...'] is a process to create a small offset near the edge of a piece of sheet metal so that it can overlap another sheet while maintaining a flush surface.
...so often used for vehicle body and sheet metal repairs, for example, when joining pieces together and '''[[Welding|Spot Welding]] them.
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When forming sheet metal into boxes, cylinders or cones for example, it is usually necessary to joi
...nce equal to the width of the overlap must be added to the length of sheet metal used.
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...um, heat is provided by a gas torch and there is no melting of the parent metal. In this context, it includes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazing#Silver
By contrast, '''[[Soft Soldering]]''' is a method of joining metals with a '''[[Eutectic Alloy|Eutectic]]''' Tin/Lead '''[[Alloy]]''' a
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...e of the most widely used methods for joining light and medium-gauge sheet metal. Choose a '''Grooving Iron''' slightly wider than the joint seam. The inter
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...ipedia.org/wiki/Engineering '''Engineering'''] to describe small pieces of metal used to locate components.
...imber or other materials can be inserted into a '''Groove''' cut into each joining face to form a '''Loose Tongue''' which completes the joint.
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...ngthening by bolting additional '''Fish Plates''' on either side or fixing metal straps around them. Also, if timbers have to be joined to make a garden [h
The joining pieces are simply cut to a shallow angle and glued together. It is a weak j
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Use a '''[[Cutting Mat]]''' and a metal '''[[Safety Ruler]]''' when using a '''[[Craft Knife|knife]]''' to cut card
...on centimetre squared paper then build the two side frames over it before joining them together with cross pieces. Wooden clothes pegs can be used to make hi
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...g into package shapes and some may need corners strengthening. Methods of joining, hinging and interlocking will all have to be carefully considered to arriv
...lar shapes are needed and these can cause difficulties near tight corners. Joining curved shapes is done by creating a number of small tabs to follow the curv
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...e extra sand may need to be built up around the pattern to create a curved joining face)''.
'''Pouring molten metal is extremely dangerous!'''
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...|Boxwood]]''' or '''[[Rawhide Mallet]]''' to beat it over a scrap piece of metal of the same thickness on a '''[[Bench Block]]''' or similar surface.
...ooved Seam''' which has not been completely folded over. They are used for joining metals where extra stiffness is needed, such as roof coverings and ventilat
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldering '''Soft Soldering'''] is a method of joining metals with a '''[[Eutectic Alloy|Eutectic]]''' '''[[Alloy|Tin/Lead Alloy]
...ances where only small sections of materials are to be joined ''(e.g. when joining the ends of the copper tape used to make a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truss '''Truss bridges'''] are constructed by joining together lengths of material to create a framed structure. The separate len
...acing'''] and can be seen in some structures where steel wires are used or metal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_rod '''tie rods'''] are joined together b
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