There’s no reason to use a hacksaw in a modern farm shop. Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have ...

For many four-wheelers, building our rigs is almost as much fun as driving them. There are many really unique and functional rigs built in the home shop. The adage that "real Jeeps are built, not ...

The fourth state of matter HF Contact or Pilot Arc Plasma gouging, too Anyone working in a fabricating shop or machining operations comes face to face with a steady stream of science and technology ...

Plasma is superheated, compressed air that ionizes to form a conductive gas. This gas conducts electricity from the torch of the plasma cutter to the work piece, through a electrode and copper nozzle ...

Affordable plasma cutters are becoming a popular step up from an angle grinder for cutting sheet metal in the home workshop, but cutting long straight lines can be laborious and less than accurate.

It doesn’t matter if you are just getting into your first Jeep or fabricating a frame for your tenth, we all need some way to cut metal for our projects. Choosing the right tool for the job is ...

For one-off projects or prototypes it’s not uncommon for us to make do with whatever workspace we have on hand. Using a deck railing as an impromptu sawhorse, for example, is one that might be ...

Soft, lightweight, and virtually maintenance-free, that’s aluminum – a popular choice across all industries, from aerospace to automotive and construction. It is soft enough to be cut by manual tools, ...

KAMAY – Keith Wineinger cuts metal with lightning at the Burn Shop. A high-tech torch burns metal to make the Wichitan’s custom designs. He creates everything from grill grates to signs such as the ...