Brad Coffman has spent a lifetime in manufacturing, but not so much time in metal fabricating recently. That changed last ...

CO 2 lasers of 40W are popularly used to mark steel, 90W lasers can engrave steel directly ... is no need for people to wear certified laser eye protection. All laser cutting machines should comply ...

All drilling machines operate on the same basic principle ... For most jobs a gun drill can be used to cut from 500" to 1000" in alloy steel before re-sharpening is necessary. In aluminum, it might be ...

Something is quietly shifting in Maryland’s industrial landscape. After decades of outsourcing, manufacturing is showing ...

The xTool MetalFab is the ultimate all-in-one metal fabrication solution, providing all the equipment you need to both cut shapes from solid metal sheets and join components back together in a ...

There’s no reason to use a hacksaw in a modern farm shop. Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it ...

A new version of the chop saw is quickly relegating those original soot-covered noise machines to the back corners of farm shops. Their name — metal-cutting miter saw — reveals the reason for ...

Leading Midlands-based steel service provider Masteel ... of-the-art combined plasma and water jet-cutting machine, a highly advanced system currently used by only a select few companies in ...