Category: Fab Shop Tips

Quality over Quantity You run into your old college buddy at a gathering and learn he’s even more popular now than he was back in his “big man on campus” days. He regales you with stories of parties, rafting trips, rock climbing, pickup basketball games, performances by his garage band, and all his many romances. […]

More than Meaningless Meanderings The friend of the metal fabrication shop manager laughed. “That’s a good joke, ‘management by wandering around.’ Seriously, though, I’m curious how you run your shop so well. What’s your secret?” The fab shop manager responded with a straight face, “I AM serious. That is an actual style of business management, […]

What Is Metal Fabrication? The word “fabrication” comes from a Latin term that refers to the process of creating an item. It can apply to assembling parts together to make something new or crafting a piece entirely out of “whole cloth” (sometimes literally, since the term “fabric” is from the same Latin word). Metal fabrication, […]