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 ...

This is an example of a nicely stepped and boxed frame. A.Well, the short story is that welding nearly always causes distortion (warping). When you make a weld, you are fusing red-hot metal to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...