Category: Machine Tools

That special time of the year in the lives of metal fabricators is here again! No, not Christmas or any old mundane holiday, but the annual event designed specifically around the interests and needs of fabricators and metal forming folk. Whether you run a small custom job shop or manage a high-volume precision manufacturing facility, […]

Recently in the Metal Fabrication Tips social media group, a member posted the following: “I’m curious to hear from those who work in sheet metal fabrication: What’s a sheet metal forming technique you think is becoming a lost art? Also, with all the modern tools and equipment available today, are there any traditional methods you […]

If you work with press brakes, a frequent concern will be if you have the right amount of tonnage to perform each bend. Getting the number wrong can be incredibly frustrating. Underestimating means your machine stalls out or leaves you with an incomplete, under-bent part. Overestimating is far more dangerous—you can easily deform your tooling, crush your die, or permanently fracture your press brake’s bed.