Category: Fab Shop Tips

Write Off Your Fabrication Equipment Complain all you want about the government, what with all the taxes, restrictions, paperwork and politics, but make sure you are also aware of the benefits they offer small businesses. One advantage of particular note to smaller fabrication and metalworking shops is what’s known as the Section 179 tax deduction. […]

It Takes Two to Tango For all the power a press brake has to offer, its interchangeable punches are truly the most important element of the overall machine. This is because they are the portion that actually interacts with the metal blank during the forming operation to produce the finished part. A punch without a […]

The Most Essential Part of a Brake Are the Punches You’ve decided to buy a press brake. You’ve budgeted, saved, obtained a loan—done whatever it takes to buy the very best piece of equipment on the market. It reminds you of when you bought your first car—you have invested not just money, but also your […]