This how-to book provides readers with information they need to get started on a career in metalworking. Included are the history and cultural significance of metalworking, metalworking tools and techniques, metalworking career paths, and highlights of successful metalworkers. Step-by-step projects help readers practice metalworking skills, and idea spreads inspire ways to apply what they've learned. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.