Category Archive: Hack of the Week, Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Weld Anti Spatter Spray Testing: Welding Spatter Can Be A Real Pain, Which One Of These Pro And Hack Products Works Best To Stop It?
Finishing up a weld project only to find you’ve got tiny balls of spatter all over your work, the welding table, or both, is not a fun way to become familiar with weld spatter. Sometimes...
Harbor Freight Trailer Build: Fenders And More As This Thing Really Comes Together
Here’s the next installment of the trailer build, so check it out below, where fenders are designed and installed, and the fold-down table position is finalized. And if you missed the last videos,...
Step By Step Beginner Guide To Beadrolling: How To Beadroll Artwork
I’ve only got limited experience using a bead roller, and have never used one to make “artwork”, but I certainly think it would be cool to make cool stuff to hang on the wall in my...
DIY Shop Tools: Building An Arbor Press From A 1972 Popular Mechanics Magazine Plan
Building tools and equipment in your garage is always fun, and every time you use a tool you made yourself it’s a better experience than if you only use tools you buy. I’ve got lots of...
Model A Ford Chop Top How To: Taking 4 Inches Out Of The Top Of A Model A Just Might Make It Perfect
I can’t get enough of other people chopping the tops on hot rods and customs. Maybe this is because I’ve never chopped a top myself, although it is definitely on the list of must do mods....
Building An Engine Run Stand From The Stuff You Have Laying Around The Shop Is Good Stuff
Engine run stands are cool, super handy, and way simpler to build than you might think. Plus, you probably have a bunch of stuff in your shop that can be used to help make one. In this video from...
Classic Mini Cooper Race Car Build: Custom Jack Points And The Cage Will Be Finished!
Urchfab has built some fun and cool cars for both the street and the track, with our favorite being the Mongrel which is an old British Ford 100 on a Miata body. But that car is really nice and is...
Metal Shaping: Making a Hand Carved Skull Shift Knob From Brass!
Karl and Kristina Fisher just hit 100,000 subscribers on YouTube and decided a giveaway was in order and it couldn’t be something lame. Nope, in typical Karl fashion this thing is amazing and...
Metal How To: Fitzee’s Comprehensive Spot Weld Removal With Simple Tools.
There are a lot of tools available for removing or cutting spot welds, and some work just fine. I say “some” because there are so many available, and many of them are complete junk that...
Spun Aluminum Disc Demo: It’s Amazing What Simple Tools Will Do To A Spinning Disc Of Aluminum
Spun Aluminum parts, like Moon Discs, are cool looking but have you ever wondered just how they are made? Well this isn’t a video on making an actual Moon Disc, but rather a spun aluminum part...
$3,500 Build: Air Ride, Trunk Sheet Metal, And Lead Bodywork On The Front End Of This Low Budget Hot Rod
Here are 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, as well as in the trunk, along with the...
Finnegan’s Garage Builds A Unique Welding Table: This One Is Unlike Almost Any Other We’ve Seen
Everyone knows I’m a sucker for a good welding table build but when I saw this one that Finnegan and Newbern are putting together for the shop, it made me smile. Why? Because it has a very...
Metal Fabrication: How to TIG Weld Thin Sheet Metal Panels – 1960 Cadillac Restoration!!!
There are a lot of ways to join two pieces of metal, and several of them are different welding processes. While stick welding sheet metal is possible, it is probably the least effective and hardest...
