Category Archive: Metal Fabrication, OTHER, Tech Stories, Videos
Sheet Metal Tech: English Wheel Basics For Beginners. Here’s How You Start Out Shaping Metal!
In this episode of Make It Kustom you get an up close look at a Karl Fisher’s home-built English wheel, along with an explanation on what the English wheel does and how. It’s a pretty...
Painting Mike Finnegan’s Toyota Mini Truck At A Truck Show! Wait, Mike Finnegan Has Another Mini Truck? That Runs?
If our friend Courtney Hallowell was still around, he’d be proud that some old mini truckers, like Mike Finnegan and I, still admit to being mini truckers. I want another mini bad. And...
Dyno Video: Big Block Chevrolet VS Big Block Ford. Which Junkyard Big Block Reigns Supreme!
The Ford vs Chevrolet argument started the minute the two faced each other in competition the first time and it is a battle that will continue until cars no longer exist. I’m a die-hard...
$3,500 Build: Casey Tries The 1951 Chevy Body On The Blazer Chassis. Will It All Fit?
In the last video, Casey was asking all of us viewers what we thought he should do moving forward since he may have chosen the wrong chassis for this build. With 95% of the viewers telling him to...
Don’t Have A Bead Roller But Want To Form A Beaded Panel? Here’s How To Hammer Form One In Your Shop With Standard Tools
If you have ever wanted to build a beaded panel for a project, then you know that very often the bead roller is the way to go. Of course it depends on what kind of beads you are trying to make, but...
Which Compression Ratio Is Best For A Power Adder Engine Combo? Is 8.5:1 The Way To Big Power Or Does 10:1 Work Even Better?
Big power combos under boost have always required lower compression ratios than a Naturally Aspirated combination, or at least that’s what we’ve been told. But is that true? Or is there...
The Smallest Block: Machine Work And Assembly Of The Hagerty Honda CT70 Engine
It has been a while since we’ve heard about the Hagerty CT70 bike restoration project. Those little machines are some of the most coveted in the pits of any race track and certainly people who...
Dyno Video: It’s Not Pretty, But It Doesn’t Make Much Power. Low Buck, Junkyard Dodge Magnum 360 Mods, Part 1
When you think Magnum, you think big. So it’s only natural for everyone to have thought that big power numbers should come along with the Magnum 360 name when Dodge put them out in their trucks...
Can Rebeldryver Make A Cheap Parts Boat With A Hole In It Into A Cheap Fun Boat? Or, Will It Sink?
There are many of us who have bought some kind of parts vehicle only to get it home and realize it might be too good, or too fun, to cut up and use just for the parts. That goes for both too....
$3,500 Build: Did He Choose The Wrong Chassis? The Chopped, Channeled, Bagged, And Bitchin Chevrolet Project Is Underway
More progress, but with some hiccups too. What should Casey do? He’s asking your opinions on this one, because he may have chosen the wrong chassis for this build. After successfully building...
This Homemade Welding Fixture Table Is Awesome, And Includes Killer Storage For Your Garage
I’ve featured plenty of welding and fixture table builds here on the site, because I’m a welder and LOVE a good workbench, welding table, or fixture table. Since I’m always on the...
$3,500 Build: A Chassis Swapped, Bagged, And Chopped 1954 Chevrolet Build For Just $3,500
After successfully building an F100 for just $1,000, it would seem that building a 1954 Chevy would be a snap for $3,500. But it’s not that simple when you consider what Casey is going to do,...
Alex Taylor’s Quest For The 6’s 1955 Chevy Project Is Legal! They Got Their NHRA Chassis Cert!
No amount of thrashing will get you on the race track legally unless you’ve got an NHRA Chassis Certification. The car doesn’t have to be completely finished in order to get inspected and...
