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 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,...
by Ben Wiley | May 16, 2017 | Metal Fabrication, Seamless Weld, Stitch Weld, Welding
You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs, and in the same vein, you can’t make a weld without melting metal. The problem with melting metal though is that it needs heat. That causes expansion and changes the material properties. Stitch welding is a...
by Ben Wiley | Aug 11, 2016 | Welding
Bringing different metals together creates a few challenges, one of which is sometimes addressed with the “sacrificial anode.” We have a few boaters on the staff here at Wiley Metal and this is a term they’re familiar with. Sacrificial anodes are used on boats,...
