Today’s tech tip for you is on how to use aviation or “tin snips” properly. Aviation snips are made for cutting sheet metal with accuracy and ease and have been around for many years. There are many different jaws and types of cutting surfaces on tin snips but they all basically work the same. Today Mike Phillips from Phillips Hot Rods and Custom shows the differences in tin snips.
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How to Make Louvers With a Bead Roller
Owning a bead roller can open up the capabilities of an amateur or professional garage. The more dies you add you your bead roller the more you can do. One question we often get is if a bead roller can successfully make louvers or louvres (depending on the part of the world you’re from). We decided to offer a louver die set that fits most common economy bead rollers and show you how to produce quality louvers. Read below for the step by step tutorial.
How to Change the Color of Your Cars Interior
Replacing the interior or changing the color in your car or truck can transform the vehicle and is a nice way to round out a restoration or custom project. In this tech series we will show you how to change the color of the seat on a Ford truck bench seat that is made up of a mix of fabric and vinyl. These seats originally were a medium blue and had some fading over the years that Ryan wanted to changed to a more sleek black color.
How to Remove Powder Coating From A Valve Cover
In this tech article we’re going to show you how to revive this old valve cover that has been powder coated in the past. We’ll be using our down to metal paint and powder stripper. Now whether you need to remove an old coating to start fresh or fix a mistake, down to metal paint and powder stripper is exactly what you need. Today I’m gonna show you how to fix a mistake let’s face it we all make them during powder coating this valve cover got poor coverage and fish eyes from contaminants on the surface we’ll need to remove this powder coat before any paint work can be done.
How to Check Your Engine Oil
Today we’re going to check the oil on this Ford Mustang and show you the process. In our experience it is best to start with a warm engine. Let the car idle for about five minutes and shut it off let it cool a little bit. This way the oil has worked through the engine and you’re getting an accurate reading.
How to Get Perfect Body Panel Gaps
Today we want to talk to you about one of the most critical things you can do during restoration; body panel gaps. What you want to do is assure that you have even gaps going around your hood deck lid doors most importantly you want to make sure that during reassembly you’re not chipping fresh paint.
How to Get Perfect Body Panel Gaps
Today we want to talk to you about one of the most critical things you can do during restoration; body panel gaps. What you want to do is assure that you have even gaps going around your hood deck lid doors most importantly you want to make sure that during reassembly you’re not chipping fresh paint.
How to Make Perfect Rosette or Spot Welds with your MIG Welder
The terms “Spot welds” and “Rosette welds” are often interchanged in the DIY automotive world but they are two different things. A true spot weld is when two panels are pinched together and joined through an electrical current to fuse them together. A rosette or plug weld is when you […]
Top 5 Best Tools to Have in Your Garage
We live by a certain saying around Eastwood and that is “You can Never Have Too Many Tools”. It’s true, we’re always looking for new tools to make a job and our lives easier. We’ve done a pretty good job over the years of putting together an impressive catalog of unique tools that will make your friends jealous. I decided to go through our long list of tools and give you my top 10 must-have tools that you need in your garage or your tool box.