The Fabrication Forum [Archive]

Sandpaper for stainless (0 replies)
Beginner With DC TIG (27 replies)
User list of services offered? (2 replies)
Learning to weld (24 replies)
Silicone bronze technique for structural integrity (4 replies)
Metal grade for watts link (1 replies)
Exhaust fabrication question (13 replies)
Hammer forming (1 replies)
Gaps between firewall and roll cage (2 replies)
TIG settings for 3 bolt flange? (5 replies)
TIG welding is hard (8 replies)
Anyone familiar with factory welds on frames? (5 replies)
Chassis Welding - warping (5 replies)
Fabbing 68 nova frame. (2 replies)
CNC fab work needed -- aluminum 1/2" ring steering wheel hub adapter (0 replies)
1967 Firebird mini tub gas tank (3 replies)
Best chassis materials? (2 replies)
CNC Coil Covers (0 replies)
3rd gen Camaro fabricated sub structure for front bumper cover. (0 replies)
Oil / transmission cooling line (1 replies)
1968 Camaro NEED HELP and direction, measurements do not add up (0 replies)
3/16" Welds - What do you think? (4 replies)
Rack and Pinion fabrication (4 replies)
Custom power steering hose made (4 replies)
flush mount windows (3 replies)
908/3 Go Kart (11 replies)
frame notching (2 replies)
Rodman Nibbler. Who has one? (2 replies)
Hurst shifter blues, what do you do? (5 replies)
looking for Camaro with Cadillac V interior (1 replies)
LS a/c notch for 67 Camaro (1 replies)
Custom shock tower brace (3 replies)
Ford Econoline Pedal Car (13 replies)
Tube bending made easy, The Fabricator Series on youtube. (1 replies)
Mounting Body? (3 replies)
'68 Mustang Trunk and Interior Sheet Metal (15 replies)
Custom all steel fender vent (7 replies)
Custom Billet Air Filter Lids! (3 replies)
Custom lenses? (3 replies)
subframe-to-unibody: mounts & bushing methods (0 replies)
Where did you learn to fabricate? (13 replies)
Aluminum sheet forming (1 replies)
Homemade Subframe connectors? 2nd Gen Camaro (0 replies)
A body Frame question. (2 replies)
Auto Rod Tech's metal shaping and fabrication thread (105 replies)
Welding Nuts - OK Fab guys, chime in. (8 replies)
Big Block CAD File? (1 replies)
Anyone have a 3D printer? (6 replies)
Intake manifold upper plenum (2 replies)
2012 Camaro IRS into a 67 Camaro (6 replies)
Anybody got Waterjet cutter? (9 replies)
Routing exhaust through cross members? (9 replies)
ideas for mounting (2 replies)
bead rolling for strength (2 replies)
LONGEVITY plasma cutter (2 replies)
Building a Flat Top Bender (2 replies)
Inner Fenders 72 Nova (0 replies)
Another quick project (15 replies)
Custom Billet Grille Fabrication (3 replies)
Rool-a-Round Metal Cutoff Rack (8 replies)
Welding on a unibody (5 replies)
Tube Bending Choices (11 replies)
Need help in Las Vegas (21 replies)
garage built tire rack (1 replies)
Drive Adapter for my HF Elec Pipe Threader (1 replies)
9" Ford 3D CAD wanted (0 replies)
Custom welding cart - let's see them (7 replies)
MIG or TIG (15 replies)
MIG Welding 20 ga sheet metal, argon or CO2 (8 replies)
where to buy round and square steel tubing (4 replies)
Question on fab process to choose (2 replies)
mini tub kits (4 replies)
Mini Tubs (6 replies)
Frame Stiffing ERW vs DOM (6 replies)
Something other than Plastic (4 replies)
Built a Cheap Ast radius bender (2 replies)
Need a TIG welder in San Diego (3 replies)
Tube Notching With a Lathe (4 replies)
Are Miller & Hobart welders made in the same factory? (1 replies)
Baileigh TN-250 Tubing Notcher (13 replies)
Shaving bumpers (12 replies)
Chassis Jig (9 replies)
baffles and sump for carb tank (2 replies)
Fuel tank construction (56 replies)
Muggy Weld ?? (5 replies)
could someone convert a stlprt (soldiworks) file to autocad for me? (3 replies)
How about a Tig welding aluminum discussion? (23 replies)
Welding table construction advice needed (9 replies)
Need a good heat shield material (2 replies)
Montana (0 replies)
bumpers (5 replies)
Ls2 ac/alt bracket help (4 replies)
Chassis Jig (0 replies)
Ideas for my engine bay cover (2 replies)
The art of purge welding( back purging) (25 replies)
Vespel (4 replies)
Need a Fab guy. TKO 600 adapter (0 replies)
Machine shop hours.... (11 replies)
Metal Shaping @ 2012 Santa Cruz Metal Meet (23 replies)
TIG welding cast aluminum (14 replies)
Mig wire size for Quadralink install (11 replies)
Before I spend $60 on ebay, anyone capable of making a straight LS thermostat housing (3 replies)
New blog post about using shock simulators instead of real shocks (0 replies)
Custom Intake wanted (1 replies)
Anyone use BobCAD/CAM? (4 replies)
CAD/Design Help Requested for Tube Chassis Please! (2 replies)
welding on threaded aluminum (10 replies)
CNC Tube bending (4 replies)
Custom fuel tank with VaporWorx gear (5 replies)
Sheet aluminum for polishing (3 replies)
FUSE welding from Vibrant ??? (1 replies)
CNC Machining? (10 replies)
Anyone with a lathe willing to make something for me? (16 replies)
2x3 frame thickness question (9 replies)
covertible top and DSE tubs! (15 replies)
Filling Seams with silicon bronze (22 replies)
Rotted Body Mount (5 replies)
CNC Machinists/CAD designers, I need advice on creating my invention. (10 replies)
Firewall Steel question (12 replies)
Cutting sheet metal (15 replies)
Zen and the art of tube notching... (4 replies)
Carbon fiber shatter? (5 replies)
where to get cool hole punching tool (7 replies)
need some advice on billet strength for serpentine setup (8 replies)
Chrome-moly vs mild steel for cage (7 replies)
welding stainless with a mig (4 replies)
Welders and Fabricators, is it a taught skill or something you can learn alone? (24 replies)
elongating a spoiler? (4 replies)
shops/people in knoxville (3 replies)
Preferred weld thru primer (6 replies)
Tube Chassis for Protouring Cuda (9 replies)
Rotisserie tube size and thickness (6 replies)
Thermo Dynamics Cutmaster 38. Good/bad...? (4 replies)
drilling axles, rotors or drums for different lug pattern (2 replies)
Upper Control Arm Bushing Sleeves (0 replies)
look what im making!! (19 replies)
Welding Mods to GM A-body Frame (2 replies)
aluminum thickness for spoiler (6 replies)
Lookin for good fab videos or books or website (0 replies)
Fabbing alt bracket and guage panel? (2 replies)
Headers (1 replies)
Looking for DXF image (0 replies)
proper way to build custom gauge housing (2 replies)
BendTech? (10 replies)
Help getting started with a bead roller. (0 replies)
3in. Aluminum tubing (5 replies)
Modeling frame rails in autocad inventor? (4 replies)
Yet another AutoCad Inventor Question... (16 replies)
AutoCad Inventor help - Need to export/convert to DXF (7 replies)
fender rolling (3 replies)
1 3/4" chromoly thick wall (4 replies)
watts link (15 replies)
LS motor mount hole locations. (1 replies)
I need some dims from stock Chevrolet motor mount "clam shell" brackets. (0 replies)
Boxing a frame, questions? (10 replies)
English Wheel Build (11 replies)
'69 rear bumper on a '67 Camaro...... (2 replies)
Laser or water jet work needed (4 replies)
off topic help on repairing dented 7075 extruded section (0 replies)
Custom Hub Adaptor for Steering Wheel (4 replies)
JCG Wheel Stands (14 replies)
Steel Shape Charts w/ weights per ft (1 replies)
Anyone on the board have access to a CNC & CNC mini Lath and Plastic? (1 replies)
Anyone have access to a SLS machine ? (0 replies)
Millermatic 180 or 211 (9 replies)
How much tube for a full roll cage? (3 replies)
Tips for removing the color from welded stainless steel (2 replies)
Welding mild steel and stainless (4 replies)
67 Mustang Fender Flaring Question (2 replies)
using the correct polarity when welding (0 replies)
Using 4130 for sheet metal repairs (8 replies)
Cold Air intake from SLS material (6 replies)
CNC aluminum job questions (4 replies)
welding frame-how to splice (5 replies)
Rivet nut / nut insert tools (50 replies)
magnetic materials (0 replies)
eMachineShop.com (16 replies)
Working with Copper (3 replies)
connecting tubes at a low angle (4 replies)
Multiplaz, plasma kutter and welder, anyone? (5 replies)
AutoCad 3d question (using inventor 2010) (10 replies)
Rod end experts -- got a question (20 replies)
fuel cell fabrication tips (5 replies)
need pricing assistence on fab work (3 replies)
Brake caliper bracket design/fabrication (3 replies)
1st Gen Custom Valance (2 replies)
Autocad headers help (9 replies)
Crossmember Fabrication (7 replies)
Neat Tube Notching pattern creater - free (0 replies)
Houston (area) mill work needed (0 replies)
Bracket Spacer needed.. aluminum or steel (5 replies)
Tig conversion kit? (4 replies)
who can make some brackets for me? (15 replies)
Who here does water jet cutting??? (0 replies)
Metal type and thickness for bracing? (1 replies)
henrob 2000 (11 replies)
My new battery tray (25 replies)
Well been looking for small tig,,,, (2 replies)
MIG beginner and I need advice (14 replies)
Adding "fish plates" to a welded joint? (21 replies)
1st Gen F-Body Body Cart (9 replies)
Welding steel under tension????? (5 replies)
Glovebox wiper install pics (9 replies)
anyone make a homemade tube bending die? (8 replies)
I need a welder recommendation (27 replies)
Recirculating air filtration (3 replies)
car rotisserie / spit (4 replies)
wishbone advice (7 replies)
Mass Welding & Surface Conditioning (1 replies)
Alibre Design Standard (5 replies)
Suitable material for a coolant reservoir? (5 replies)
Annealing Cold rolled 16g steel (3 replies)
Custom CNC / Fab guys (10 replies)
how to lay out an ellispe (11 replies)
tig welding stainless to mild steel (7 replies)
square or round tubing strength after damage (3 replies)
Template for Caliper Adapter Bracket (1 replies)
Roll bar connection (13 replies)
Motor and transmission mounts (0 replies)
CAD freeware? (11 replies)
Noob question -- 2-1/16" holes in .25" aluminum? (5 replies)
Cool U weld it brackets and parts (1 replies)
pot metal and sheet metal (6 replies)
Stainless welded seam tubing........ (0 replies)
Will this work or stress the body too much? (14 replies)
A-Body Frame (1 replies)
minimizing distortion (0 replies)
The Official Tube Notching Thread (34 replies)
Air Ducts (5 replies)
66 Chevelle Body Cart Questions (4 replies)
Looking for direction... (11 replies)
School question (6 replies)
critque these welds please (25 replies)
Sheet metal brake (1 replies)
Building a pro-touring crew cab truck (3 replies)
My first header. (3 replies)
Splined Shafts (4 replies)
What size square tubing for building a frame? (37 replies)
burn through? (13 replies)
weld or rivet? (4 replies)
14ga frame horns for engine (14 replies)
Will the mini tub install process harm exterior paint? (3 replies)
welding on fuel tank (24 replies)
Body mounting solid vs bushed (3 replies)
Arc welder help. (3 replies)
Engine Covers (3 replies)
Serpentine setup (18 replies)
The Official Tube Bending Thread (73 replies)
What medium duty box and pan brake to get? (6 replies)
Toyota Supra engine into 1989 Transam? (17 replies)