Colors in your weld bead and the heat-affected zone don’t automatically make it a good weld; they could even indicate a bad weld, but not necessarily. Josh Welton explains. (Continue Reading)
TheFabricator.com: You can go home again
You can go home again, especially when picking up vintage welding equipment, traveling in a kick-butt super truck, doing some serious off-roading, and topping it all off with delicious dairy goods are part of the journey. (Continue Reading)
Dodge Garage: They’re Both Legends . . . They’re Just Different
It’s been a good day, actually a better-than-good day! Taking a 75-mile cruise due west from the coastal city of Portland, Maine, through the heavily wooded back roads of New Hampshire would push any given day into “good” territory. Racing up, down and around Club Motorsports’ 2.5-mile track, freshly chiseled from the White Mountains, also singularly … Read More
Still Building America: A family affair
A welder for 20 years, Mike Coleman credits spending time in his grandpa’s shop with sparking his interest in welding. Since 2013 Mike has been running his own shop, Elite Fabrication LLC, with help from his wife and daughter. (Continue Reading)
Dodge Garage: PART TWO Who Says You Can’t Road Trip in the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon?
Getting to the Gilmore Museum was a blast and now that I’m here the memories come flooding back. I grew up in West Michigan, about 30 minutes north of Hickory Corners. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of riding with my grandma down to the antique shop in town, where she had a booth with … Read More
Dodge Garage: PART ONE Who Says You Can’t Road Trip in the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon?
If a road trip with one Dodge Challenger SRT® Demon is good, it can only get better with another! Add in a mint ’09 6-speed Challenger SRT8®, and we had a killer convoy hustling and cruising from Detroit to Hickory Corners this weekend. The state of Michigan has some of the funkiest weather in the world. … Read More