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Category Archive: Metal Fabrication, New Products, Tech Stories

New Product: Introducing The Fabricator Table From Rogue Fabrication

Here’s what Rogue Fabrication has to say about this cool new tool! Here it is! The brand new Fabricator Table! Standard features: Construction of tops are 5/16″ thick steel with 1/4″ and...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Making Patch Panels For All Kinds Of Rusty Bits

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is making patch panel after patch panel in an effort to get rid of all the rust that is at every corner of this truck. NAPCO was a company...

DIY Shop Tools: Building A Hydraulic Lift Table From Scratch

A Hydraulic lift table can be very handy to have in the shop. Whether you are just trying to get something heavy to a more comfortable work height, or are actually needing to raise and lower...

The Alfarrari Project: The Front End Is Going To Need A LOT Of Love!

With the back of the car getting all the attention recently, it is now time for Jeff to hit the front end of this one. Like the rest of this car there is a lot of original sheet metal that looks good...

Single Seat Race Car Build Part 11: A Very Riveting Portion Of The Build Is Underway

In this latest installment of the build, there is a lot going on to make the body and chassis one. The previous few videos have this thing getting lots of metal shaping happening and the body is sexy...

Sheet Metal How To: Shrinking Disc Magic – Making High And Low Spots Disappear With No Filler!

Wray Schelin is a certifiable badass when it comes to metal shaping and belongs to a list of metal shaping masters that we are lucky to have. His YouTube videos, and in person classes, will have you...

Can You Grade Stainless Steel With A Magnet? Cheap Stainless Isn’t Necessarily Good Stainless

As Justin explains in this video, there are several grades of stainless steel available on the market. This is important because in our global economy there are parts being made in all these...

Can You Really Build A Welding Fixture Table For Under $50? Watch.

Anyone who visits us here at BANGshift on a regular basis knows that I have a thing for metal fabrication. That means that I not only share videos with you guys that show how to shape and fabricate...

The Make It Kustom Mini 1956 Buick Project: Making It Run And Drive In Both Directions!

It runs and it drives, the body flips up, and Karl has made some ride height adjustments that give it the slightest tail dragger stance and then fitted some awesome fender skirts to it. But it...

Making A Curvy Bomber Style Seat With Ron Covell: Part 1, Making The Buck

We’ve featured a how-to video on building a bomber seat before, where metal master Ron Covell showed us how to make one pretty simply at home. But in this video, you are going to start seeing...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Big Tires, Making Motor Mounts And Test Fitting The Engine And Trans!

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is making motor mounts and test fitting the drivetrain! Some of you are going to be mad because it is getting LS Swapped, but those of you...

LS Corvair Project: It’s Getting Better And Better! All New Front Suspension Going In Now!

This project continues to impress and inspire and we love it! Check out all the cool stuff going down in this episode of the build, because this car just keeps getting more trick. The rear suspension...

The Alfarrari Project Continues: Fuel Tank, Fuel Filler, Body Smoothing, And Assembling The Body Back Into A Whole Car!

There is still plenty of metal work to do on this one, but it’s actually working! One of the episodes below actually has the body back into one piece! The fuel tank goes in, the external fuel...

Single Seat Race Car Build Part 10: FABRICATED REAR BOAT TAIL SECTION

On the last installment, it was more sheet metal work making the cowl and the rear boat tail shapes so that this thing coule really start looking like a race car. In this installment, the fabrication...