Classic and Historic Vehicle Body Restoration Courses
About Us
Contour Academy was founded in 1998 with a mission to establish a centre of excellence for training in traditional sheet metalwork techniques.
Bruce Macleod has a wealth of experience gained from past generations of craftsmen and over 44 years involvement on a wide range of projects including: restoring and building steel and aluminium alloy vehicle bodies, forming stainless steel, copper and brass panels for automotive, marine and architectural applications as well as making sculptural artworks such as the copper petals for the 2012 London Olympic’s cauldron
On each course you are given a significant amount of one-to-one tuition using a wide range of equipment to ensure you get the maximum benefit from your learning experience with us.
Five days - £1640
4th to 8th, 11th to 15th and 18th to 22nd August 2025
Courses are held at Welford, Northamptonshire
This course covers the fundamental principles of cutting, flanging, shaping and welding mild steel and aluminium alloy to form double-curvature panels as well as making patterns, jigs and tooling to replicate original parts.
Please send enquiry for more information on our courses
This book covers the various methods of welding used to make and repair sheet metal body panels. The techniques use in the welding of thin sheet metal as used on vehicle bodies are vastly different to those used in welding heavier structures.
I have set out to explain as simply as possible the methods, materials and equipment that I have found to be most useful.
The important thing for anyone wanting to achieve a good finish to body repair work is to start with the correct techniques, skill comes with practicing these techniques in the right manner.
The text of the book concentrates on the welding of mild steel and aluminium alloy with some reference to the welding of brass and stainless steel sheetmetal.
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