Last month, in the first of our four-part series, we covered gas welding. This month we'll continue by delving into MIG welding—far and away the most popular welding process used for classic trucks.

Welding. There’s something almost supernatural about being able to melt metal and use it to glue other pieces of metal together. It’s an experience you must have if you’ve never done it before.

Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) has become an indispensable welding method for many industries because it produces high quality welds and keeps equipment costs low. In the power generation industry, ...

Arc welding using the Metal filler wire as consumable electrode and an Inert Gas to protect the molten pool against oxidation. Figure 1. Schematic of the MIG welding process. In the metal inert gas ...

When it comes to making changes to or installing new parts on a pickup, "bolt-on" simplicity is preferred by most truck owners who take on such projects themselves. As we saw at the 2021 SEMA Show, ...

When Travis Pond was 19, he sold the third metal sculpture he’d ever welded—a great blue heron. In a way, that piece has come to symbolize an art career that’s flown to greater heights than any he ...

MIG’s ease of use makes it a favourite in plenty of farm workshops, but like many simple things there’s a bit more to it than meets the eye. If you’re making the transition from stick welding, MIG ...

I can divide my life into two distinct segments: the time before I owned a welder, and every day since. When I bought my first truck, a 20-year-old Tacoma with a rusty frame, my welder made it ...

Metal 3D printers are, by and large, many times more expensive than their FDM and resin-based brethren. It’s a shame, because there’s plenty of projects that would benefit from being able to produce ...