Times change. It wasn't that long ago that if you owned a set of oxy-acetylene gas bottles for welding and cutting you would be considered to have a pretty well-equipped home shop. Maybe you ...
A thing of beauty is a joy forever, and beauty often takes the form of a perfectly laid welding bead—one that looks like a tall stack of dimes laid on its side. Okay, welding has some practical ...
Discover how to build the world's simplest homemade MIG welder with our step-by-step guide! This video walks you through the ...
The odds are good that you aren't Chip Foose or Jimmy Shine, and short of a camera crew getting lost in your neighborhood and discovering you lying under your hot rod, you're never going to be either ...
Welding. There’s something almost supernatural about being able to melt metal and use it to glue other pieces of metal together. It’s an experience you must have if you’ve never done it before.
When it comes to making changes to or installing new parts on a pickup, "bolt-on" simplicity is preferred by most truck owners who take on such projects themselves. As we saw at the 2021 SEMA Show, ...
Steve Martin had a bit that was like a fake infomercial where he says, “You can be a millionaire and never pay taxes!” The instructions were, “First, get a million dollars. Then,…” [Brandon’s] ...
If you're never welded before, today's easy-to-use wire-feed units speed up the learning process. Time to spark your creativity. First, practice handling the gun without actually welding. Rest its ...
While welding might not be a skill that you’ll use every day, it opens you up to a whole new realm of possibilities. What was once a death sentence for parts or an out-of-the-question project ...
MIG’s ease of use makes it a favourite in plenty of farm workshops, but like many simple things there’s a bit more to it than meets the eye. If you’re making the transition from stick welding, MIG ...
There’s something primal about fire and steel. Long before apps, AI, and Bluetooth everything, men were melting metal together and building the world from scratch. These days, most of us spend more ...