I Will share it on my Facebook page. Nicely done
I always enjoy learning slot.
If we can all learn one more thing every day, that will improve our skills. Then we have benefited from watching these channels 👨🔧
@@marioa1272 it's what I enjoy so much about youtube. So much to see and learn.
Wow Fitzee my man! Love watching both of you. Fitzee for years and my new man. Great job👏
I love that my favourite youtubers look at each other's content. Everyone can learn something new at any time - very true.
Karl "No need for Body Filler" Fisher! I have tremendous respect for your techniques and passion. Mike
This is a dying art. You are the type of Teacher / Instructor everyone needs: Able to clearly carry over knowledge, and expertise in calm and pleasant way. Thank you for sharing.
None of my local garages even have a basic mig setup anymore on the premises, let alone someone even capable of running a bead! Sad isn't it? 👍
That was a difficult little patch. Great technique. Informative as always. I’m 52 and never too old to learn a new trick.
It's interesting to compare techniques between you and Fitzee. Both get there in the end and always something to learn. 👍
I think you are so very informative and tell the cheapest most easy way for beginner's to do everything you do! Love how you play music while noisy thing's are happening too! 👏
You are insanely talented…cheers brother..
I always thought you needed to close the top of your tuck before working the bottom up. haha little further in you mention it :)
you and the japa (how we say in brazil) are one of my favorite channels to learn sheet metal stuff.
I'm 46 and just started sheet metal work for the first time ever on my personal rod. I never realized I would love this! You have been my biggest help watching you show! Very articulate and easy to listen to as well as fun to watch! Thanks for your help! Wish you were in the states, I would love to visit your shop
Agreed! I’m 45 and wish I had discovered a love for this 20 years ago. Better late than never!
I'm going on 64.... never too old to start learning. Good luck with your metal bumping guys.
Make it Kustoms you rock and Fitzee you two are my go 2. so nice to see you commenting and giving praise where praise is due.. . really when it comes to Fab work I have learnt a lot from you both ... I'm working on a 66 beetle and man everywhere I look I need to create something... so from the bottom of my heart "thank you" and keep it up... oh and I'm making the beetle kustom for sure .. it'll be MY baby when finished!
This brings back memories. Rusty old cars and vans made me good money when I was a lad. Great content as always young sir.
Gotta plug it in. Lol! My wife was sitting by me and heard that. Made her laugh and she just stared at me. I said, see, it happens to everyone! Glad you leave things like that in vids. Hate the ones edited to perfection. Always good info.
Super helpful. You won't believe how helpful these "basic" videos really are.
Nice job there is nothing more satisfying than nice metal working.
Many years ago when I was taught the use of hand tools for body and fab work, we used to have a sheet of lead about 15" x 15" x 3/8" thick set into a wooden frame to do work like that on. The same for cutting out gaskets with a gasket punch. A chunk of lead under the gasket material would save the sharp punch tip from collapsing. We were not allowed to use wood, had to be lead. Then there is the time I learned about" Fix/Broken" switches for engines...the head dress, the chanting, the magic phrase "Boom Swaddishe" ,the flipping of the switch, worked every time. I found out later that all you really have to do is flip the switch, the rest of it was there because the instructor liked a little bit of drama...Nice, I have a linear stretching hammer. Picked it up from KMS years ago. You still haven't found any heat dissipating paste?
A great how to and using basic tools. Thanks for not pulling out the expensive tools for this.
So nice to see a young person so skilled and working with their hands. The country needs more of this. I'm a senior with a myriad of skills and wish I was able to pass those onto the younger generation.
Wow, Fitzee AND Brent!
I'm in good company, and I watch both of those guys. You guys should get together and make a group video.
Thanks for the instructional Carl, and the good company, it's like we're hanging out. I'll bring you all a beer.
Jay the Florida pool pump motor bearing repair guy When Service Calls Longwood approved ! that was good info 👨🔧MiK
You're attention to detail is outstanding 👏 👌
Killer Instruction! The "lay a piece of paper on it, and make slices" portion is spot on! Great video again!
If you didn't watch until the end, you didn't learn the "paper trick." Lots of great tips!! Thanks Karl!
Peter Poole (clockmaker) Its always fantastic to watch a creative thinker Manipulate metal. I also love the challenge with clock repairs and jewelry design in manipulating silver, brass, copper and whatever else presents itself. I love your approach to metalsmithing.
great repair , I'm a complete novice and I'm tackling my own repairs , videos like this help more than you know , thank you for the upload :)
I just found You and have been looking for someone that is exactly like myself meaning using common sense in doing things. I've have been welding for many many years and getting older now but still want to do body work for myself but never got totally involved. Watching you made all the difference that I needed to get started. I wish we lived closer I would be your student. I am a old Hot rodder and love high output pro-street, street rods, muscle, Rat rods, etc. I'll be watching and learning everything I can from you, you are a smart young man and it's so nice to see someone like you doing this trade and teaching it to others. Thanks for all you know and sharing.
Man I thank you for these video's. I am restoring an old Holden in Australia it's a father daughter project, watching you and Fitzie I have learnt a lot. I don't have the resources to purchase a lot of tools but doing what you guys shown me is the boom. Keep up the good work I love watching you video's and G'day from down under Melbourne Australia.
Carl and fitzy are awesome.. sylvesterscustoms is another great channel.. or laz and wray as always
A compound curve patch made with “household” tools. I love it!
Absolutely brilliant. It’s basic in your eyes but really helps a diy restoration enthusiast. Much appreciated.
Top Notch man! You are one of the best in the world.... excellent!
This is one of those videos where you watch someone who knows EXACTLY what they are doing make something which is relatively difficult look like a piece of cake :D
Love watching you work, the craftsmanship and love for the work you do is self evident.
Thanks so much James! It just takes practice cheers!
I’m retired and have NEVER done any type of body work but now after watching and learning this I’m hooked!
The amount of knowledge you give us through your videos is phenomenal. You have a very kind heart. Thank you
I always add to my knowledge base every time I watch one of your videos.
Along with remembering to plug the machine in and turning it on, keep in mind that a good welder always remembers to forget the ground! :) awesome work Karl!
And the batteries in your auto darkening shield should be dead :)
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us. You are the 💣. Always look forward to seeing your show.
Been fabbing for 20 years, trying to learn about it for 45.
This was one of the best instructionals regarding "shrinking"!
Nice work!
I loved watching this. The patience and explaining is awesome. Long live the metal.
Hey Karl,
Thanks for all the verbal instruction along the way. You’ve been teaching me the possibilities with sheet metal which I never would have attempted before. I appreciate the “basic tool” videos the most!
The little titbit at the end using a bit of paper with cuts in it.. I like that Karl.
Another excellent video..
Am from North Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 and like your video very instructive I have to do bodywork on my truck now you show me lots you need lots of patience and no rush thank again are be looking more of your video now am 66 years old and like to fix my truck
Love your channel, I really look forward to it ,G'day from down under mate.
"ditto"
Beautiful repair in an area most people wouldn’t give a fig about.
I’m an old guy with an eye going downhill and trashed lungs so I’m concerned to see a lad with no air fed mask to protect himself.
I'm not sure how I started watching this channel, but I really enjoy it. Thank you for sharing your expertise
Craftsmanship & patience equals perfection.
Im definitely jealous of your hammer and dolly collection lol. I made my first dolly t!ble went I was about 13. I used an old trailer hitch ball some different size pipe and angle iron. Watching Jesse James make a gas tank by hand sparked my interest
Just finnished watching CADDY video and here's another one. Made my day better. Nice cars, great content, AMAZING skills. Thank you for sharing with us and educating us.
I really love your enthusiasm and positivity. Though my automotive interests are a little different I find myself very much looking forward to your videos. You’re obviously a talented fabricator but you’re also clearly a student of the craft which makes me appreciate your content even more. Well done!
Your attitude, work ethic and knowledge are just outstanding.
What is simple for you is LEARNED and we mere mortals with other things to do need to get hammering to gain this skill. Thanks SO much for the tips, amazing job.
Now show us the window channel patch work!
Really great tip to constrain the lip with the vise grips so you can concentrate the shrink where you want it. Excellent material!
Tape! I have suggested this many times on many forums as i have been using this for years. I not as concise as you,on my videos,Karl so this will be a good reference to link to!
When you make something look easy, you are a professional! Thanks for showing us how it should be done!
Hay Mr Fisher, that is a lovely little repair, you really understand the shrink and stretch thing, I think I am getting it, you explain in a way that even dullards like me can understand. Keep it up.
You know, more current (or amperage if you want)=cooler is not so obvious but it's so right! Well done and so important!
Not sure how many times or how many ways I can say, I love your show and your such a great teacher. I am 62 years old and I feel like am 34 years old listening and learning from you. Your amazing with your hands, You have the skills and the touch. And having the touch makes you a king among kings, in the metal world. Thank you for doing your shows, Now that I given you a big head, You still have to keep it up cause you have not made it to the big show making the big bucks yet, But yOu are well on your way.
Thanks Chuck means a lot buddy!
Maybe somebody else is doing videos like this, but yours are the first I’ve found that really just walk through a process like this. It makes me think I might be able to do this too. Thanks again!
Check out Fitzee's Fabrications. Excellent tutorials!
This is extremely useful and presented in such an informative, pedagogical way.
Well you definitely picked an odd shaped area to patch repair . Been and done a fair few like that but always struggled to refine the shape your use of the tucking fork shows why . Love the safety squints when tacking lol ..done that a few times as well and experience helps by the sound it makes . Great amount of easy given and understandable info for your age you really are a wealth of knowledge and very generous with it . Many thanks karl
Perfect timing for me. Between you, Fitzee, Wray Schelin, Trev’s Blog and Auto Body Training Solutions, I’ve learned enough to tackle a pretty difficult wheel arch/ wheel well rust repair.
Yep, another good one Karl! Amazing how much you know for your young age. Thanks for the value in your videos.
Your linear stretch hammer worked great. But I've used an old masons hammer to do the same thing. It has a square head on one end and a dull chisel on the other end. I'm rebuilding a 1970 Mustang and tips from you, Fritzee's Fab, Trevs Blog, Mobylas, and Lakeside Autobody have helped me a lot. Thanks to you all.
Always enjoy the videos!!!
That was a really complicated section.
Didn’t look so bad until you started explaining it. Then I realized just how many bends & curves there were!
Enjoyed the video. I've miged for 40 years never learned to tig. It nice you showed how to do a patch without tig. Good job.
That was a very trying repair piece, super talented and a great teacher 👍
Simple tools, but the operator knows how to use them.
Yes love this type of sheet metal work and would love to see more instructional videos on the subject.
Always a positive learning experience even for a guy with years of experience. I dont care who you are , you can always learn something new watching someone else do it. An open mind will always absorb info!
You are a very talented young man, who clearly knows and loves his trade..I've seen your work before..You chose a particularly difficult piece to show us..thank you....
That’s beautifully done Karl, thank you.
So therapeutic to watch!.
Great craftsmanship to study & learn from.
If Fitzee says it is so,that good enough for me.Thanks Carl.
Awesome work as always, I’m feeling inspired to tackle the rear wheel arches on my car after watching this.
Very informative video. On your opening pulling the van in to the shop, most guys like myself don't have a deep garage to pull vehicles into and have to resort to pushing things in. I solved that problem by purchasing a Harbor Freight hitch mount for my winch. I made a bracket that bolts a receiver to the garage floor, slip in the winch , reel out the cable and winch whatever I need into the garage . Got the same on my trailer and of course I can slip it into the receiver on the truck.
Only 02:51 into this video and I'm glued. Just what I need at the moment as I started on my RV Friday last Saturday and Sunday too cold. So in advance Thank you for the coming lessons. OK let the production roll.
When I saw the video I immediately went to thinking how I thought Fitzee would do this, likely in two pieces. So it was really cool to see you work the metal to do it in one piece. You both are very talented and thanks for the continued content. Cheers from Dallas.
another awesome vid! Thanks so much for sharing. This is one of my favorite shop channels
Another Awesome instructional video Karl.
You do make it look so simple. I guess Practice is key to anything.
I need to get me some simple dollies and play.
Hi Karl. Even on a simple job for you you make it look so easy. I know how hard it is. Good job
Just wanted to thank you for this idea with the tape in making a template, used this exact trick today with fitting a new spoiler to a vehicle and lining up all the new fixing holes.
Worked perfectly first time, saved me so much time and was a lovely bragging rights to the lads at work 😂👍
Shrink this thick metal is pretty tuff . 👌🏻 Great work as always .
Greetings from Bavaria 🤙🏻
That was great you are good at doing the impossible with nothing Thanks
"Hey, that guy's good!"
I enjoy metal working and you had me hooked after about five minutes.
Thanks Karl, you’re still killin it!
I love following your project cars. But I also really appreciate these sort of instructional videos that focus on lesser equipment. Sessions like this one and the shrinking stump and master basher hammer set really make working panels more accessible to the occasional weekend warrior. It's fun seeing the project cars come together as the main focus but intermissions like this with the focus on cheap to buy and easily made tooling are super sweet too. It's not like you don't include a lot of your technique ideas in the project series but I find it's that little bit better to really focus on them in these pure training style videos too.
I don't have much for tools to work with sheet metal wise but I'm going to have a go at making a fairly deep round, flat bottom parts dish for fun. It should be a good practice piece for developing a feel for the techniques. And a lot of fun to boot.
Really good help ! You explain things so that it easy to get the drift of what you’re saying.
I have to repair the lower front part of the rear fenders on my 35 Ford and this is really going to help. Thanks much.
I really enjoy your show you help me with some of my projects and lurne new skills cheers from Sydney AUSTRALIA
Patience. It's a virtue. yes. But you have turned it into an art form. If only I could master that.
Hi Karl, Loved the video! A newbie to metal work but just one tip turns the light bulb on! One of your last comments to visualize a shrink or stretch by using a piece of paper. "If it spreads apart it's a stretch if it comes together it's a shrink. Great visual aid as one can get confused until it becomes second nature. Simple tool but so effective. Thanks Dan
As usual. WOW. I’m learning lots. Thanks Karl
This is an amazing video for a beginner!!! Your talent goes way beyond your sheet metal skills you are also an excellent teacher!!! Thank you this is one of my favorite videos to date!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skills. It significantly helps the DIY enthusiast produce professional work.
Thanks Kyle for going through the long way to make the patch on the van so that we can see how it’s done with simple tools , it’s obvious that with the tools you have at your disposal you could have made that patch in a fraction of the time. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
The amount of patience you have and skill making the metal do what you want absolutely blows my mind. While I feel inspired I also now feel helpless at coming close to this 😅
Really enjoy your videos. Not only are you talented with your hands, your communication skills are first rate. Excellent work!
Nice. Super Oldschool. That Dolly work station is pretty sweet. 95% of that stuff can be easily fabricated.
Karl,
A great tutorial on a basic patch. Life is a learning journey. I learn everyday. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Rick
Awesome to see the tucking fork being used on the narrow flange. Thanks for showing that it can be done.
I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. Thanks!
Would love to see more about shrinking metal. I've used shrinker/stretchers but would like to see more about "old school" ways of doing it. Love what you're doing!