*Click here for more metal forming machinery. A plasma cutter isn’t exactly a tool that sheet metal workers can carry around in their pockets — as nice as this model from Advance Cutting Systems is.

Many sheet metal contractors ask, “When should I prepare a shop layout for my business?” To answer this question, I submit for consideration the following six elements — which should be present — ...

While both tools are capable of cutting both materials with the right blade, which tool you should choose depends on the ...

If you have ever looked closely at a typical mass-produced automobile, you will be familiar with pressed-steel panels. Complex curves can be repeated thousands of times over, by putting a sheet of ...

Harbor Freight has a long history as a retailer of budget-friendly tools suitable for the DIY hobbyist workshop, in addition to some otherwise unexpected Harbor Freight items. Anyone interested in ...

If you have a garage workshop, there are lots of ways to improve it without breaking the bank. The team at The Family Handyman share five of them here. A sheet metal workbench cover is one of the ...

Some call hard work, attention to detail and use of hand tools "old fashioned" in today's workplace. Not Dave Gutierrez. He credits his work ethic, and the skill he has brought to his work as a ...

LITTLE ROCK — A pair of old shears hung on the office wall of Jimmy Weaver's Newport Sheet Metal shop. Weaver kept them from his first days in the business decades ago as a reminder of how technology ...