How-To: Build a bicycle sidecar
A wooden body upon a welded steel frame, by Briton Steve Bodiley. Build details available at his website. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
Metalworking
Whether you are creating intricate jewelry or repairs on large machinery and vehicles, metalworking can help make your projects come to life. But it’s not enough to just have the right equipment; knowing a few tips and tricks of the trade will take your creations to the next level! In this blog post, we’ll be discussing some essential metalworking tips that all makers should know in order to perfect their craft.
Thermal lance is every bit as awesome as it sounds
This is a video, from YouTuber OliKills, showing two guys using a thermal lance (Wikipedia), also called a “thermic lance” or “burning bar,” to cut through a lump of concrete. It really gets going about 20 seconds in, and by the end of the video a white-hot stream of molten concrete “lava” is clearly visible running across the pavement.
What to do with lots of Altoids tins?
Forum user LeversFulcrumsLoads has amassed a large quantity of leftover Altoids tins, and is trying to think of something to do with them.
This welded art is nuts (and bolts)
These amazing welded creations from Brown Dog Welding are so characterful and detailed, it’s hard to imagine they’re basically constructed of nuts, bolts, screws, and bits of scrap metal. Brown Dog Welding photostream
DIY knife-making forge
The folks at TheWorkshop.Ca turned an old push mower, a leaf blower, a galvanized tank, and some concrete, ceramic filler, and aluminum dross into a small, mobile forge. Knife-Making / Blacksmithing /Alloy Melting – Forge/Furnace
Knife wire inlay tutorial
In this tutorial, bladesmith Ben Potter shows how he inlays a Celto-Norse design in non-ferrous metals into a steel blade. You can see one of the tutorials of him making one of his incredible blades and hilt here. Celto-Norse Wire Inlay Tutorial [Sent by MAKE subscriber David DelaGardelle. Thanks, David!] More: HOW TO – Make […]
Trick for removing old bearing races
Jake von Slatt sent us a link to this nifty “legendary” automotive tip for removing old bearing races from an aluminum axle hub. There’s no way of knocking or prying them out. But if you weld a bead around the inside of the race, when the weld cools, it’ll shrink enough that it’ll come away […]
