For many four-wheelers, building our rigs is almost as much fun as driving them. There are many really unique and functional rigs built in the home shop. The adage that "real Jeeps are built, not ...

The fourth state of matter HF Contact or Pilot Arc Plasma gouging, too Anyone working in a fabricating shop or machining operations comes face to face with a steady stream of science and technology ...

Welcome to Mr Sagoo's channel! Dive into the world of crafting and learn how to bring creative ideas to life with your own hands. Discover exciting projects such as metal casting, welding techniques, ...

Our best tips for getting your project done right. You may be a carpenter or builder who cuts wood for a living, but in the ...

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 might have ...

ProFab uses its K5000xmc multiprocess machine for thermal cutting, as well as drilling, tapping, and part marking. But the ...

Plasma cutting – occasionally referred to as ‘plasma arc cutting’ – is a melting process that sees a high-temperature ionized gas jet used to melt the material and expel it from a cut. This ionized ...

For one-off projects or prototypes it’s not uncommon for us to make do with whatever workspace we have on hand. Using a deck railing as an impromptu sawhorse, for example, is one that might be ...

The engineers behind the YouTube channel “The Hacksmith” have crafted a real-world “Star Wars”-style lightsaber that burns hot enough to cut through steel. Team lead James Hobson says it’s the ...

Is there a place for new metal cutting technology on your farm? Andrew Pearce explores the world of plasma with help from Mick Andrews, welding process superintendent at ESAB Intro What do you need?

What were some of the best posts on Hackaday last week? Elliot Williams and Al Williams decided there were too many to choose from, but they did take a sampling of the ones that caught their attention ...

Wookiepedia, the Star Wars Wiki, says that lightsabers have no feel because the "blade" has no weight. All the heft is in the hilt. That means a lightsaber-wielder has no definitive sense of the light ...