How to Use A Tube Notcher Effectively?

Metalworking is an intricate and demanding industry, characterized by rigorous production processes. Those fortunate enough to be involved in working with sheet metal are adept at a multitude of processes that facilitate the transformation of raw metal into the desired output. In the vast realm of metalworking operations, the significance of sheet metal notching stands out prominently. Notching, a cost-effective technique, employs a punch press to eliminate surplus or superfluous material from the outer edges of a workpiece. Diverse tools cater to this operation, allowing practitioners to execute notching with remarkable efficiency, precision, and minimal workpiece damage. One such indispensable tool is the tube notcher, colloquially referred to as a… Read More

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9 Easy-to-Follow Lifting Magnet Safety Tips

Lifting magnets have gained traction in several metalworking and manufacturing companies to perform operations such as lifting, loading, unloading, and transporting. These lifting solutions ease the job of workers in terms of picking up and transporting heavy materials from one place to another. However, there are some operational rules for lifting magnets, which must be followed. Therefore, workers need to be aware of all safety precautions while using this powerful magnetic device. This is because a minor lapse can cause serious injury like crushed hands to pinched fingers to loss of extremities. Would you like to know how to use a lifting magnet safely? This post explores a list of… Read More

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Plasma Cutting Machine – Its Working and Uses

Plasma cutting which is a thermal cutting method, is widely used to cut or engrave on materials such as metals. This is one of the fastest cutting methods available that assures high-quality and precise cuts without causing any deterioration on the material. Although being a popular metal cutting technique, most of us are unaware of plasma cutting. Are you interested to know more about this metal cutting technique? This post is intended to provide you detailed information about plasma cutting machine. Stay tuned. What is Plasma? To understand how a plasma cutter works, it’s important to know what plasma is. There are three fundamental forms of matter – solid, liquid,… Read More

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Common Mistakes to Avoid While Buying Tube Bending Machine

Tube bending machines are used in industries like aerospace, automotive, hydraulic and manufacturing for bending tubes. Today, it is easy to find these bending equipment in different configurations and price ranges. Due to reasons ranging from ignorance to cost saving to other unidentified ones, business owners often end up making mistakes when buying these machines. Remember – using the right bending equipment is key to produce high quality bends. Any small mistake may lead to poor quality bends, which jeopardize the applications that use them. This post introduces you to some common mistakes people make while buying pipe bending machines. Top 5 Mistake to Avoid When Purchasing Pipe and Tube… Read More

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8 Important Tips to Improve Welding Safety

Welding is one of the most utilized metal fabrication processes. Due to exposure to heat, metals, harmful gases and fumes, and welding sparks, this process becomes hazardous to the operators. The operators may sustain injuries on their skin, eyes, and respiratory system if they do not take any safety precautions. Therefore, while welding, the operator is always at risk if proper safety precautions are not taken. The Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) suggests industrial safety precautions under standard 1910.252-Subpart Q. Even if there are basic safety precautions taken during the welding process, the welding safety can be enhanced by using few methods. If you are unsure how to enhance… Read More

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5 Safety Tips to Follow When Working with Sheet Metal Shearing Tools

A sheet metal shear is one of the must-have industrial tools in use today. These shearing machines allow the worker to cut through hard metals with diverse widths without using lasers or any high-tech equipment. Although metal shears aren’t as evolved as other precise metal cutting tools like plasma cutters, they pose a potential danger to the workers if not handled correctly. Hence, some basic safety tips should be followed by them while using such sharp tools. Would you like to know what safety tips to follow when using sheet metal shearing tools? This post answers the same. Sheet Metal Shearing Tool Safety Tips The following steps can be employed… Read More

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How to Use Your Auto Body Hand Tools More Safely?

The auto repair can be done using two types of tools – the power tools and hand tools. The powered tools are often used for welding, spray painting, grinding, etc. Whereas the hand tools are used for dent repair, tightening, repairing bruises, and punctures. The common auto body hand tools are chisels, screwdrivers, hammers, wedges, etc. The use of these hand tools is quite easy but if used incorrectly or carelessly, it can cause serious injury to the operator. However, there are some tactics that the operator can adopt to use auto hand tools safely and efficiently. Do you know these tactics? If you intend to know, then this post… Read More

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How to Safeguard Press Brake to Prevent Hazards?

In the metalworking industry, metal bending and shaping are performed using specialized equipment called press brakes. Although designed for precision bending, the problem with this equipment is that it needs highly experienced operators with 100% working focus. However, no matter how experienced and vigilant the operator is, he is always at the risk of injury while handling the press brake. Therefore, press brake safeguarding to prevent injuries is a necessity. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other organizations have set standards to assure the safety of people working with it. This post focusses on the industrial safety standards and press brake safety guidelines to be followed. Industrial Safety… Read More

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Tips and Tricks to Get the Most Out of Drill Press Woodworking

The drill press is well-known woodworking equipment. Ideally, this tool was created to perform just one task of drilling. However, with time, several woodworkers have come up with ways to use the basic drill press for other tasks. Earlier, it was only suitable for drilling, now it is used for mortise cutting, sanding, and many more. This way, by performing a range of different woodworking tasks on drill press one can get the most benefit out of drill press. This post gives insights about how to use a drill press for woodworking, along with a few tricks to use it for tasks other than drilling. Tips and Tricks to Use… Read More

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How to Find Right Tube Bender for Your Needs?

The tube benders are a type of pipe and tube fabrication equipment, which are used for bending tubes.  These equipment are available in various types, features, and specifications to meet your application requirements. It is important to know about benders to select right tube bender. It is also important to analyze your bending needs. Along with these, there plenty of factors that you may need to consider while choosing right tube bender. This post gives insights about the factors that help to select the best bender to suit your needs. Factors to Consider While Choosing right tube bender If you belong to the metalworking industry then you may know the… Read More

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Difference Between Welding and Sheet Metal Fabrication

Welding and sheet metal fabrication appear to be interchangeable concepts, although, they are entirely different. The welding is considered as a part of metal fabrication. Many times, people misjudge welding with metal fabrication because of metalworking. Considering the nature of both concepts, welding is a process where metal fabrication is a set of processes, they both differ in many ways. However, this post gives insights into the difference between welding and sheet metal fabrication. What Is Metal Fabrication? Metal fabrication is a process of forming products from sheet metal. Metal fabrication is a step by step process of designing, cutting, bending, shaping, and joining metals. Metal fabrication demands much more… Read More

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Common Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing a Welding Machine

Welding machines help join two parts or components of a final product, and various similar processes can be carried out with their help. Welding machines have been in use since several decades; however, they have evolved with time, thanks to technological advancements. Even now, basic welding machines are being used. So, primarily, you need to know your requirements and budget well, if you want to be able to choose the right welding machine for your application. But, there is too much of variety available in the market and choosing the welding machine suited for your applications can be overwhelming. This post discusses the common mistakes one can avoid when choosing… Read More

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How to Perform Professional Blacksmithing with Anvils?

Blacksmithing is a term for metalworking and it has been around for a long time. This is a traditional method of metalworking, where the blacksmith (or a person performing this type of task) uses hand tools to forge wrought iron and steel metal sheets into desired shapes. Forging uses techniques such as drawing upon, shrinking, bending, upsetting, swaging, punching, and forge welding.  Blacksmiths use various types of tools for shaping metals. An anvil is a popular tool used by blacksmiths all over the globe for shaping the metal. Why is this tool used? How to use it correctly? This post intends to introduce blacksmithing to beginners and also provides insights… Read More

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Safety Precaution and Tips to follow when working with Sheet Metal Rolling Equipment

Sheet metal rolling is an industrial metal forming process, which makes use of complex equipment. The process may involve hot rolling, cold rolling, transverse rolling, and sectioned rolling. Although the sheet metal rolling is the easy-to-perform process, it still demands complex machine utilization. It requires sheet handling at high temperatures. These factors demand the operator to take safety precautions with a metal rolling machine. This post discusses safety tips for sheet metal rolling equipment. Sheet Metal Rolling Machine Safety Tips The following are the safety precautions with metal rolling equipment that must be taken by the operator. Installing Emergency Controls: For preventing any accidents, the hold-to-run and emergency termination controls… Read More

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How to Achieve a Perfect Sheet Metal Bend?

Sheet metal fabrication comprises various processes that facilitate the shaping of the metal in the required form and size. CNC machining has long been used for shaping and structuring of metals. This may involve deburring, forming, cutting, bending, and many such processes depending upon the requirement. Sheet metal bending can be challenging when it comes to bending pipes or cylindrical rods. Also, depending upon the quantity required, this may be a repetitive task which also requires precision. Although technology has evolved to overcome these challenges of workmanship, materials and tools used needs to be precise to be able to achieve a perfect sheet metal bend. This post offers some tips… Read More

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Sheet Metal Fabrication: Popular Techniques and Tools Discussed

Sheet metal fabrication has been around for several years and is widely employed across various industries. It is the process of forming, shaping and joining metals or parts to create the desired product. Sheet metal is one of the common forms of raw materials wherein the fabrication process is used. In this process, various tools and techniques are used to cut, join, and shape the metal. Would you like to know what they are? This post will introduce you to some important techniques and tools used for sheet metal fabrication. What are the Common Sheet Metal Fabrication Techniques? The following are the common fabrication techniques using metal. The choice of… Read More

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Everything You Need to Know About Weld Positioners

A weld positioner is a device designed keeping in mind the welder’s comfort. It helps reduce their fatigue as they can stand in one position and do their job. They do not have to move or bend as this welding positioner can rotate up to 360 degrees. The object or work piece to be welded is adjusted on the weld positioner. Weld positioners are fitted by either pipe joints or valves. This is a basic reason why it finds a wide application in industries that use metal fabrication or CNC machining to shape metal parts or components. This post discusses the functioning, benefits and applications of weld positioners and more.… Read More

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Top 10 Necessary Tools for Car Fabrication and Restoration

A car is made of several mechanized and non-mechanized parts which are exposed to harsh environments. Owing to their regular usage, the parts or car as a whole may need maintenance and repair at regular intervals. Maintenance and repair is not possible without a slew of fabrication and restoration tools. What are the different tools necessary for the fabrication and restoration of car parts? Read the post to know the answers. An Overview of Top 10 Auto Restoration and Fabrication Tools There are several auto tools in the market that find application in various auto restoration and fabrication projects. However, it may not be possible to own all of them… Read More

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Introducing Seven Different Types of Hammers and their Uses

Hammer is perhaps the most imperative hand tool used from fitting parts, forging metal, breaking apart objects to riveting and chipping metal. The tool, which is designed to deliver a sudden impact to an object, is available in varying shapes, sizes and weights. Hence, there are multitude of hammers available that help metal workers in a myriad of ways. Choosing the best hammer is critical to make the job easier and avoid possible damage to the workpiece. To avoid confusion and to make the selection process simple, the post provides a few popular types of hammers which are in widely use today! The post also discusses the varied uses of hammer… Read More

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Sheet Metal Deburring – Types and Methods Discussed

Today, sheet metal is used across industries for creating workable parts. A sheet metal may not always be in a plain and workable condition and may have burrs which need to be removed before using them. Burr removal is usually performed using automated equipment or manual tools. Owing to their increasing use, these tools are available in a variety of designs and specifications. With so many choices available for consideration, it is quite obvious to think about how to choose the right tool for deburring. However, the answer can be bit complicated, if you are unaware of the types of burrs, and methods of sheet metal deburring. This post will… Read More

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