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.

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 ...

A skilled fabricator performs precision MIG welding on a heavy steel component inside an industrial workshop. Wearing full ...

There isn't one welding process suitable for all applications, so you need to consider these factors: the type and thickness of the metal you're welding, how big the job is, whether you're welding ...

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 ...

Southwestern Community College (SWCC) is expanding the technical training opportunities available at its Osceola Center with ...

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 ...

AI-driven robotics, collaborative solutions, and automated cells for welding, material handling, and surface finishing, highlighted by pick-and-place demonstrations.

Can MIG welding really stand up to the punishment of dozer work? In this project, we weld new grouser bars onto worn dozer pads and put them to the test. Will they survive heavy equipment abuse, or ...

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 ...