The development of cheaper, more powerful lasers has always been a cause for excitement among hackers, and fiber lasers are no exception. One of the newer tools they’ve enabled is the laser welder, ...

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I know, stacking dimes takes years of practice, and admittedly, there's a lot of pride that goes into showing off those perfect dime-shaped beads you've just laid down on that custom gas tank you just ...

There isn't one welding process suitable for all applications, so you need to consider these factors: the type and thickness of the metal you're welding, how big the job is, whether you're welding ...

Harbor Freight is a very good place to pick up tools for cheap, and you might be surprised to see how low the prices can get for tools you might otherwise think were out of your price range. The ...

I've spent the better half of the decade slowly collecting tools and equipment to turn my two-car garage into a modestly equipped work area. There's no engine swap or mechanical problem I can't fix ...

Microwave oven transformer spot welder builds are about as common as Nixie tube clocks around here. But this spot welder is anything but common, and it has some great lessons about manufacturing ...

I put the xTool MetalFab 800W laser welder to the test on thin 20 gauge galvanized sheet metal.For this test, I wanted to see if I could weld the pieces corner-to-corner using fusion welding with no ...

When you work in pipeline welding, you go to where the jobs are. Oil and gas companies can't bring the pipelines in for repair, so you travel to the pipeline, whether it's in Alaskan ice, desert heat ...