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The Benefits of Using A 4 Roll Plate Bending Machine

Metal-working companies who need to optimize their production look for a machine that can pre-bend and roll their metal efficiently to produce the products they in turn sell. We carry a 4 roll hydraulic plate bending machine and a 3 … Continue reading

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Alien Gold-Diggers?

If you are in the metal fabrication industry, Michael Tellinger might argue that you need to learn about him. He is none other than the organizer of South Africa’s first UFO Science and Consciousness Conference, which was held only a … Continue reading

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No snowplows in Ghana

“Metal fabrication” and for that matter, the metal manufacturing industry, seem to have very different meanings and specializations, depending what part of the world you are in. A few days ago I was in London, admiring a fleet of brand-new … Continue reading

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Back to Basics: The Sledgehammer

When it comes to the bare-knuckle basics of metal-working machinery, nothing says “old school” quite like the sledgehammer. This is “grassroots” machinery at its finest. Although they were and still are commonly used by blacksmiths to shape heavy sections of … Continue reading

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Now Hiring: Asteroid Miners

A long, long time ago, in a galaxy we are all familiar with, asteroids rained all the gold, cobalt, iron, manganese, nickel,osmium, molybdenum, palladium, rhenuim, rhodium, ruthenium and tungsten that we will ever mine from this planet, onto the earth’s … Continue reading

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Steel hull construction for mega yachts is huge moneymaker

I’ve recently been spending a disproportionate amount of my time working on a boat. By boat, I mean a 39-ft sail boat (or cruiser, if you prefer) that we are planning to sail to the Caribbean in a few weeks. … Continue reading

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Meet Hephaestus: the original “Man of Steel”

Back in the bad old days of Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the name of the god of fire, in particular the fire of the blacksmith. This made him the patron of all craftsmen, as well as the god of volcanoes. … Continue reading

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Japan vs. Haiti: Quality Metal Fabrication & Construction Saves Lives

By any measure, the recent earthquakes and tsunami in Japan have been disastrous. Even so, it is amazing how many of the tall structures in Japan remained standing. Many more lives would have been lost if Japan’s infrastructure and building … Continue reading

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