If generations of Hollywood heist films have taught us anything, it’s that knocking off a bank vault is pretty easy. It usually starts with a guy and a stethoscope, but that never works, so the bad ...

Many of us are comfortable using an oxy-acetylene torch, but sometimes we’re dissatisfied with our cuts. Here are things to check, and tips to improve torch performance: 1. Generic regulator setting ...

Does one tool work best in every application? A hammer can pound any nail in the house, but a pneumatic nail gun gets the roof shingled faster. For the HVACR or plumbing technician, the right tool for ...

Broken, rusty parts are common fare for classic trucks. Rust penetrates the pores of older metal, and even with glass-beading and acid dips, rust remains chemically embedded in badly oxidized metal.

Having spent more than 35 years teaching the agricultural fraternity to weld, Derbyshire farmer Richard Archer knows a thing or to about joining bits of metal together. His welding career started in ...

Kneeling on the gravel driveway outside the Architecture Laboratory, junior Jesse Palermo leaned over a thin square of steel and steadied his grip on an oxy-acetylene torch. Standing behind him was ...

Building a carbon arc torch has been one of the simpler projects I have tackled lately, but I think it will also prove to be one of the most practical. Without an oxy/acetylene torch there are few ...

EGLIN AFB — An explosion and fire at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory on July 5, 2017, that released toxic methylene chloride started when an oxy-acetylene torch was used near coils containing the ...

RUSSELL - A massive mill fire in Russell on Tuesday started when the building’s owner was using an oxygen-acetylene torch near the exterior of the structure, sparking a blaze that spread to a second ...

TOWN OF ULSTER >> A Kingston man suffered head and possible internal injuries in an explosion at the Mavis Tire Store on Thursday evening, town police said. Aldo Cruz, 28, an employee of Mavis, was ...