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Category Archive: Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos

The Make It Kustom DIY Power Hammer TOOL Is Now Available As A Kit! METAL SHAPING Pull Max CHEAP And EASY!

In  a previous episode, Karl made a DIY power hammer from some sheet steel and a cheap tool from Harbor Freight. It’s like a Pullmax only smaller and Karl says it’s better than a bead roller! If...

Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 5 – Bearing Installation and Checking Clearances Before Putting This Thing Together

Here’s Part 5 of the Facebook 5.3 LS build that Powell is doing. If you missed the first four videos in this build, use the link below to check them out too. In this one he’s installing the...

Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #11 – The Venerable D100

Here’s the eleventh video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s all about the D100 Dodge trucks. Watch and if you missed the previous videos use the link below. Our friend Steve Magnante...

HOW TO: JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER ON A 5.3L Z71 SILVERADO-WHAT WENT WRONG? WHY DOESN’T IT MAKE POWER?

Richard has been making real power with these M90 superchargers, but now it is time to install one on his own daily driver Silverado. This thing is a 2002, with a stock 5.3, and based on the dyno...

Tool Review: Astro Tools Rivnut Drill Adapters – A Smaller, Simpler, Easier Way To Use Rivnuts On Your Next Project

We’ve talked about rivnuts around here before, but if you aren’t familiar then you should be paying attention for sure. If you are familiar, but are used to using an installation tool...

This Look At And Discussion Of Split Rims and Old Truck Wheel Mounting Is Pretty Interesting – Dangerous Stuff, Interesting Process

I have owned a couple of vehicles with split rims. Known as “suicide rims” because of the fact that the outer ring can fly off and kill the guy mounting the tires, they are not a popular...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building Custom Bed Rails To Really Set Off The Look.

In the last video, Brent started working on making his vision a reality for the bed, and that meant sheet metal bedsides being connected to the full tube structure. Now it’s time to get the bed...

Beginner Upholstery: How To Recover And Old Truck Seat Yourself To Save Big Money And Refresh Your Interior

How many times have you either been looking at an old pickup to buy, or have had one yourself, that needs a seat cover? I know that, for me, this has happened dozens of times and every time I think...

Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – 1976 GMC BUILD almost COMPLETE! NEW A/C, NEW INTERIOR, MORE!!!

It’s been shortened, lowered, tuned up, spit shined, and so much more, but the inside still needs some love in order to get this budget shop truck into tip top shape. Puddin is fixing some...

DIY Magnetic Welding Clamps Build! Do These Magnetic Clamps Replace A Fixture Table?

If you are like me, then you dream of having one of those super bad ass fixture tables like those available from Fireball Tools and several others. But those suckers are not cheap, and by that I mean...

1935 Chevrolet Top Chop: Bello’s Kustoms Is Shaping The Sail Panels For This Custom Chop. Serious Skills And Simple Techniques.

The back window in this thing turned out super awesome, but now it is time to get it fitting into the rest of the roof and that means it is time to make some sail panels. There is some serious metal...

Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: Replacing The Hacked Up Firewall In The 1938 Ford Convertible

In a previous video we shared the 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod that the guys at Iron Trap Garage found stashed away in an old garage, gave a first wash, and discovered had a seized engine. But lucky...

The Twin-Turbo Cadillac is Back! Finnegan Is Fabricating Like A Mad Man To Get This Sucker Up And Running!

He’s back at it! Everyone has been busting his balls about finishing this Caddy build and nobody wants to be driving it more than Finnegan himself. So he’s been thrashing on tubing,...

Shop Tech: Building A Dream Welding Table With The Kelley’s. There Is Some Cool And Trick Stuff On This One!

I’ve built plenty of welding tables and workbenches and every single time I do, they get better. Each time you build one, or see one in someone else’s shop, it gives you ideas for how to...