Manufacturing is a lengthy process with numerous steps involved. If you are into healthcare, defense, aerospace, marine, oil, gas, or transportation, you must be familiar with the amount of effort it ...

Forming complex shapes in metal sheets is still a laborious process, especially if you aren’t needing more than a couple parts so stamping doesn’t make sense. That may change with Digital Sheet ...

We’re no strangers to [Ivan]’s work and this time he’s building a relatively small CNC machine using extrusion, 3D printed parts, and a Makita router. The plans are available at a small cost, but just ...

Legendary hot rodder Stan Betz started punching louvers in Frank Kurtis' shop back in the late Forties. Before long he was the most in-demand louver man in the Orange County area. David Williams, not ...

While applications vary by industry, quality metal fabrication conforms to several basic rules and requires fundamental processes. While there are many bending solutions and strategies, nothing can ...

GEARS ABRADE, pistons crack, pumps clog. If engineers had their way, machines would have no moving parts at all. Alas, a sedentary lump of metal would be a paperweight, rather than a useful machine.