One of my favorite ways to think of engineering is that a glass is not half empty or half full, only twice as large as it needs to be. As useful as that idea is, it also means that I rarely put any ...

The other day I went to the reception of the old metal. And for a long time I was looking for suitable material for restoration, but unfortunately I did not find anything this time. When I was about ...

Clinching is a sheet metal joining process that has been used for decades. It offers a fast, clean way to join metal parts without welding or screws. In this article, we share clinching 101 knowledge ...

Many applications, usually involving either mounting parts or routing wiring and other materials, require holes to be drilled or punched into sheet metal. As with any other typical fabrication task, ...

Aluminium drinks cans make a great source of thin sheet metal which can be used for all manner of interesting projects, but it’s safe to say that retrieving a sheet of metal from a can is a hazardous ...

SOUTH BEND - Legacies are malleable. Like metal, what we leave behind can be bent and shaped into new realities that serve the needs of the present -- all we need do is look past the limitations of ...