Repairing RUSTY Sheet Metal FENDER - SIMPLE TOOLS & MIG WELDING 

I have been around automotive repair my entire life. I'm a licensed mechanic with a lot of time. I had a job that allowed me to go to a lot of different shops throughout Canada. I've met and watched countless people manipulating metal. Never in my travels have I met anyone that even comes close to Karl. He truly is an absolute master at his trade. Reading through the comments, you never read anything negative about this man. I really hope you read some of these comments Karl. Everyone is astonished with your workmanship and your personality. Keep at it brother. You can only get better. Canada is very proud of you young man.

One of the best things about these videos from Karl is that he doesn't just explain what to do, but why it's done that way AND what happens to the metal. Anyone can be a panel beater but it takes real skill to know why you're doing things a certain way. I've learned more from these videos than from anywhere else. I still wouldn't say I'm a pro but at least I know WHY my panels sometimes look like an elephant has trod on them!!!!

Karl you are one of the best metal fabricates Ive ever seen and you are humble and you do a great job explaining what you are doing . great job Karl

This is the very first time I have become a member of anything from the RU-vid creators! I’m very proud to be here!

Working small pieces into place is by far the easiest way to make complex repairs. I did the front corners on both doors one piece at a time. Getting each piece to fit exactly, then moving on to the next piece, grinding and shaping as you go. I enjoy watching someone made repairs that fit perfectly. Karl, you're the man!

Amazing Herculean amount of work and talent/skill to fabricate that fender patch...not a patch but a complete rebuild of the most complex part of the fender! Great walkthru of your process! Amazing to think that many years from now someone will strip the paint of that fender and discover your talented metal work underneath! Wowsers! Go Japhands, keep moving forward!

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but at the age of 61 I can say you can. Watching your metal working video's has made working on my 67 Spitfire project seem way more doable. I started working on it back in 98 and had replaced floor pans and fixed a lot of rust over the years. Not actually having a shop to work in for most of those years made it very hard to take the time needed to first learn the skills I needed, and to gather good basic tools. Now I have the shop I have a bit more time and thanks to yours and a few others on RU-vid I'm learning the skills. Now I just have to rip out a bunch of the bad work I did over the years and make it right. Thanks for the teaching Cheers R...

You are a mastermind. This was so cool to see a complete fender being made. Great video!

You're a great teacher! You took something that looks complicated and made it easier to understand and seem achievable! Big fan of your work ethics and skills!

Karl Gives the best useable information for rust repair !! Always learning for better metal forming of rust repair panels . Thanks !!

A fascinating video. Way back in 1980 I had to do exactly this job to a 1959 Classic Capri I was restoring. I learnt a lot of sheet metal work during my apprenticeship so I went full on for an all metal restoration of the car. It took me 18 months of evenings and weekends to get it done. Every time I thought I was winning I would find more rust and bondo hiding a multitude of sins.

Unbelievably complex repair made to look easy. Man, you are the best.

You are SOOO good at metal working. Those fenders are better than factory made.

Hey Karl, you can, and do such amazing work, and how you explain your process and what is happening to the metal. you’re working with gives the ppl a better understanding and a bit of confidence to be able to try it for themselves. Just a great video and can’t wait to learn more from you thanks again. Later

stand back folks... friggin master is at work!!!

Watching your videos I learn more and more about metal shaping and that might lead me to trying my hand at simple shapes and forms.

Your metal work is top notch. You make it look and sound ez but it is your experience and talent that makes you great.

Thanks Karl, been a very helpful little series.

Fabulous video. The step by step process and insight into your thoughts is invaluable. You’re the humble master. Love this kind of content. Keep it up!

Truly you are an artist fabricator. So talented. Thank you for vids and can't wait to watch more of your masterpieces.

Karl . that’s what I call a professional.

More , more , more , more metal shaping!!

Your channel makes me want to start fabricating sheet metal. Very inspiring, thanks!

Great video. The end result is spectacular. Love these videos where the steps are shown and explained. Look forward to more. Be safe and stay well.

Karl you sure did good work making those rusty fenders look great!💯

I love simple tools - its what most of use have at our disposal.

This was a fantastic episode.. The amount of detail you share is impressive and so helpful.. All I can say is thank you for great videos and the content you provide is at the top of your game ..

Awesome job came out great Andrew will sure be happy

One of the things I've loved watching this is the extreme attention to detail and thorough explanation of the tiny pieces and why piecing together has worked so well in the final shape and fitment of the whole fender relative to the bucket. I've never seen so complete restructuring of an original fender. This has been a masterclass lesson for replacing gone metal with the necessary structure for a perfect match once done by drop-hammer manufacture done in mass production. It's been a pure joy to watch to fruition.

Wow I wish It was as easy to do as it is to watch, lol. Nice work!

Thank you for sharing your experience and time to help me learn how to do this type of work 😊

Thats artwork Karl!

Nice job Karl.turned out great

Excellent video very helpful thanks Karl.

You are a wizard

Nice work you can be proud.

Amazing, looks excellent, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

Nice job, Karl

Nice work as always Karl 👍

Karl you are a rare gem. Because you are the youngest REAL bodyman I have seen in over twenty years.

You had me at Simple

Great work again!!!

"Metal Whisperer" if ever we've seen one!!!!

You have a gift that I envy. Metal obeys you. When I rebuilt my 52 GMC pickup it took twice as long because of trial and error. I'm still learning thanks to you. Thanks for sharing and taking the time to bring us along.

Very enjoyable and informative video!

Good job with the music Ms. K!

Epic journey this project!

Dang it looks so good an so clean. You nailed it bro.

Excellent!

For fitting a curved repair panel in. I use a dremmel cut off wheel. They have super thin blades too.

The Florida pool pump motor repair guy 32750 approved ! that was good info & see = MIK =+

Your work is simply outstanding!!! Love watching you work. 🫵🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

very good job Karl 👍💪

Karl is the Monark a Canadian Ford? You’re one of the best fabricators anywhere. So, they got the right man to fix this. Enjoyed your work as always. 💕💯👊👍

Most excellent!

Incredible skill.

🎉🎉🎉 Let's goooooo!

One chunk at a time. Compound corners have to be simplified to keep your sanity. Awesome job as usual!

Always great work.

Beautiful work excellent

super nice repair, probably better than original

Sometimes you just have to break it down. Nice work.

Absolutely beautiful work as always Karl! Love watching you manipulate sheet metal into beautiful flowing shapes.

Nice work dude💚🇬🇧🌱

That was a lot of very skilled work Karl - Andrew is going to be very happy.

Really nice work👏👏

Thank you

Enjoyed that Thanks

You are very talented Karl. The work you do looks great & you make it look so easy.

You are a craftsman, I learned about how two pieces can simplify a difficult repair (divide and conquer). You made it look easy, but I know that was a lot of work .

You, sir, are a wizard . Keep up the killer content

Pure Artistry!

Karl you really are getting pretty good at this stuff. I’m glad we can help set you straight 😂

100% Good Enough! Thanks Karl

Nice work Karl your an amazing metalworker dude I love watching you bring stuff back to life 👍

Good information.......thanks.

great job learned alot

Knocked it out of the park. Great video.

great video thanks so much for sharing

In my opinion if manufacturers during the fifties would of put wheel well liners in the front fenders, the brows would of been less likely to rot out. Great work

I Just love watching you your skill level crazy good

Never fail to amaze Karl

nice !.. thanks.. ..Black Art Forge..

The shrinker and stretcher are amazing pieces of equipment 😎

Great job, looks good

Nice

Great video. You're an excellent teacher, breaking a complex job into smaller simpler tasks using common tools. Just out of interest, what are you using for ear protection? They look like some type of electronic bud.

does cooling it so fast with the compressor, quench it a little bit making it less ductile than the surrounding metal? before hammering it might be worth re-heating the whole peice with a torch tempering it a bit? I guess, in most cases its not worth it. but something to think about?

Great Work. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

Small stuff but lots of work. My standards arent as high as yours, but it would take me 4 x as long.

Powerhammer in the background again need a video on how you built it.

Can you close off the repaired area so mud doesn’t pack in there again?

We have no idea about the sequence of your videos, but you talk about taking the ramp truck on a trip. Is it fixed? Will you do a video on what was wrong and how you fixed it?

WOW 👍👊🤓

Nice tool 🔧 👍 👏 👌 😀 🙄 for the truck 🚚 🛻 👍 👌 😀 👏

Cool I was the first to give you the thumbs up

One thing i always wonder…if you have a mud/water/salt trap, how do you protect it after you fix it?

Can you use a spot welder to join two panels together

Just how Fitzee would do it.

GURU