by Ben Wiley | Jun 14, 2021 | Careers, community, Family Business, Laser Cutting, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators
It’s rarely good to be front-page news, but we’re excited about our moment in the spotlight. To see why take a look at The News Herald from May 12-18th. At the top, you’ll see a headline that reads, “New investment, jobs to help Wiley Metal”. This is a good news story...
by Ben Wiley | Mar 12, 2021 | High Precision, Laser Cutting, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business
Superhero movies are filled with characters who’ve been granted great power. Some, like Spider-Man, use it responsibly, others, (looking at you, Thanos,) not so much. Well, we won’t claim to be superheroes but we are about to gain a lot more power. In our case it...
by Ed Wiley | Jun 26, 2019 | 3D printing, Additive Manufacturing, Bending, Future of Metal Fabrication, Laser Cutting, Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators, MIG Welding, plasma cutting, Shearing, weld, Welding
If it feels like you can’t escape 3D printing at the moment, well you’re probably right. Pick up a magazine, visit a website or turn on the TV and you’ll see somebody talking about something they printed. The thing is, while 3D printing is relatively...
by Ben Wiley | Jan 2, 2018 | Laser Cutting, Preventive Maintenance
If you wear safety glasses regularly, as we all do here, you’ll know they quickly get dirty. While a few guys seem happy to walk around in a fog, most of us prefer to keep our glasses clean. When we can see better we work better, or at least that’s the...
by Ben Wiley | Nov 6, 2017 | Laser Cutting, Metal Fabrication
No one really appreciates the contribution laser assist gas makes to the laser cutting process. You might say they’re like every other assistant in that regard: overlooked and undervalued. (Just ask Batman’s Robin or Harry Potter’s Ron Weasley.) We...
by Ben Wiley | Oct 2, 2017 | Laser Cutting, Manufacturing
We were talking about fiber lasers recently here on the shop floor, when this quote came to mind (after a quick Google search we learned that it is attributed to Shakespeare!): “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” The point Bill Shakespeare was making is that...
