Category Archive: OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
The Fabrication Series Builds One Ultra Cool And Versatile Fixture Table We Wish We Owned
Unless you are really new around here, you know I’m the guy who loves all things welding and fabrication. We’re building a new shop and house right now and I’m dreaming of a killer...
This Shop Crane Is A Great DIY Project That Can Add Something Cool To Your Shop
Having an overhead beam with a chain or electric hoist overhead can be amazingly useful in the shop. I’m not sure it is always the best replacement for a cherry picker, but I’d say 75% of...
The Ultimate Vise Torture Test: Old VS New, Import VS Domestic, Which Bench Vise Does It All And Lives?
There is nothing cooler than a big old vintage vise for the bench in your garage or shop. Brands like Wilton bring big money at swap meets and garage sales, because people know they are ultra bad...
Satellite Launch, Part 2: Playing The Valves Like A Xylophone!
Part two in the saga of the 1970 Plymouth Sport Satellite that Kevin (JunkyardDigs) and Luke (Thunderhead289) starts off with the long-quiet B-body Mopar being extracted from the hole in the earth...
Un-Wreck The Wrecker: Hoonigan Brings In Another Square-Body Project!
I’m not sure which one of the bosses is going to go more nuts over this particular truck, but I see a legit work truck that has killer potential and a job already lined up. Suits me, so...
Watch Wray Schelin From Pro Shaper Sheet Metal Build A Jaguar E-Type Nose Out Of Aluminum. Sheet Metal Awesomeness Right Here
Sheetmetal work is one of those things that I would just love to be good at. I have never spent much time working sheetmetal, mostly because I don’t have many of the tools, but it is one of...
The Cushman Scooter Project – The Body is Almost RUST FREE! Check Out All The Progress
Cushman Scooters have always been popular and a bit pricey, but their prices and popularity have gone up in recent years as part of the real popularity increase of mini bikes. We personally dig them,...
Toy Restoration: Watch As This Studebaker Lark Matchbox Comes Back To Life!
Care for an object says a lot about you as a person. I’m not sure what the care of my Hot Wheels and other scale cars of my childhood says about me, but let’s be honest: if you’ve...
Satellite Launch: Digging A Long-Dead Plymouth Out Of It’s Grave!
Have you ever looked at a page like Cars in Barns or the many Instagram pages of forlorn, abandoned old machines and wondered just how much work really would need to go and bring that beast to life?...
Here’s How To Make Sure Your Projects End Up Flat Even If You Don’t Have A Welding Table. Here Is How 3 Points Can Make You Accurate.
So you’ve got your welder, a saw to cut metal, and a stack of tubing you want to make into something. It doesn’t matter whether it is a table frame for your house, a back half chassis...
Making Tools Is Cool! Take A Look At This Rotary Bender, It’s Not Only Good At Bending But Bad Ass Looking Too
There is something about building your own tools that just makes you feel good. Not every tool should be made mind you, but some are better when you make them yourself. I’ve got several tools...
How To Prep And Paint An Old Rusty Chassis: Sure It’s Some Work, But The Results Can Be Cool
We’ve all come across a project that has got a chassis we just don’t look forward to cleaning and repainting. Often we’ll decide that taking it to the powder coater to have it...
Urchfab Makes Use Of Their Hand Built Control Arm Jig. These Are Some Pretty Cool Custom Parts You Can Build At Home
It is the common thread of the Urchfab project called the Mongrel, a Miata chassis with a bitchin old Ford 100E body slid over the top of it with some huge fender flares, a cage, and lots of other...
This Tilting And Extending Welding Table Is A Pretty Cool Home Built Project That We’d Love To Have In The Shop
If you are regular here on BANGshift then you know that welding is one of the things I like most. And that means that welding projects and helping you guys learn how to weld is something I love being...