Metal shaping

Design and Build an English Wheel: An english wheel is a classic hand-powered shop tool for making two-dimensional curves in sheet metal. Its used for making aircraft skins, car body parts, suits of armor and other applications where a smooth surface on the sheet is desired, so…

A Field Trip to Primitive Precision Metalcraft I’m obsessed with these cleavers. Made in Minneapolis from scavenged metal, they are one-of-a-kind usable works of art. Hans Early-Nelson happened to be crafting a cleaver for a very special friend and food-lover, Anthony Bourdain, so we took a trip to his blacksmithing workshop to check out the… Read More →

Read on as we show you some basic techniques you can use to reshape and shape your metals from the comfort of your own home with basic metal-shaping handtools. Only at www.hotrod.com, the official website for Hot Rod Magazine.

3D expanded metal

While they may seem inadequate for shaping sheet metal, the stump and the shot bag are extremely effective tools.

Most frequently, expensive sheet metal bending tools, called brakes, are used to bend sheet metal

Make Fork Bugs (Magnets): I recently came into the possession of a lot of forks. Like, 30 or so. I had no idea what to do with them, so I started looking around online. I found lots of cool sculptures and models of animals made out of recycled metal, so I figured I'd give th…

Laser Cut Cryptex - Puzzle Box: This project has been made on a laser cutter that I used at FabLab Innovation (http://www.fablabinnovation.dk/) Ever since seeing the movie - the Da Vinci Code - I have been fascinated with the cryptex, a small scale combination vault, that can onl…

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Basic Techniques To Metal-Shaping From Home - Hot Rod Network

Melt Down Your Aluminum Cans: People that make metalworking and metal casting their main hobby are going to find many things wrong with what I am showing you here. Ignore most of that and give this a try even if it comes out crappy. This is a low investment way to observe a lost…

DARC - Defence Attack Rescue Claw: Got this idea after an internal brainstorming about the question 'What kind of tool would I like to have if I was burried alive?' Call it The Dark Side Of Myself... This question implicates multiple if's: - waking up on time (oxygen stuff) - no pan…

For those that may need to form up some patch panels but don't have those shrinker/stretchers at your disposal, here's a how-to on tuck shrinking....

About this item Make loops, rings, S, C, Z, L and just about any other shape. Set bends strip stock up to 1/32 inch thick and wire up to 3/32 inch. Made of polished stainless steel with box joints that keep jaws in alignment. › See more product details