Home improvement enthusiasts who want to step up their repair game might consider taking on welding. The task of a welder is simple: It involves the fixing of two or more metal components together in ...

Welding is only one part of metalworking. You also can cut steel, using oxygen/acetylene equipment with a special head called a cutting torch. Cutting torches come as part of many consumer-grade gas ...

Wilcox’s new kitting option for their Mini-Cutting Torch, the DOD-DHS kit includes multiple bottles with everything needed to begin torching right out of the case. Wilcox’s new kitting option for ...

For many welding-related jobs, metal cutting is required before a welding arc is started. Two popular metal-cutting processes to choose from are plasma arc and oxy-fuel. Both systems have advantages ...

Times change. It wasn't that long ago that if you owned a set of oxy-acetylene gas bottles for welding and cutting you would be considered to have a pretty well-equipped home shop. Maybe you ...

We’re familiar with these product types and have worked with similar items from big-name manufacturers as well as private-label gear from big-box stores, and there’s a quality/price gradient that ...

The preheating temperature on the material must be lower than its melting temperature. Preheating beyond the melting temperature would result in material flow before cutting. Oxyfuel cutting is a ...

Robert Quinlin spent the better part of the past two pandemic years toiling away with sheet metal and geometric shapes. The retired bariatric surgeon from Fox Chapel handles a welding torch like a ...