We've all seen sheetmetal with beads rolled into them. And while those beads certainly do look cool and really dress up a plain sheetmetal panel, they also serve to add strength and rigidity. Recently ...

Last year I began diving into (very) amateur level metalwork that I could apply to some of the project cars I'm constantly tinkering with. Having relied heavily on a good friend and fabricator to ...

In order to fully explain how an English wheel works, we need to think of making a pie. Therefore, lets begin in the kitchen instead of the fab shop. Imagine you are rolling out the dough for the pie ...

In this episode of HOT ROD Garage Mike Finnegan gets tips for strengthening sheet metal using a bead roller from world-famous fabricator, Jamey Jordan, owner of Handmade Seat Company. Then he and ...