by Ben Wiley | Dec 13, 2018 | Bending, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabricators, MIG Welding, weld, Welding
If you know anything about welding the title above might have you scratching your head. There’s no choice to be made between the two, it’s not an either-or. Welding is part of fabrication, just as grilling is part of cooking. Sure, you can cook without...
by Ben Wiley | Sep 13, 2017 | MIG Welding, Welding
Reggae music has never been big here in Indiana, (it probably has something to do with the climate,) but a couple of songs are dear to our hearts. One is Johnny Nash’s 1972 hit, “There are more questions than answers.” This resonates with us because, when selecting a...
by Ben Wiley | Sep 11, 2017 | MIG Welding, Welding
You probably know the story about the Head of the Patent Office proposing it be closed because everything that could be invented had been. Well – spoiler alert – it’s probably an apocryphal tale, but it still tells us something: technology keeps marching onwards....
by Ben Wiley | Aug 28, 2017 | MIG Welding, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Welding
To the short list of life’s certainties – death and taxes – we metal fabricators add a third item: welding distortion or warpage. No matter how extensive your preparations or how much care you take, any time you weld you’ll get some distortion. We discussed this in,...
by Ben Wiley | May 24, 2017 | Cold Metal Transfer, Metal Fabrication, MIG Welding, Welding
You’re watching a car chase movie. The hero is losing, until he remembers he has another gear in the ‘box. He shifts, he wins. It’s a tired old movie trope, but we all love it. Another favorite is, “Well this changes everything.” Of course,...
by Ben Wiley | Sep 19, 2016 | MIG Welding, TIG welding
Welding is a “special process” different to the other processes we use in metal fabrication. That’s because you can’t tell just by looking at a weld how well two pieces of metal are joined. It could look sound but have very little depth of penetration or...
