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It started, as these things always do, with a sound. Dave’s 2004 F-150 had been quietly rusting for a decade in a New England driveway, and for most of…

The beam that had to hold Two winters ago, a contractor named Marcus Hale was hired to repair a steel equipment platform bolted to the side of a grain…

Yes, you can weld sheet metal with flux core wire, as long as you dial the heat down, run thinner wire, and keep your travel speed honest, and that answer…

The first bead Marcus Rios laid down on that trailer deck sounded like a machine gun. It was a Saturday in April, he had a 16-foot flatbed trailer clamped…

Yes, you can weld body panels with flux core wire, but only if you treat heat input like your worst enemy. The day I truly learned that lesson, I was…

The trailer hitch on my brother-in-law’s pickup cracked right down the weld seam on a Friday night, and by Saturday morning the wind was doing what wind…

Marcus took the job because it looked like a gift. A boutique developer downtown wanted eighteen welded steel planter-and-bench combos for a courtyard…

The man behind the counter at the welding supply store had heard it four times that morning before Denise said it, and he was too tired to correct her a…

Walking into a shop or stepping into your garage and staring at a piece of galvanized steel can bring up a common question for both beginners and seasoned…