Grinding Stones: Stones are hard and great for removing metal fast. They can also be used to gouge out bad welds or shape steel plate or tubing. They can get hot fast, and they can be unforgiving and ...

Some do-it-all inventions make compromises until the point that they do nothing very well, and tools are no exception. Specialized tools are generally the way to go. What we are trying to say is ...

Each day, the typical shop likely has some form of automation on the floor, but grinding and welding tend to remain manual processes, due to cost, product mix, or the perceived complexity of ...

A thing of beauty is a joy forever, and beauty often takes the form of a perfectly laid welding bead—one that looks like a tall stack of dimes laid on its side. Okay, welding has some practical ...

[Jer Schmidt] needed a way to put a lot of M8 bolts into a piece of square steel tubing, but just drilling and tapping threads into the thin steel wouldn’t be strong enough. So he figured out a way to ...