Proficiency in various welding skills are among the in-demand skills for manufacturers, and manufacturing workers. Demand for metal fabrications is forecast for impressive growth in several markets ...

Fast forward more than two decades. The founder of Freedom Fabricators in Jupiter, Fla., stands in front of a large press brake and its touchscreen controller, again working aluminum—this time on a ...

Traditionally, the best-selling issues of Car Craft are those with a paint and body theme. As much as we like to read about engine builds or suspension upgrades, a lot of that stuff is assembly.

Through a welding mask, the world is a dim place. A few minutes ago, the sliding door of Nick Wicks’s metal shop outside Portland, Maine, was wide open. Sun streamed in through a light rain. But now, ...

In this video I start the build out for my metal shop. I make some super simple metal work tables where I laminate sheet metal to some plywood and build simple one inch square tubing bases. Trump ...

Owners – and prospective owners – of metal buildings often want to know how much maintenance is necessary, and what they need to do. This is information that every metal building system builder should ...

After moving into the new shop, I finally set up a dedicated metal-working area—and we desperately needed more flat work surfaces. I built a simple steel workstation using 1” square tubing with clean ...