Category: Machine Tools

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, […]

Technologies of Metal Cutting Methods for cutting metal have been around as long as metalworking itself. Small sheets of copper, flattened by hand working, could be scored by a hard, sharp piece of stone or metal until they could be flexed and severed. As primitive as that practice was, many modern contractors and roofers working […]

A Lesson in Understanding “What you need,” Marcel said, “is to hang around people who look different than yourself.” “Well, I hang around you,” Bill replied with a smile. Marcel didn’t smile back. This was the second time in less than a year that Bill had sought out Marcel with concerns of diversification over a […]