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're never welded before, today's easy-to-use wire-feed units speed up the learning process. Time to spark your creativity. First, practice handling the gun without actually welding. Rest its ...

Almost anyone can learn the craft of welding, Andrew Pearce argues in his straightforward and handy guide to do-it-yourself metal work, Farm and Workshop Welding (Fox Chapel Publishing, 2012). In this ...

Whether you've seen it done on automotive TV shows or at your local shop, watching that spark light and hearing the steady crackle of the MIG welder is enticing for sure. It's always impressive to see ...

Like everything else in this world, there's a right way and a wrong way to handle metal repairs. For instance, if you're installing a patch panel into a lower cowl as we're doing here, then hammer ...