The other day I went to the reception of the old metal. And for a long time I was looking for suitable material for restoration, but unfortunately I did not find anything this time. When I was about ...

I found this old Hand Sheet Cutter in a scrap metal yard. The owner was using it on daily basis, so he couldn't sell it to me ...

Sometimes you see it on TV: when a slight of hand magician does card tricks and the camera zooms in on his hands so you can watch. And, even though you have a better than front row view of what's ...

The sparks were flying in Rick "Gator" Helmick's Adamstown shop Saturday as metal shapers came from all over to learn — and teach — some new tricks. Each year Helmick opens his shop for Gatormeet, a ...

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - Sheet metal shaper Patrick Brubaker is in high demand as an instructor. But his profession is slowly going the way of the buffalo. It’s a paradox that puzzles the 31-year-old ...

Shaper tools were, at one time, a necessary tool for any machine shop. With a shaper and a lathe, you can rebuild or manufacture almost anything. At the very least, you can make the tool to ...

Ingenuity is the name of the game with manual machine tools. You often have to get creative to use the tools you have to create the part you want. That’s exactly what happened when [John] needed to ...