This is a milestone for me: It's the 250th column since the start of the Professor Hammer series in 1995! One of the things I really enjoy is the follow-up I receive from readers, who often have some ...

Our November issue featured a story on building a NASCAR side-exit style exhaust using components from Dr. Gas. We brought our Laguna down to LP Racing in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, the brainchild of ...

Before we even start this story, a little disclaimer: Yes, we know our test monkey should have on more than shorts and a T-shirt when welding. But Hank Van Gaale is one of those stubborn guys who fabs ...

working on a big chunk of aluminum today bottom piece is half inch thick top piece4 inch thick I'm using 1/8 5356 rod on a positioner and a 1/8 2% lated electrode sharpened to kind of a blunt point ...

In the tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding process, an electric arc is struck between a refractory electrode made of tungsten and the work piece, while a shroud of inert gas, usually argon, shields the ...