by Ben Wiley | Aug 22, 2019 | Aluminum Extrusion, Extruded Section, Lightweighting, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabrication Business, OEM, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Stainless Steel
Maybe you’ve already thought about how weight affects motion, but what about static structures or fabrications? Weight can be important there too. Some point to consider are: Will the fabrication need transporting? Almost certainly yes, unless you’re...
by Ben Wiley | Oct 17, 2018 | Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabricators, Seamless Weld, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Stainless Steel, Stitch Weld, TIG welding, Welding
Bright colors are often a danger sign. Snakes and fungi use color to warn us away, and then there’s The Joker. Usually depicted in a purple jacket, mustard shirt and green vest that matches his hair, we know he’s nothing but trouble. It’s the same...
by Ben Wiley | Feb 24, 2018 | Cutting, Shearing, Sheet Metal Fabrication
Most of us have seen a guillotine. They’re usually in movies about the French Revolution. Rather than use swords or axes, back in 1792 the French decided this machine was a more humane means of dispatching criminals and political opponents. That’s...
by Ben Wiley | Jan 24, 2018 | Polished Bumpers, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Stainless Steel
If ever you find yourself in downtown Chicago be sure to visit Millennium Park. There you’ll find the Cloud Gate sculpture. Locals refer to it as “The Bean” because it’s shaped much like a kidney bean, but one that’s 66 feet long and 33 feet high....
by Ben Wiley | Oct 9, 2017 | Sheet Metal Fabrication
Some things are hard to understand. Movies about time travel are one, specifying sheet metal thickness in gauge numbers is another. Now we’re metal fabricators, not quantum physicists so let’s jump straight to the second one and talk about gauge....
by Ben Wiley | Aug 24, 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,...
