Welding sheetmetal together makes burning thick metal together seem like a smiley walk in your favorite off-road shop. Welding sheetmetal is scary and daunting. Why, you may ask. Well, there are ...

If you were to ask the majority of trades people who do fabrication, they would tell you that tack welds are used as temporary welds to hold the metal together until proper weld can be put down.

Welding thin sheet metal can be challenging because you need to obtain adequate fusion while preventing distortion and burnthrough. The key skill is to control the heat across the sheet metal to ...

MIG Welding is the most basic type of sheetmetal/steel welding that is widely used today. Over the years, it has become even more simplified thanks to product development, something the folks at ...

Q.I've been in this business for many years, and there doesn't seem to be much agreement about the terms used for common weld types. Can you clear up the confusion, and give me accurate definitions ...

The famous proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention” sure rings true in hot rod circles. We recently ran into a problem with a monoleaf spring on our 1960 Corvette and decided to switch back to ...