Last month, in the first of our four-part series, we covered gas welding. This month we'll continue by delving into MIG welding—far and away the most popular welding process used for classic trucks.
A skilled fabricator performs precision MIG welding on a heavy steel component inside an industrial workshop. Wearing full ...
August 21, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - GULLCO International, a manufacturer of welding and cutting automation equipment, ...
Times change. It wasn't that long ago that if you owned a set of oxy-acetylene gas bottles for welding and cutting you would be considered to have a pretty well-equipped home shop. Maybe you ...
Steve Martin had a bit that was like a fake infomercial where he says, “You can be a millionaire and never pay taxes!” The instructions were, “First, get a million dollars. Then,…” [Brandon’s] ...
Metal 3D printers are, by and large, many times more expensive than their FDM and resin-based brethren. It’s a shame, because there’s plenty of projects that would benefit from being able to produce ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The average age of today’s welder in the U.S. is 55 years old, and fewer than 20 percent are under the age of 35, according to the American Welding Society. These ...
Remember the 80’s movie, Flashdance? The female lead, Jennifer Beals, was a welder by day in a Pittsburgh steel mill and for many people that was their first glimpse of what a welder did for a living.
A few months ago, we introduced you to the processes involved with MIG welding. MIG welding, or metal inert gas welding, is a tool of the trade for millions of fabricators around the world because of ...
In this video I joke about how people romanticize MIG welding and explain why there is more to good welds than flashy spatter ...
Greenville Technical College celebrated the official opening of the Center for Welding & Automation Excellence (CWAE) today, cutting ribbon on the 44,000 square foot facility with the help of college ...
The Idea Forge houses a shop specifically for welding purposes. It contains four MIG machines in individual stations, one large MIG machine (with an aluminum spool gun attachment), and two TIG ...