Category: Fab Shop Tips

After the Fabricating Is Done The new metal fabricator had completed his first solo job. “It’s finished!” he declared to his boss. The boss looked over his work, nodded slightly, then replied, “It looks nice. But no, it’s not finished.” The young man reviewed all his steps, from cutting to bending, and triple-checked his measurements. […]

Tough Choices for Tough Times Ask any metal fabrication shop owner if times are tough, and the answer will be the same: “They could certainly be better.” Invent a time machine and visit any fab shop in any age, whether it be during a recession, a depression, or in times of peace and prosperity, and […]

Taught at Grandma’s Knee You remember well the moralistic lessons that your grandmother used to read to you, parables with life lessons taught in the form of stories about foxes, mice, hares, tortoises, frogs, wolves, ants, grasshoppers, and golden geese. Attributed to a Greek storyteller named Aesop who is said to have lived over 25 […]