Category: Fab Shop Tips

Foundational Principles A metal fabrication business can get started in a number of ways: a fabricator employed at another shop decides to launch off on their own; a home hobbyist realizes he can make money doing work for others; or perhaps an HVAC contractor wants to explore opportunities by working with heavier materials. Sometimes a […]

Time to Upgrade You’re a fabricator working on old equipment that you know isn’t very efficient and suspect may actually be a death-trap waiting to be sprung. How do you convince your boss that just maybe it would be a good idea to upgrade to a new, more up-to-date machine? You could try kicking and […]

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. […]