Monster Garage: How to Weld Damn Near Anything (Motorbooks Workshop) | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Finch
Publisher: Motorbooks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 46696
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0760318085
Dewey Decimal Number: 671.52
EAN: 9780760318089
ASIN: 0760318085
Publication Date: July 31, 2004
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Product Description
Want to learn how to weld just like they do on Monster Garage? This invaluable guide to welding covers techniques used for Indy and NASCAR race cars, experimental aircraft, and other applications requiring high-quality welds, including welding 4130 steel, stainless and aluminum, as well as plasma cutting. Learn how to select equipment, set up your welding shop, pre-weld jigging and fitting, and how to choose the right process and fill metal for each project. Includes chapters on the latest technology in filler metals and welding rod. - The techniques used by the gearhead geniuses on the amazingly popular Discovery Channel series, Monster Garage, are brought to life in this illustrated how-to book- Includes brand-new photography from the set of Monster Garage, showing the experts using the techniques in the book- Learn the ins and outs of the hottest welding techniques in the business from established pros- Includes a section on plasma cutting, a technique used extensively on the show that has revolutionized metal working
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 Should be retitled "I Hate MIG Welding" December 16, 2007
This book seems to be some marketing ploy aimed at skimming any $$$ they can off the Monster Garage name. One would think that with that title you would be getting some good information from Mr Jesse James or at least someone remotely related to the show.
This is not the case.
It appears that the publishers bought some guys book titled "Performance Race Car and Aircraft Frames By A Guy That Hates MIG Welders", threw in some pics and graphics from the Monster Garage show and tossed it on the market to rake in those Monster Garage bucks.
Let's simply examine the title:
Monster Garage- Nothing really remotely to do with the Monster Garage. A bit at the front end, but nothing really to do with welding done on the show.
How To Weld- Actually very little in the way of constructive instruction on the actual process of welding.
Damn Near Anything- Well, as long as you are talking about race car chassis or airplane frames and then there is very little even on that.
The book boils down to this- You suck unless you TIG weld everything.
If you are a neophyte looking for good basic instruction then this is not the book for you. If you like pictures that really have nothing to do with actually welding, hey, this might be your cup of tea.
Welding and brazing June 26, 2007
This book had a lot of nice pictures but not much information. It was somewhat entertaining if you liked Monster Garage but not very helpful. I needed more specifics on how to do it since I have not welded since high school and that was a long time ago. I ended up going to the library and getting a big heavy book on the subject and that was much more helpful.
Best in series, but... May 21, 2007
...it's not a very good series. The book does contain useful information about electric welding processes. However it leans too heavily towards welding for aerospace - a reflection of the author's background. Bottom line is there are better welding resources out there that support custom car building. As a Monster Garage souvenir it misses the grade with only a passing reference to the show and Jesse James.
 Mis-titled, Mis-information April 27, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm a novice to welding, but I'm a professional in the field of training materials -- I thought I might pick this book up for a quick intro on equipment to buy, how to set up my home garage with tools, perhaps. What a laugh. What this book actually is:
1) A disjointed collection of photographs and useless captions. Under a picture of a race car: "This race car has a strong TIG-welded front suspension ..." and the photo is from 6 feet away.
2) A bewildering list of disjointed paragraphs. A heading of "Aircraft Mig Welding" followed by two paragraphs of text, followed by a heading of "Race Car Mig Welding". I'm sure those two paragraphs just about cover aircraft welding, huh? There's a nice general topic to gloss over.
3) Someone's idea of how to cash in on Monster Garage TV show marketing, without actually having to do the work of writing an actual BOOK. There are no step-by-step procedures, no introduction to the topics, or techniques. If you want a mindless collection of tables, charts, and oddball photographs, this is for you.
The correct title should be: How to Make Money for the Discovery Channel Without Doing Work
 Monster Garage: Welding January 18, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
My boyfriend loves this book. He read it in one day. I gave it to him on Christmas and he spent more time reading the book then he did spending time with his family. He read it and reread it. He would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn welding.
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