After nearly 4 years, I finally got my hands on the Stahlwerk Plasma Cutter! This machine cut through a 15mm metal sheet in a ...

Metalworking has always been very much a “mixed method” art. Forging, welding, milling, grinding; anything to remove metal or push it around from one place to another is fair game when you’ve got to ...

There’s no reason to use a hacksaw in a modern farm shop. Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have ...

For contractors who have their own sheet metal shops, adding or replacing a tool such as a laser or plasma cutter can make a big difference in efficiency, time, and money. While adding or replacing a ...

If you’re trying to figure out tools that make life easier, a plasma cutter might not be the first one that comes to mind. But it can be a game changer for DIYers, mechanics, and anyone working on ...

A growing number of farmers are opting to tool up with engineering-grade workshop equipment to produce their own machinery parts. And when it comes to carving out perfect sheet metal profiles, there’s ...

Makers and hobbyists that would like to create their very own CNC plasma table might be interested in this project which utilises the awesome Raspberry Pi mini PC and is capable of cutting sheet metal ...

What we want is a Star Trek-style replicator. What we have are a bunch of different machines that can spew out various 2D and 3D shapes. For the foreseeable future, you’ll still need to post-process ...

Can you turn one of the most frustrating parts of any automotive restoration into one of the most fun? Removing the spot welds prior to replacing rusted out panels is usually not fun. What it is, ...