Category Archive: Metal Fabrication, MISC, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
How To Choose The Right Welder For Your Garage Regardless Of Your Skill Level! Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced Machines
Some people have a really hard time making decisions on what to buy, even on the simplest purchases. So when it comes time to make a purchasing decision on something more complicated, it can be...
Project Binky Update: Reassembly Is Well Underway! When Will It Make Its First Drive?
Well, it is moving forward. Not under its own power, but it is moving forward and we are so excited. The electronics, mechanicals, and more are all going in or getting ready to go in because this...
Make A Press Form To Emboss Sheet Metal With Only A Grinder, File, And Shop Press.
Wait, I lied. He uses a welder too, in order to weld a brace on the die and to weld together the female side of this press form. But in theory, you could bolt those parts together, it would just take...
Fire Safety: Finnegan Is Making Sure The Caddy Project Has All The Fire Protection It Needs
Anyone who knows me knows that racing safety is a very important thing to me, and that fire systems in particular are something I’m pretty passionate about. My friend Lyle Barnett was involved...
Adding Lights To Your Garage Door Can Make Your Garage So Much Nicer To Work In
The average garage has some fluorescent lights hung on the ceiling if you’re lucky, and while they may provide “okay” lighting while the garage is closed, opening the overhead door...
Custom Console Build: Step By Step Building A Console For A 1971 GMC Jimmy. This Thing Is Trick!
Another awesome project how to from Make It Kustom is right here. And if you are looking for some inspiration and technique to make your next console, then this is the video for you. I’ll be...
Edd China’s Workshop Diaries: His Custom Mini May Look Like An Orange, But It Handles Like A Lemon!
I’ve seen photos of his Outspan Orange before but had no idea what was really going on underneath this thing or how it came to be. It turns out these were promotional vehicles used to get people in...
Could This Little English Wheel From Eastwood Be The Perfect Sheet Metal Tool?
(Words by Charles Wickam) If you’re following along like every good Bangshifter does, you read the blog and watched the Make It Kustom video about English Wheel basics. Wait, what ?!?! You...
Alex Taylor’s Quest For The Sixes Means Lots Of Work In Little Time For The 1955 Chevrolet
These are the videos you have all been waiting for, the ones where the giant thrash in the final days of the 1955 Chevrolet build happen. There was a lot of trick stuff happening in very little time,...
Metal Shaping 101: How To Make EASY Paper Patterns For Curved Panels !!
There is no shortage of metal shaping opportunities on a hot rod, race car, or custom project. It all just depends on what your vision is for the finished project, but regardless there is some sort...
How To Video: Building Custom Spark Plug Wires At Home Isn’t Hard, And Makes For A Super Clean Install
If you have a stock, meaning un-modified, car and need a new set of spark plug wires, there is absolutely nothing wrong with going down to your local parts store and buying a replacement set....
DIY Lever Handle Dolly: The Easy Way To Move Equipment Around Your Shop Without Breaking The Bank, Or Your Back
Moving heavy workbenches and equipment can be a royal pain in the ass. Often times it can be such a pain that we’ll end up leaving a piece of equipment somewhere we really don’t want it...
Can You Make Real Horsepower With Big Block Peanut Port Heads? Richard Holdener Shows Us How
Peanut port heads, a staple of the early to mid 1990’s big block Chevrolets, were never considered a performance cylinder head. They feature small oval ports that just don’t flow a lot of...
Will This Family Relic Run After More Than 20 Years In Various Garages? I Want To Love This Monte Carlo…
I want to love it, because my parents had one new when I was little, but this one is way rougher than I thought originally when I saw the video. Oh well. It’s still a cool story and a car that...