Category: Machine Tools

Maybe the Yellow Pages? You are the owner or manager of a metal fabrication shop, and you want to grow and advertise your business. “If only more people knew what we offered,” you say to your staff. An old-timer in the shop might speak up and suggest, “Maybe try the Yellow Pages.” You dismiss that […]

Jack and Jill went to the shop, To bend themselves some metal. Jack’s ram crashed down and ruined his crown, And Jill’s plate roll deflected soon after. Right Idea, Wrong Machine The boss went to see his new assistant in the machinery sales office. “I was reading your description of our new press brake in […]

A Bird’s Eye View Metal fabrication is the process of transforming metal workpieces into finished products. That simple definition doesn’t do justice to the depth and breadth of the topic, however. There are thick textbooks that delve into very small, specific fundamental segments of the industry. Even the most seasoned experts in the field find […]