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4130 Chromemoly Airframe Construction (2 DVD set)

Three EAA Technical Counselors (over 60 total years' experience) show you the procedures necessary to construct a complete airframe from plans. Table jig construction, measuring, cutting, fitting, bending, tacking, and gas welding are shown in detail. - More Info -

4130 Chromemoly Airframe Construction (2 DVD set)

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TMV-0009-D $65.00

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4130 Chromemoly Airframe Construction (2 DVD set)

Three EAA Technical Counselors (over 60 total years' experience) show you the procedures necessary to construct a complete airframe from plans. Table jig construction, measuring, cutting, fitting, bending, tacking, and gas welding are shown in detail. - More Info -

4130 Chromemoly Airframe Construction (2 DVD set)

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TMV-0009-D $65.00

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Advanced Techniques for the English Wheel (2 DVD set)

Learn how to keep the panel from flopping, keep from slipping off the edge of the panel, how to make accurate and repeatable pressure adjustments, take care of little low spots, cure waviness, etc.. and on and on. - More Info -

Advanced Techniques for the English Wheel (2 DVD set)

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TMV-0185-D $65.00

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Air Hammer Operations

This new film introduces the craftsman to the many shaping and planishing operations the Air Shaping and Planishing Hammer performs on a variety of metal alloys, thicknesses and hardnesses. - More Info -

Air Hammer Operations

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TMV-0187-D $20.00

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Aluminum Welding Methods (ALCOA)

This film details gas welding with both hydrogen and acetylene, and then covers stick welding, carbon arc, atomic hydrogen, and spot welding. Shows proper preheat and postheat methods for heavy sections, and proper edge beveling and gapping also. - More Info -

Aluminum Welding Methods (ALCOA)

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HTV-0017-D $25.00

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An American's View of the English Wheel

Although simple, the wheel can be deceptively so, and this DVD solves many of the mysteries of tracking patterns, layering, shrinking, and smoothing out the rough spots. - More Info -

An American's View of the English Wheel

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TMV-0006-D $40.00

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Autobody Steel Patch Panels

No machinery here--just common hand tools and a welder (torch or electric). The first part shows how to fit the 'one size fits all' patch panel into an early Ford door. The second part shows how to form complex patches on your own to repair a '34 Ford grille by hammering and butt welding. - More Info -

Autobody Steel Patch Panels

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TMV-0010-D $35.00

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Basic Damage Repair on the Aluminum Body

A vintage Porsche RSK nose is axed clear through, straightened, gas welded (butt-weld), planished and metal finished to perfection, on camera, with no edits, a few simple hand tools, - and no fillers. - More Info -

Basic Damage Repair on the Aluminum Body

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TMV-0003-D $35.00

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Cast Iron Welding with the Torch & Arc DVD

Using traditional materials and proven, simple methods, Kent shows you a nearly perfect system to repair exhaust manifolds, pump housings, valve bodies, and some blocks. - More Info -

Cast Iron Welding with the Torch & Arc

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TMV-0012-D $35.00

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Complete Piper J3 Training Series

Four separate films have been combined into one very educational 110-minute DVD. See how the Piper factory originally built the J-3 in 1937, and then watch how they do a preflight inspection, and annual inspections on airframe and engine! - More Info -

Complete Piper J3 Training Series

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HTV-0021-D $65.00

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Edge Those Panels

Edge Those Panels with a hammer and dolly, or the edge of a workbench; many types of bends, flanges, and hems are shown, and common mistakes identified. The mysterious wired edge is covered in detail, and with simple hand tools. - More Info -

Edge Those Panels

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TMV-0005-D $40.00

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Eyes of Flight

If you want to learn how to handle, cut, drill, form and care for Plexiglas, then this is the film! - More Info -

Eyes of Flight

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HTV-0018-D $65.00

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Fender Arches

Be a fly on the wall as two metal guys, Richard Ufheil and Kent White, "The Tin Man", go after a pair of 1935 Packard front fenders needing fender (or wheel) arch replacement. - More Info -

Fender Arches

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TMV-0011-D $60.00

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Fluid Forming Compound Shapes in Aluminum Parts

Use water pressure and a cavity to form sheetmetal parts, with either city water pressure or an inexpensive high-pressure pump. We show you how to make aluminum shapes that are smooth and free of marks. Other types of sheetmetal can certainly be "inflated" into some interesting shapes. - More Info -

Fluid Forming Compound Shapes in Aluminum Parts

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TMV-0007-D $35.00

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Gas Welding Aluminum

Gas Welding Aluminum

Oxy-acetylene torch welding is covered in depth, starting with bottle safety, regulator pressure settings, and torch adjustment for different material thicknesses from .040" to .063". - More Info -

Gas Welding Aluminum

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TMV-0001-D $35.00

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Gas Welding Aluminum 2.1, “The Difficult” (2 DVD set)

In that first film I deliberately avoided the higher-strength alloys along with brazing and soldering. I wanted to keep that film short and to a specific point: teaching people to gas weld aluminum and with a minimum of fuss. Now, after these ensuing years, it is time to delve into the more complex aspects of this science/art. - More Info -

Gas Welding Aluminum 2.1, "The Difficult"

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TMV-0188-D $65.00

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Metal Aircraft Construction Methods

This fascinating look inside the airplane factories shows just how we produced over 330,000 aircraft in 4 1/2 years. Patterns, blanking, forming, and assembly are shown, of course, but so also are pressformers, drop hammers, metal spinning, and power hammers. - More Info -

Metal Aircraft Construction Methods

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HTV-0015-D $65.00

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Polishing Aluminum Aircraft

Also known as the Swift Polishing video, this film details the best way to polish an aluminum airplane...or motorcycle, boat, or auto. Kent has seen the results of the methods taught on this video and they are the best he knows. - More Info -

Polishing Aluminum Aircraft

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SIV-0021-D $40.00


Repairing Structural Tubing

This class teaches measuring, geometry, straightening, cutting fishmouths, fitting, splicing, and welding to repair some fuselage damage. A fine companion to our full-length 2-DVD series, 4130 Chromemoly Airframe Construction.

Note: You may purchase this video as part of the 3-DVD set, Aircraft Structural Tubing Video Set (3 DVDs). This set includes the 2-DVD series, 4130 Chromemoly Airframe Construction. - More Info -

Repairing Structural Tubing

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HTV-0016-D $40.00

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Shaping Aluminum Wheel Pants

With seven simple hand tools (including the torch), a set of wheel pants or other similar panels can be constructed. This tape starts with alloy, temper, and thickness applications, and goes into buck development from drawings - More Info -

Shaping Aluminum Wheel Pants

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TMV-0002-D $40.00

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Sheet Metal Repairs to the P38 Lightning

Learn to make a perfectly fit and contoured "coin" or flush patch on a compound surface using only basic, non-powered hand tools – the same standard aviation tools and methods that are still used today, but you get to learn them on a classic airplane!!! - More Info -

Sheet Metal Repairs to the P38 Lightning

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HTV-0014-D $40.00

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Shrinking Magic

Use, tune up, and modification to the Lancaster shrinking machines are demonstrated in depth in the first part, and then the use of form blocks is covered in detail, handworking inside and outside curved flanges on various sheets such as aluminum, stainless, copper, magnesium, and titanium. A short section on shrinking a large dent out of a flat steel sheet is also included. - More Info -

Shrinking Magic

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TMV-0004-D $40.00

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The Art & Science of Autobody Soldering

A thorough investigation of autobody "leadwork" covering basic chemistry & metallurgy, application techniques, and solutions for common problems. - More Info -

The Art & Science of Autobody Soldering

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TMV-0013-D $40.00

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Those Doggoned Reverses: Fairings, Ducktails and Saddles

We use hand tools, the Air Power Hammer, and the Wheel to make "reverse shaped" parts. Windshield fairings, strut fairings, gearleg fairings, and more are shown in detail. - More Info -

Those Doggoned Reverses: Fairings, Ducktails and Saddles

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TMV-0008-D $40.00

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Aircraft Structural Tubing DVD Set (3 DVDs)

3 DVD Set Includes:
-4130 Chromemoly Airframe Construction (2 DVD set)
-Repairing Structural Tubing

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Aircraft Structural Tubing DVD Set

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KTS-0186-D $85.00


An Introduction to Aluminum Work DVD set

If you are starting out and wish to have a good overview, then Kent has chosen these DVDs specifically for you. It is hard in the beginning, so you need inspiration and careful instruction to get you going. A price savings helps too.

5 DVD Set Includes:
-Shaping Aluminum Wheel Pants
-Shrinking Magic
-Basic Damage Repair on the Aluminum Body
-Sheet Metal Repairs to the P38 Lightning
-Metal Aircraft Construction Methods

These 5 DVDs cover hand tools, measuring, cutting, forming, form blocks, patterns, shrinking, stretching, Pullmax, Air Hammer, gas welding and spot welding, too. Kent says if these DVDs had been available back in 1970, he would have learned a heck of a lot faster, saved a lot of learning curve time and would have had fewer wasted efforts on mistakes! - More Info -

Introduction to Aluminum Work DVD Set

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KTS-0180-D $105.00


An Introduction to Steel Work DVD set

If you are just starting out and wish to have a good overview, Kent has chosen these DVDs specifically for you. It is difficult in the beginning of learning a skill, so you need some inspiration and careful instruction, both to keep your interest and to feed your curiosity. Our price savings helps, too.

4 DVD Set Includes:
-Shrinking Magic
-Autobody Steel Patch Panels
-Fender Arches
-Repairing Structural Tubing

These 4 DVDs cover hand tools, measuring, cutting, forming, form blocks, patterns, shrinking, stretching, Pullmax, Air Hammer, gas welding and spot welding, too. Kent says if these DVDs had been available back in 1970, he would have learned a heck of a lot faster, saved a a lot of learning curve time and would have had fewer wasted efforts on mistakes!
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An Introduction to Steel Work DVD set

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KTS-0181-D $105.00


Pullmax Operations DVD

Contains two Pullmax factory films. The first is the classic 1956 B&W film showing how to set up and run the different sets of dies. 33:32 minutes, 1956, B&W footage. The second factory film is from 1988 and is in color. This film shows the P201 and P202 machines and how to set up the dies and tooling. 33:32 minutes, 1988, color. - More Info -

Pullmax Operations DVD

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TMV-0014-D $16.00