I remember sitting in a cramped workshop back in ’84, the smell of rosin flux thick in the air and my eyes stinging from a cheap, finicky heating element that just wouldn’t hold a steady temperature. I had a delicate Continue reading Choosing a Soldering Iron for Metalwork
I remember standing over a workbench back in ’84, trying to fix a heavy-duty conveyor bracket with a set of cheap, flimsy riveting tools I’d picked up from a local hardware chain. The metal was screaming, the rivets were buckling, Continue reading How to Use Riveting Tools
I remember standing in a massive industrial shop back in ’84, watching a kid spend three hours trying to find the “perfect” precision-machined gadget from a catalog just to fix a simple bracket. He was surrounded by shiny, overpriced junk Continue reading Fundamental Hand Tools for Metalworkers
I remember sitting in my first fabrication shop back in the late seventies, the air thick with the smell of ozone and burnt steel, listening to the high-pitched scream of a heavy-duty angle grinder biting into a fresh plate of Continue reading Using an Angle Grinder for Metalwork