Whenever you find yourself doing metal fabrication you’ll come to a time when you need to make a razor straight cut. Unfortunately most of us don’t have a big ‘ol “stomp shear”, so we need to use a power or hand tool. It seems no matter how many times I measured, set my tools up, got comfortable, did practice runs, etc. I could never get a perfectly straight line when cutting longer cuts on sheet metal. Recently it clicked in my head to utilize an old trick when making straight cuts with a plasma cutter.
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Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 29.5: Eric The Car Guy
Sit tight & listen to Kevin as he previews things to come on next week’s episode of Shop Talk, where Eric explains what drives his passion to share his mechanical knowledge and experience with the average Joe.
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 29: JF Launier – 2014 Ridler Award Winner
‘What does it take to win the Ridler Award?’ is a question many fabricators would love to know the answer to.
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 28.5: JF Launier – 2014 Ridler Award Winner
Podcast: Play in new window | Download It’s probably safe to assume that the Detroit AutoRama Ridler Award is the most prestigious honor in the fabrication world. Typically two people will receive a trophy: one to the builder and one to the shop that financed it. In the case of […]
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 28: Nick Licata, editor of Camaro Performers Magazine
In this episode of Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk,’ Kevin Tetz talks with Nick Licata, who answers the age-old question, ‘How do I get my car into a magazine?
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 27.5: Nick Licata
Sit tight & listen to Kevin as he previews things to come on next week’s episode of Shop Talk, where Nick answers the age-old secret to the question, ‘How do I get my car into a magazine?
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 27: Rick Bacon, Custom Painter, Pinstriper & TV Personality
In this episode of Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk,’ Kevin Tetz talks with custom painter and pinstriper Rick Bacon, a.k.a., ‘The Arsonist’. He explains his philosophy to approaching a project and achieving the perfect custom paint job for your vehicle.
Project Pile House Shaving and customizing the original dash and glovebox.
While I had the column out I decided to start cleaning up the dash and sort out my brake pedal dilemma on the truck. In order to get under the dash for fabricating the new brake pedal setup and to shave and smooth the dash I needed to pull it out. ….
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 26.5: Rick Bacon
While on the subject of custom painters and pinstripers, we follow up to our Rick Harris interview with yet another legend, Rick Bacon.