Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Suspension Tech, Apex Tech Stories, Metal Fabrication, SUSPENSION, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Making Sheet Metal Into Suspension! – Road Race Chassis For A Hot Rod Rebuild
Building complicated shapes and structures at home can be a challenge sometimes, but if you use the methods in this video you’ll see just what is possible without anything but simple cutting...
Turning A Railroad Track Into An Anvil! Simple & Easy DIY – Homemade Anvil
It is surprisingly easy to find pieces of railroad track to use for anvils and the like, and it has been a common use for them for a very long time. A railroad track anvil is a great DIY tool and one...
Tech: Pick The Screw That Makes More Power. Big, Medium, And Small. Which Is Best?
Screws are one of the marvels of physics. The threads can exert huge amounts of force, with far less input than you might think, and this means they can be used to do all kinds of things. In this...
Spray Paint Shootout: Which Spray Paint Really Is The Best? Or Are They All About The Same?
If you are like me then when you go to the store and buy spray paint you are always wondering why you are paying so much more for a name brand paint, and wondering if there really is a difference....
Iron Trap Sweetheart Roadster: Garage Building A Door From Scratch, A Year After Building The First One. Can He Do It Again?
Most people who needed to build a pair of something for a car project would probably build them both at, or around, the same time especially if they need to match. In fact, the longer you wait to do...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: The FJ45 Ultimate Rock Crawler Gets A New Homemade Bumper!
On this episode of the FJ45 Rock Crawler project the custom rear bumper comes together, along with tail lights, and more! Check it out. If you know old Toyota Land Cruisers then you know that an FJ40...
Restoring A 250 Pound Bench Vise! This Would Be Cool In Any Shop!
A good bench vise is absolutely critical to any shop, and they can be quite expensive for a really good one. Of course, there are cheap models out there, which are totally fine for the average...
Metal Shaping Tech: How To Make A Tucking Hammer For Shrinking Sheet Metal!!
Karl Fisher at Make It Kustom just keeps coming with DIY tools and techniques for shaping metal with professional results. I love what he does, his enthusiasm, and his way of conveying these lessons...
Cleanest Way To Organize Tools Or Tool OCD? Kaizen Foam Storage Tricks And Tips
I’m a big fan of tool organization and am the guy with the little plastic things that hold sockets, end wrenches, etc in my toolbox drawers. I also own a label maker which means I have well...
Secrets Unveiled! How To Run 9 Sec 1/4 On Stock Tires FAST Racing Series Stock Appearing ZL1 Camaro
Factory Appearing Stock Tire, aka FAST, is a racing series where muscle cars run head to head and have to look like they did when they came off the showroom floor. We’re talking stock exhaust...
Flying Sparks Forgotten Classic Car, MG Midget Interior Transformation!
It is so satisfying to take a car that has been sitting, putting some time and energy into it, and then bringing it back to life after being forgotten. Getting it running, driving it around, enjoying...
Rust Removal Battle: Which Is Best? Evapo-Rust Or Electrolysis? Watch And Find Out.
Rust sucks and no matter where you live there are times where it rears its ugly head and is a pain. Whether it’s car parts, a tool left outside in the rain, or whatever there are definitely...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: Trans Tunnel Fab Work And More! Plus, Breaking New Tools.
Like most of the Fab Rats videos there is way more to this one than the description might suggest. What starts out with a trans tunnel as the goal quickly becomes more than that as tools break, funny...
