I gave been in the metal work and fab industry as a technician for 30 years and an instructor for 6 years and I haven't seen anyone even close to his abilities and instructional talent on YouTube. I cant speak enough about this man's talents ! Keep up the awesome work!

Incredible ! I've been in the trades for almost 40 years and very seldom am I impressed with someone's work and their ability to communicate it step by step. Great job!

I've been doing sheet metal work for over 50 years and I learned a lot from this video. Thank you for sharing your skills!

Iam happy with the fact that he not only shows' how to do the work with his tools but also shows the average person who may not have all those tools how to do it with only simple tools anyone would have on hand. The explanations are great also. I've watched a lot of channels and videos and think these are the best, so I subscribed. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

its so refreshing seeing the young guys keeping "Old School" Craftmanship alive and well  Great video buddy  keep em coming

I like the fact that it's an hour long instead of some 14 part series of 10 min. videos

I'm in the process of restoring an old cast iron wood stove that has metal sides. I'm using 16- & 20-gauge sheet steel and I'm gonna tell you, that stuff ain't no joke! I'm sore from head to toe but it's going to look brand new when I'm done. I have a whole new respect for what you guys do every day.

Carl,... I tried to watch thinking its late at night but this is something I love to watch. I went to sleep tho and woke up in so much pain.. pain from hell as my broken back problem has got much worse, I now have arthritis in the area I hurt n doctors made worse. I got hurt when a man fell from his roof and I stupidly caught him in mid fall. He had a torn tee shirt in the pocket area, I had nine  major fractures which was three completely severed vertiba in the neck, doctors ain't figured why it didn't kill me from that alone.  Several hours later, from them going through my  throat (they moved my parts I swallow with to the side) and then used bicycle chain links and sheet rock screws in those to hold the vertebra in place. I could not swallow even a mashed pea for several weeks learning to use my throat to eat food again... never extend the body with a large amount of weight in the arms. I'm a ex body builder when your age so at a small two hundred an twenty little more and a neck line of twenty one inches around catch the man who fell from his roof with no fear of getting hurt... this is in two thousand five, oct., first i make the mistake I can do anything ... I was not thinking well as he weighed just over three hundred pounds and was almost seventy years of age so, although the fall from where i caught him must of only been say twelve feet from that roof line to my arms.. his injury was some bruises from me pinching his skin some. Those left his body in just a few days and I now am seventy two n watch youtube as a teaser of my first love... fixing cars n other ... anything with a engine or steering device. I did what your doing now and something i got away with was a heat gun and wet paper dried in place to form a pattern that i used body hammers, heat and ice to try and form different shapes... I look at the tools that you have made... I wish that at the time I rebuilt a forty ford two door business coop that had laid in a chicken coop and was severely rusted/eaten away from that horrible acid in their poop... every hard part to remake was so much fun trying to do this. I was successful in making a firewall and the grill using just wet paper that I formed inside the bad metal... before removing it from its prison of chicken crap. I did not even suspect things like a wire feed welder, a tig welder... just a good torch, and a stick welder. It takes so much patience to do this kind of work and keep the dream alive. I did win some small town trophies for awards i got in car shows. I had hundreds of polaroid self developing pictures... I kept those for a long  time but our technology and a small town before internet hick boy at the time of my build.... Oh to share those hours of tapping the metal into shapes... the truth is, had I had someone like you to teach me these methods, I would of saved hours of hard work/felt more like playing to me at the time. I so enjoy your skills that you are learning on the fly and stuff someone had to of showed you or even videos of the different ideas.... just little stuff  you seem to just keep getting better at this type of fun/work...  I think of you   as a younger version "Chip Foose" who is a great fab man. He is like you in many ways... never doubting if you can but just what you know you will find the methods of doing. Carl, I think that your name may reach many high levels of skill. Your tall friend and self using wire to form the shapes desired to make new parts or even your own ideas. If Henry Ford could build and name a car after himself, I kind of suspect there might just be a car named Carl someday. I don't go anywhere except hospitals and meet some young nurses.. bite my wrist thinking if I were just thirty years old again.. youth is wasted on the young as most have their heads on a hand held phone playing catch a fish or build a castle instead of going out to their garage/lean to or just a dirty driveway an build something, maybe even toss a real fish line in real water n catch trout for  real, cook on a campfire and eat them charcoal edges and all. I spent every minute I could that I  wasn't working in a garage that I built myself. Just don't forget to include your lady in your ideas and share hers as well. Kind of a miserable world if you don't have someone to share the dream with.. sorry for the too long comment but you just bring out the best in people n you seem kind... I just hope you don't change as success becomes obvious

You're actually really good at explaining this stuff. You're the only guy I've seen on here who seems to actually understand what they're doing enough to explain it to others. Great job keep up the good work.

You explanation off locking in, closing the end of the tuck, creating a bubble, and forcing into itself. Best showing and explanation of the technique I’ve ever seen or heard. As usual brilliant.

a torch, a cup of water, and wet rag would shrink that panel right into shape.

Thanks for this. As an educator I’d like to compliment you on how clear your explanations and examples are for us laymen.

Props on the proper PPE! Especially when grinding. You’re setting a great example.

Love how you always bring it back to you don’t need million dollar tools

I've been in metal fab for decades and have tried teaching it many times. You have the gifts of ability and instruction, a rare combo. I'm sure you cover it elsewhere, but just in case. To many, your different hammer blows are obvious, glancing directionally versus inline striking blows. You might touch on the difference and how to know when and where to switch them up. Just this old dudes 2 cents, pay me please. Nice instructional video, young man, please never stop. Our trade needs you!

I appreciate you only using had tools Carl. I feel like I have skipped a step using all the tools that I have available to me. You are a gifted person, thanks for taking us on your metal working journey.

It never ceases to amaze me that you can take something that looks pretty close, smash it with a hammer until it looks like absolute hell, nod approvingly, hit it some more and  watch it turn into perfection. There's some "insert magic here" part that I miss every time.

Thank you for showing me I don't need expensive tools.

I've worked steel and iron over fifty years, but mostly solid stock, machining, welding, forming, but am watching because you are doing the sheet metal, which I'm not skilled at.  I noticed you use the cross pein to "close the fold", it seems to compact the metal very effectively.  I really enjoyed your hammer work, you brought it right in very nicely.  I've never seen a slap hammer used before, and it was nice to see it smooth out those little ripples.  Thanks!

I hope this young man goes a long way in his career.