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Welding Tech: Techniques For Stacking Dimes With A MIG Welder
I’ve been welding for more than 40 years. Yep, sounds weird to say it to me too. I’m 50 years old now and welded my first thing, my initials made from wrought iron fence scraps, while...
SHOP HOW TO – Build Your Own Press Brake Louver Press
Louvers are one of those OG hot rod mods that have never gone out of style. They have been put on everything known to man, and there are lots of shapes and styles as well. In this video you are going...
Build A Headache Rack At Home! Welding And Fabrication Tricks.
Sometimes buying an accessory for your truck is easy, simple, and gives you just what you want and need. Other times, purchasing an off the shelf part leaves you with something that works, but not...
The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Truck Gets A Big Block! Will It Even Fit?
Now it’s getting a big block and turbo 400? That’s not what these were ever designed to hold, so will it fit, and will any of the other stuff needed to make it work actually fit?...
Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: Rebuilding The Door Jam, And A New Quarter Panel. Man This Thing Is Rough.
This is the next step in this incredibly ambitious project. We’re talking about making a chopped 1935 Dodge 3 window coupe out of a sedan body that has been cut up. This is someone else’s...
Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: How To Build A Coupe Without A Coupe
Brent from Halfass Kustoms is one of my favorite dudes on YouTube. He’s not fancy, he’s a bit brutish sometimes, but man he gets projects done in record time and is so inspiring to anyone...
The Alfarrari Project: Redoing Some Stuff And Trying To Figure Out How To Mount An Alternator
Sometimes when you do an engine swap the initial fit-up makes you think it will be a cake walk. Then you start trying to hang all the extra crap on the engine like the water pump, accessories, and...
THE TWIN-TURBO 540 BIG BLOCK IS IN FINNEGAN’S 1961 CADILLAC!
Oh yeah, it’s time to get things rolling! The Caddy is getting the newly finished 540 cubic inch Big Block Chevrolet stuffed into it so that the twin turbos from Nelson Racing Engines can fit...
How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 15: Lowering The Radiator
So, maybe mounting a radiator isn’t that exciting, but if you don’t do it right when channeling a hot rod then you will have a radiator and grill shell that sticks up way too high...
Iron Trap Ardun Headed 1933 3-Window Ford Project Gets A Trick Custom Dash
This project car has gotten all kinds of reinforcement, trunk and door alignment and so much more. But there is still a lot to do to make it a finished car. In this episode, the dash gets some pretty...
TIG Welding Basics With Karl From Make It Kustom – SIMPLE Tips & Tricks How to Get Started
I watch all of Karl Fisher’s videos, because his YouTube Channel “Make It Kustom” is all about shaping metal and I dig it. But there is also a lot on the channel about welding, and...
These Hole Saw Tricks Might Save The Day, And Will Definitely Help You Drill Holes Better.
Hole saws kind of suck, which is why annular cutters have become more and more popular in the past couple of years. But regardless of which one you use, they still need a pilot bit or pin and that is...
The Fab Forums Fox Body Project: Doing A Factory Mini Tub Build Part 3
Watch Part 3 of the mini tub install now. In the previous installments, Kyle put together a cool tube front end that replaces all the inner bumper and chassis structures, and then he built a bad ass...
