It’s easy to become overwhelmed with stimuli when walking about SEMA, eventually it all becomes one large sea of custom car goodness. It takes a special sight to snap you back to reality. This past year, Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle’s ‘Kosmic Outkast’ did just that.
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How to Prepare Parts for Electroplating
For any automotive restoration or decorative project, the most important step in the process is preparation. Electroplating is a process that is no exception to this rule. It is very important to make sure you prepare the objects correctly and thoroughly before you begin electroplating them. In fact, the actual electroplating procedure is really the last step in the entire process. Below, we have put together a tutorial on how to properly prepare your metal parts for electroplating.
How Do You Perform a Spot Weld on a Joint?
Using a stitch welder to spot weld two pieces of metal together is useful when you have one piece with round holes in it that needs to be welded to another flat piece underneath. If you drill holes in one of your metal panels, clamp it completely flat over the […]
How to Use a Vibratory Tumbler
Vibratory tumblers serve a number of great purposes in the automotive industry. This tool helps remove rust, debris or burrs from pieces of hardware without damaging their edges or mechanical integrity. They can also help polish hard-to-reach surfaces to an optimum metal shine, which is very useful when working on […]
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 31: R.I.P. Print Media – It Was Nice Knowing You
Sit tight & listen to Kevin on this week’s episode of Shop Talk, where he weighs in on the fate of print media in today’s digital landscape.
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 30.5: Print VS Digital Media
Sit tight & listen to Kevin as he previews things to come on next week’s episode of Shop Talk, where he weighs in on the fate of print media in today’s digital landscape.
How to Strike an Arc with a Stitch Welder
Stitch welders are intended to primarily weld automobile sheet metal body panels. Thin stitch welder rods, 16 inches in length, help you lay quality bead welds on sheet metal while avoiding any burn through. One of the biggest challenges of using a stitch welder, however, is striking the arc. Since […]
Types of Weld Joints
A weld joint is a corner or an edge of metal where two different pieces of metal have been welded together. There are several different kinds of weld joints you can make that serve a variety of purposes, depending on what you need them for. Below we take a look […]
How to Make your barn or garage find road-worthy- Part Three Restoring the Brake System
Once you have the vehicle running and moving under its own power you’ll surely want to drive it around your property to see what else it needs. The big thing that may kill the fun is the lack of brakes. In my particular case the front brakes were partially seized on and the brake pedal just went to the floor. I decided to completely disassemble the system and show how to go through the brakes on your classic car…..