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Work your way to fabricating successPeople have been hammering metal into shields, cookware, and ceremonial headdresses for centuries, and fabrication continues to be a popular and growing industry today. Fabricating For Dummies provides you with all the information you need to begin learning about metalworking, or fill any gaps in your existing knowledge in order to advance your career.Simply put, theres little out there for light reading on manufacturing. Whats available is often quite expensive, so boring it puts you to sleep, or filled with so much technical gobbledygook that ones eyes glaze over within a few pages. This book offers a much-needed alternative, cutting through the jargon and getting right to the heart of what you need to know to take your fab skills to fabulous new heights.Get a glimpse of the day in the life of a fab workerDiscover the different alloys, shapes, and sizes of sheet metalUnderstand welding and joining processesMaster the use of press brakes, stamping presses, and turret punches Whether you want to get your feet wet with waterjets, laser cutters, or hi-definition plasma cutters, theres something for you inside this hands-on book!
About the Author
Kip Hanson is a freelance writer and manufacturing consultant with nearly four decades of industry experience, half of that working with ERP software providers and their customers. He's written six books and more than 900 magazine articles, covering everything from machining and fabricating, 3D-printing, tooling, metrology, and yes, ERP software. He can be reached at kip@kahmco.net
