In this exciting tutorial, learn how to create your own metal bending machine from scratch. I'll walk you through every step, sharing the tools and materials required. This video is perfect for DIY ...
Quite literally, books have been written on the topic of bending sheetmetal to form useful shapes. We don’t intend to duplicate all that knowledge here, but rather give you, the home fabricator and ...
If you want to bend metal to make shapes, you might use equipment like a brake. But if you don’t have one, no worries. You can still do a lot with common tools like a vise and torches. [Bwrussell] ...
You may not think you'd have much use for a tube bender when building a car if you're not contemplating fitting a rollcage, but they have plenty of other uses. They come into play while fabricating ...
In the first article of this series we gave an overview of metallurgy and looked at the most fundamental tools for doing metalwork: hammers and dollies. This time we'll show you how to use these ...
Metalworking has always been very much a “mixed method” art. Forging, welding, milling, grinding; anything to remove metal or push it around from one place to another is fair game when you’ve got to ...
SOUTH BEND — A metal fabricator that was founded here in 1922 has changed its name, and it will soon also change its headquarters. General Sheet Metal Works is now General Stamping & Metalworks, the ...