Typically, I'd spend some time trimming and bending cardboard or chipboard to craft whatever I envisioned, then I'd reach out to a fabricator friend to work his magic and create it for me in aluminum.

For do-it-yourselfers, repairing dents or shaping metal can be challenging enough, without attempting either without the right tools. As a hands-on guy, Curt Strohacker realized the right tools could ...