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

Tool Tech: How To Restore And Refinish Damaged Body Hammers

If you treat them right then body hammers can last a lifetime, but even if you do treat them right they will still undoubtedly end up with some damage on the face of them from the occasional missed...

Chop Top How To: Walden Speed Shop Chops A 1932 Ford Step By Step

Here is the fifth installment of videos from Walden Speed Shop on how to chop the top on a bitchin 1932 Ford. If you missed the first installment, use the link below to watch them first. Chopping a...

1933 Ford Project: Iron Trap Garage Does Chassis Work On This Major 1933 Ford Project

When someone like Matt says that the latest project is going to be the wildest yet, you have to listen. I mean he’s not the guy who throws these kind of claims around unless he means them, and that...

1933 Ford Project: Iron Trap Garage Is Starting Their Wildest Project Yet! This 3-Window Coupe Is Going To Be Rad.

When someone like Matt says that the latest project is going to be the wildest yet, you have to listen. I mean he’s not the guy who throws these kind of claims around unless he means them, and...

1960 Cadillac Rust Repair Fix: Hammer Forming Trunk Drop Downs And Bead Rolling a Curved Flange On Make It Kustom’s Caddy Project

Karl from Make It Kustom just moved into a new shop and a new house where he and his wife Kristina are planning some big things for the Make It Kustom Channel and their hot rod company Japhands...

Mini Pinzgauer 6×6 Build: A Cab Forward Side By Side UTV That Will Have Everyone Wanting One

This Mini Pinzgauer build is super cool and we dig it. Of course, it isn’t something simple, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun as hell to put together. We’ve shared the...

$3,500 Build: Finishing Up The Sheet Metal Work On The Front End, Plus Bumpers Finally Go On, And More!

Here’s the latest installments from the $3,500 Build, and it is really starting to come together. With the sheet metal work on the front end coming together, and word on whether to chop the top...

Metal Shaping How To: Make A Tucking Fork To Shrink Metal, Plus Demo How To Use It With Simple Tools!!!

Metal shaping is all about shrinking, stretching, and forming which makes it sound oh so simple. Of course, mastering all the ways to do those three things takes some time, but the premise is a...

Metal Fabrication: More Video Instruction On How To Chop The Top On A 1932 Ford

Here is the fourth installment of videos from Walden Speed Shop on how to chop the top on a bitchin 1932 Ford. If you missed the first installment, use the link below to watch them first. Chopping a...

Chop Top How-To: Walden Speed Shops Chop Top Videos Continue

Here is the third installment of videos from Walden Speed Shop on how to chop the top on a bitchin 1932 Ford. If you missed the first installment, use the link below to watch them first. Chopping a...

International Truck Build: This Old IH Pickup Is Getting A Bit Of An Upgrade To Keep It Alive

I’m a fan of old trucks, and especially those that have a good old farm or work truck look. This International pickup has that look and if it was sitting much lower to the ground it would be...

Sheet Metal How To: Make Custom Curved Sheet Metal Flanges The Easy Way

There are a lot of cool things you can make with sheet metal, and usually more than one way to make them. But sometimes the simplest and easiest way looks just as trick as if you did it the hard way....

$3,500 Build: Turbo Stuff, Sheet Metal, Body Fitting, And More On This Low Buck Bud Cool 1951 Chevrolet

The Casey’s Customs 1951 Chevrolet build has been pretty cool, and feels a lot like his $1,000 budget F100 build he finished a few months ago. Because the budget is higher, this project is has...

DIY Gooseneck Trailer Build: Building a Gooseneck Trailer From Scratch!

If you don’t own a trailer of some kind, and have never looked at one close, then you might not have considered building your own trailer. But if you have ever looked at one from underneath or...