How to make patch panels with basic tools 

Anyone else think...."Damn, I REALLY need to find a chunk of I-beam!" Thanks for sharing your skill and knowledge sir!

Imagination, vision, patience, and time . Brother, you have it all !

I used to think I needed all kinds of fancy tools to fix the rust on my truck. Turns out I already own what I need. You sir are a metal magician.

14:52 now I gonna straighten that edge. Me; seventeen cuts later I scrap the part. This dude is a magician with that grinder.

You are a master at making replacement parts using basic tools, thank you. I learned a better way to remake a complicated panel and still have fun. It's all good.

The section of I beam you use as a mini anvil with vise grips is the best idea ive seen in all the metalwork videos and i will getting a piece myself asap .thanks

You have a knack for showing us complicated parts in simple terms everyone can visualize. You have a special gift as both a fabricator and teacher. Would love to see you do a rusted out floor or full quarter panel install just to see how easy you make it compared to any other video I've watched. Thank you for sharing.

The opening is so cool! "What do you do when you got a rusty piece like that? You make a new one. Wanna see how it's done? Stick around!" The way you say its arrogant in a very nice and funny way. I just love your style man!

Every time you run your finger along the edge of fresh cut metal, I go get a Bandaid. Enjoyed the project. Thanks for sharing.

A bit of a pain in the butt, yes, but absolutely a way to make unobtainable (or expensive!) patch panels for your project! Another outstanding video, sir! My sincere admiration and thanks!!

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Brilliant stuff, thanks for sharing! Cheers

This is amazing, I really enjoy how you take one large corner that needed rebuilding, cut it out then continued to break the task down into even smaller jobs. Its a really unique way of doing body work that I had not even thought of before. Thank you for your time.

Fitzee shows us how it was done before the advent of modern metal working tools. This is how metal craftsmen did metal working years ago. Thank you for staying real & sharing your talents with us.

Made my first patch panel today. Small and took forever but I used your video as my guide and it ended up perfect. I was more worried about continuing to trim things and end up with a pile of scrap. It worked great and I can't wait to attack the next one! Many thanks again for showing us the magic of your skills.

Outstanding skills, I have upgraded my own work by emulating what you teach, your the jedi master of repair.😎

Anyone ever tell you that you are the Bob Ross of metal work. Love your videos.

"weld it togeddar". I love listening to describe his craftsmanship. Great videos.

i like your approach to this trade Fitzee. Very fast and efficient. Yet a very acceptable result as well.

Man I’m glad I found you on RU-vid, no nonsense and endless jabbering also enjoyed seeing the old PEI plate on your wall

I love to watch someone that knows what he's doing, and you'''re that guy. I'm not in this type business, but I sure enjoy watching some fixing things with ordinary tools. Love it

This dude is super 😎 🆒️. I do believe I'm learning how to do this metal work. Can't wait to get a project vehicle.

A proper old school youtuber in 2020! Perfect!

Thanks Fitzee, that is very helpful for the "home" body and fender man like myself. Old world craftsmanship. Thank you again.

Fitzee's a God, helpin me make my project cars easier to fix fr sure, God love ya! Thats the truth. Every School welding shop needs a Fitzee! Train em young to do her right!

Thank you for showing theses types of panels that can’t be found.right now this is going to help me with my 77 chevelle Malibu that parts that are not to be found. Thank you from Quebec/ Canada 🇨🇦

RU-vid recommendations are getting better and more to the point. Great tutorial.

Love your work fitzi never get tired of learning.

Fair play fitz you never cease to amaze me.

nice technique, nice to see another left hander

Love all your videos. Learning how to form intrinsic shapes using the hand tools available. Fantastic! Thank you for sharing

Thank you Fitzee! Your an Absolute joy to watch!

Thank you, I really like your use of vise holding that edge around corners. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Wow! Every time I watch one of your metal work videos, I'm like what! I never thought about that. You are amazing!

You’re a true craftsman and a pleasure to watch! Thank you for the time you spend putting these videos together to share your knowledge! Much respect!

I love your KISS approach to your work and they way you put your videos together .Just the facts no long winded bs . You keep posting and I will keep watching .

You teach me more in a few minutes then all the vedios I've watched, and it gives me all the confidence I need that I can do it ,

I watch fritzee's videos a lot, and recently while I'm in the garage trying to repair my car. I find the videos teach me are inspirational and motivation. So great that you find the time to pass on these skills 🙏👍

Great tutorial, love how easy you make the corners and bends look easy if you break it down by smaller pieces. Excellent video.

Finally someone that knows what they're doing, uploads regularly, and doesn't take material from DVD's with cheap no-name rock music intro's. Instantly subscribed. For the spotwelds I use a spotweld drillbit. The trick with those is use a center punch on the original spotweld for the small point of the bit to slide into, and apply equal pressure when drilling so you're getting the same depth of cut when you look at it from all 4 sides, and simply go the same depth as the thickness of that panel, that way you dont have to hammer the chisel even nearly as hard as you did here, deforming the panel. But other than that, you're my absolute superior, no question about it.

My, My, that was simply masterful! You Sir are a card carrying class act! Thank you for sharing.

I like the way you said STICK AROUND whicj is i did not go away until i finished watching you video its full learning techniques so that is why I STICK AROUND

Nice to see someone out there doing similar things. I liked how you used the dolly in the vise. Simple, no frills. I have a smaller section of rail line that was used in the mines, and has a rolled top surface, and the true squared flat bottom. One foot sections seem to show up here in Oregon sometimes, on benches in old barns of course. The one I use was a door stop in a house I lived in when I was a teenager

Once again, thank you for sharing your skill, knowledge and experience.

Thank you for sharing your expertise! Amazing how well you work metal. Your posts have helped me greatly with restoring my 73 VW Superbeetle. Thanks again!

Wow Tony, that went from basic repair work straight to artwork, that was fantastic to rebuild all those curves and angles in just 2 pieces, I'll have to watch that one a few more times before I start making the jambs for my 41 Chevy truck, as the British say,, that was brilliant 👏

Love your videos very educational especially for a beginner like me. Your techniques are so simple to follow yet genius at the same time. You’ve been extremely helpful to me

Thanks Fitzee. Nice to see you can make a complicated piece look doable for someone that doesn't have a lot of fancy tools.

Dang! You are a master craftsman, for sure!! I learn so much from your videos--thank you!

Great instruction on how to fabricate using what most DIYers already have. I look forward to all your videos

Thanks for the video mate, great to see different techniques. We all have our tricks and ways of shaping metal. Thanks for the great tips mate. Very enjoyable to watch.

the skill you are showing on making these panels is truly amazing and the fact your doing it with mostly basic hand tools is very inspiring truly hot rodding as it used to be before all the billet and catilog buy you hot rod parts old school talent

I review your videos frequently, I am currently working on a rusty 69 mustang - really helps to see how you reproduce panels- very helpful, thank you!

Definitely glad I found you. Excellent video.

COMPETENT , doesn’t even begin to describe your skills my man!!… your friend paul from delta bc Canada 🇨🇦… on the other side 😄

I am a new subscriber and I am learning all kinds of neat tricks from your metalworking. Maybe a future video on the neatest tricks you know for making metal working easier. keep up the good work.

Thanks for this. It is very helpful to see the process of breaking these complicated pieces into separate workable shapes. Much more manageable than trying to work one larger piece with multiple contours.

Thanks you just saved me $200 on a replacement panel and shipping , you have great ideas and content keep it up

Wow I been up all night watching your channel. I got 3 bike gas tanks to make and you got every tip and trick I need. You are very well skilled Tradesman and your teaching skills are impeccable.

Thanks bud! You really help a guy out! You show us that being a panel beater is actually within reach!

Binge watching your video's you are an inspiration to the amateur enthusiast. You make the apparently unobtainable seem within reach

Thank you for the helpful video. It's something the average person can relate to. I've seen a lot of these videos where they have a lot of expensive equipment the average Joe won't have. Your years of experience have made you a true craftsman. Your best tool is patience.

Thank you for the great lessons. I am starting my first car restoration. The car is a 67 Plymouth Belvedere ll. Lots of rusty parts to replace.

This gives me a little more confidence in being able to recreate a rotted out wheel well on my Bonneville. You have my like.

I appreciate your simple use of tools. You make me believe anyone with dexterity a tape measure can come somewhat close to this.

Truly a master in his trade! I wish I had I could be an apprentice….

I love your fabricating techniques, it's like no one else's ! Alot can be learned by studying your videos, so I subscribed to your channel to study and learn. I agree with Luca Janvrin's comment below " Would love to see you do a rusted out floor or full quarter panel install just to see how easy you make it compared to any other video". Hope you consider showing us how it done using your techniques. I need to restore the floor boards on my 83 Toyota 4x4 so I can keep on wheelin. Take Care, be Safe & Virus Free !!

Love to see a guy that gets down to it, and uses what is on hand....watching Fitzee reminded me of how I was taught how to speak Newfie...."Well Oiled Beef Hooked". Now say it out loud and quick. Cheers from the wet coast Vancouver Island.

Thank you for all the great fab tips. I like to think to myself what the next step will be when you do it just to see if i was correct with my thinking. A lot of the time i was right, but you fooled me a few times. I have a 53 Olds i'm going to be working real soon. There are rust issues here and there i will deal with a piece at a time. I really enjoy your videos, I've learned a lot from them.

You made this look so easy I’m going to try this next time I make a repair section up. Cheers 🍻

Thank You Fitzee, I feel like I'm right there with you.

A brilliant resource , learning a lot from you thanks for all your videos

Magic made real time .... Thank for this . I am starting a project next month on a 1955 Ford tractor and the hood and nose area is severely smashed and crashed ... this will help tremendously , Thanks for taking the time to share you talents and gifts , I will use your technique to conquer , Thanks Fitzee

you sir are a magician. I really enjoy your work, and it makes me feel like I can actually achieve these methods. keep up the excellent work

Couple weeks ago he was celebrating 1000 subs. 10 times that now, I knew this would blow up.

Appreciate videos like this, thank you Fitz

Incredible metal work. You have the patience of Job and the skill of a master metal worker. I remember seeing men make pieces for cars in their auto repair shops more than 30 years ago. It is truly a dying art form almost like blacksmithing is today. Extremely well done sir.

As always a great educational video! I love how you always use simple tools as I've got no funds to purchase any fancy equipment.

Nice to see it done without fancy tools. Nowadays everything is build using computers and cnc machines. You teach us how to do it with our hands. Thank you.

Fitzee r Watched your videos today for the first time. Really helpful. Inexpensive ways for home shop applications.

Some people were just born with incredible abiliy. Clearly Fitzee is one of them - and he found his calling. Wow.

Good on you for teaching others our ways! As you said it’s not the tools it’s the bloke behind them!!!

Thanks for sharing your techniques love the way you manipulate the metal without over thinking it as I do, next time I have to make something like this I am going to try and apply your techniques

Bravo, Maestro !!! Not need fancy equipment. Just know how, good hands, basic tools and a lot of experience. Thanks Bro.

Fitzee you’re getting sparks in my eyes! 14:52 Lol. Awesome job on the panel. Thank you.

I figure Fitzee’s so good , because he is left handed and looks at things from a different perspective! ! !

Awesome video Fitzy love your work

Thanks for the good ideas! You make it look so easy!

Wow man, you make me want to do some sheet metal work on my autos. And they are mainly plastic...lol. Great job and thanks for all the info. Your are a great teacher.

I'm no amateur but you make me look like one! 🙂 Southwest Ontario here.

You sir are a master at your craft, nothing beats experience. Well done

Great work Fitzee, one day I hope to get screeched in on the rock. Working on a 66 mustang hardtop here in Niagara Ontario.

Learning a lot from your videos. Thanks!

New subscriber here! Fine job and great video! I need to make a part or two for my lawn mower. After watching you make this part, I think I can make the deck repair I need! Thank you!

You the man awesome job!! First time viewer and I can’t stop watching!!

O M G An Unbelievable MAGICIAN !!! Doing the Impossible and Making it Look Easy !! Thank you !

I guess you show us to be patient, use your head, don't be in a rush and take in all we can from you and it will work out. Thanks for sharing

Great channel and teacher!

I like your approach. Thanks for the video.👍🇺🇸🤙😃

Thanks for sharing. I'm working on a 50 Plymouth and I needed that technique yesterday. I'm patching in 18 GA stainless and it's tough to work with.

Thanks for this! Learned a lot.. especially to get me a piece of I-Beam!