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Metal Shaping Video: Khaos Design Is Making The Custom Firewall For The 1964 Toyota Stout Build
If you’ve never seen a Khaos Design video, then you are missing out on a woman who has some serious metal shaping and design skills. The most recent build she’s doing is a 1964 Toyota...
Stanceworks 1931 Ford Race Truck Revival! The scariest thing ever driven is BACK!
The Stanceworks Model A Ford is one scary beast and Mike has repeatedly said it is the scariest thing he’s ever driven. It’s also a fan favorite and one of the most obnoxious things you...
PLASMA CUTTING 101: Mastering Simple Shapes with CARDBOARD Templates! Yes, CARDBOARD!
Sometimes we get so caught up in all the fancy tools that we want that we forget you can make the parts you need with simpler tools. Brackets and the basics can all be made with a grinder and a...
Kyle Voss From The Fab Forums Builds A Dual Sided Shop Clock, And You Can Make One For Yourself!
Kyle is back at it with some cool fabrication content but instead of it being on a car or truck it’s something to hang up in the shop that looks pretty damn cool. It’s a wall hanging...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: New Shop Move Complete, It’s Time To Cut The 1949 GMC Roadster In Half.
It’s time to shorten the frame on Brent’s custom GMC Roadster pickup now that he’s moved in the new shop. You might remember that his shp burned to the ground earlier this year and...
Customs 101: Bello’s Kustoms 1936 Ford With A La Salle Grille – Part 7: Pulling The Body Off The Frame To Finish Welding And More.
Here’s Part 7 of the La Salle grille swapped 1936 Ford, where everything is coming together so it’s time to finish up all the welding on the chassis. This car has had a lot done to it, but if...
Chop Top How To: Chopping The Top on a 1953 Chevy Truck. Part 2: Fixing a Butchered Top Chop
If you missed Part 1 of this 1953 Chevrolet truck chop, we’ve got a link below to make sure you see it too. In this one the metal work begins in earnest as the rear section of the roof...
HOW TO TIG WELD SILICON BRONZE: Karl At Make It Kustom Is Making A Custom Urn For A Fellow Hot Rodder
If you have ever had a loved one pass away and done the search for an urn, you know that there aren’t many cool options. When my wife passed away, we had the guys at Mooneye’s make a...
Dirthead Dave Is Getting His Mini Truck On With Hand Made Airbag Mounts on the rear of his Nissan Minitruck
Dave Chappelle, the one that can weld and build killer trucks of all kinds, not the funny one on TV, is our kind of dude. One day he’s working on his horribly ugly, but cool, bagged Mustang II,...
MIG Welding 101: How To Make Better Welds – Tips And Tricks For Strong, Pretty, MIG Welds.
A few days ago we shared some TIG welding tips and tricks from the gang over at Pacific Arc TIG Welding and today we’re sharing MIG welding tips and tricks from Tim Welds. Like Pacific Arc, Tim...
DIY Tool: Make An Easy Dimple Die At Home To Flush Mount RivNuts!
We love homemade tools around here, and this one right here is SUPER handy. I can’t tell you the number of times I would have loved to have had this tool in my arsenal and now I’m going...
Building A 1,000 Horsepower, All-Wheel Drive, 2,200 Pound, Tesla Plaid Killer! This Little Bastard Will Be A Beast!
Can you imagine the kind of fun you can have in a 1,000 horsepower machine that only weighs 2,200 pounds? Yeah, were’ talking about some serious power to weight ratio and when you consider that...
World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: CHEAP And EASY – 1 Day PRO STREET Upgrade For The Worst 1957 Chevy
We’ve been sharing all the build videos on this DD Speed Shop 1957 Chevrolet project and it’s getting close to done after a jillion hours of welding in dozens of free patch panels. But...
