Roger Hoover has spent over 50 years in the construction industry as a sheet metal worker. Some years ago he retired. More recently he was persuaded to return to his lifelong profession because there ...
The flat layout can be applied to scribe lines where the bending punch tip will make contact in the center of the bend. Aiming marks for the bending process can include a laser-scribed bend line or ...
Clinching is a sheet metal joining process that has been used for decades. It offers a fast, clean way to join metal parts without welding or screws. In this article, we share clinching 101 knowledge ...
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 ...
Aluminium drinks cans make a great source of thin sheet metal which can be used for all manner of interesting projects, but it’s safe to say that retrieving a sheet of metal from a can is a hazardous ...
A Unified Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem Powered by 3D Printing, CNC Machining, and Advanced Fabrication By integrating advanced 3D printing with CNC machining, injection molding, and sheet metal ...
Harbor Freight has a long history as a retailer of budget-friendly tools suitable for the DIY hobbyist workshop, in addition to some otherwise unexpected Harbor Freight items. Anyone interested in ...
Winchester just landed a $31 million industrial upgrade, as KLNB announced it has wrapped a 160,000-square-foot build-to-suit facility for sheet-metal manufacturer ZM Sheet Metal at Stonewall ...
Natchez Heating and Cooling buys Thorpe Sheet Metal, expanding local HVAC, electrical and plumbing services with faster scheduling and a 10-year guarantee on new systems.
At General Sheet Metal, the work culture is like a family — collaborative and a place where anyone can share their thoughts freely. The company was founded in 1932 but was bought by current owner ...
If you have ever looked closely at a typical mass-produced automobile, you will be familiar with pressed-steel panels. Complex curves can be repeated thousands of times over, by putting a sheet of ...