Body RepairImagine yourself driving down the road in your brand new car. Another driver pulls off a side road and suddenly the entire side of your brand new car is twisted and dented from bumper to bumper. Most people will have a car accident at some point in their lives and will need the services of an auto body shop. Body repair is not only the art of taking damaged vehicles and making them drivable and safe, but it also means taking old vehicles or worn-looking vehicles, painting them, and refreshing their overall appearance. Beating metal and fabricating metal into sheets and thin sections that the needs or desires of human beings have a long history. The discovery of how to produce and control fire made mining metals more efficient instead of having to find nearly pure nuggets of metal. In many civilizations copper was the metal used, but this was succeeded by bronze and eventually made of copper and tin. Most body work is done with relatively easy and simple traditional tools such as hammers and trolleys. Bumping is the heavy lifting and most important part of most body repair jobs. The fact remains that bumping is the group of actions that move the metal with the actions of carts and hammers to push the metal almost to the final shape. Metal finishing is the critical part and step in preparing metal for painting. It occurs between the impacting stage, when the metal is pryed, hammered, pulled and shaped, and the filling stage, when small defects and details in the finished metal surfaces are filled before being painted. Whatever type of finish is applied to your work, whether solvent, powder coated or plastic, it will have a reflective rating and... half the paper... not to be used during body work because they do most of the work for you. Jackhammers with a selection of chisel heads are a necessary car body tool when replacing body panels on a vehicle. Grinders are a nice thing to have, plus they come in air and electric and when you get the grinding done with them you can put a polishing head on them. An electric drill is what you will need to drill the holes and along with the drill you will need drill bits and other bits. A wire brush is something that will clean the parts after you are done with them or they will clean the chrome and aluminum very well. You will need an air compressor to run all pneumatic tools, we recommend purchasing a larger one because most tools will run the smaller one down and out too fast and you will have to take breaks to leave it catch up with your progress.(book four)