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Top 20 Welding Tools and Accessories for All Welding Projects

Welding is an all-industry skill. It is used in projects of construction, manufacturing, automotive repair, and metal fabrication. Whether an experienced welder or just a beginner, the right tools and accessories do make a difference in welding services such as efficiency and safety. If you are also a welder, you might be well aware of the importance of the correct tools. And if you are a…

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Metal moth COMPLETE!

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im making my own fold out table for camping. i just re-used a stool seat for the table part, its lookin good!

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IF BLOOD AND BONES ARE WHAT YOU WANT, I SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK BEHIND YOU

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13: An old OC of yours: This is an old dnd character i made in middle school called Crimson! I think they were a neutral or lawful evil warlock? but i can't really remember much. i just know that they were a fancy little bitch

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Finished this guy this year..

DRAGON!

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Sheet metal fabrication

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[Start ID. A sculpture made out of bent steel rods welded together to make the shape of a round beetle. Three zigzags stretch laterally across its front to form the beetle's underbelly. Its legs protrude from these zigzags. The beetle's back has much less detail. It's "face" is a circle that connects to the main structural wires of the beetle's back with two short curved antennae. In most of the photos, the beetle is posed as if it is on its back, thrashing and failing to get up. In the last two photos, it is hunched over as if to examine something beneath it. The photos are taken in warm light against a blank white backdrop. End ID.]

happy snark saturday! my little guy cannot TECHNICALLY be a snark because it has six legs. HOWEVER... here is my heavily snark-inspired wire beetle sculpture named greg :^)

my first time welding something! (and very possibly last. but who can say!)

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[calamitys-child]

Makin a stim toy for my friend's brother cause he keeps nicking the dog leash to stim with and getting in trouble for it and my notes so far are 1. I may have to make myself one of these things I love it and 2. It's very hard to make a chain based stim toy that you can't intentionally or accidentally really fuck up your own or someone else's knuckles on lmao

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Sheet Metal Fabrication

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Nick Willoughby, “ELEVATE”

Metal Sculpture (2023)

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Finished and ready to rock

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Forged Fittings Vs Wrought Fittings

What is Wrought Fittings?

A Wrought Fittings product is a form of steel made from forged, rolled, ring-rolled, extruded or welded components, while forging refers to one of these forms.

What are uses of Wrought Fittings?

For the construction of buildings, the wrought iron plate girder evolved as a basic device. There were many decorative uses for wrought iron in historical times, including fences, gates, railings, balconies, porches, canopies, roof crestings, lamps, grilles, hardware, nails, cramps, and structural members in tension (I, H, etc.).

What is Forged Fittings?

Forged Fittings is a material produced by alloying iron and carbon under extreme pressure. The surface porosity of forged steel is lower, its grain structure is finer, it has a greater tensile and fatigue strength, and its ductility is significantly higher than steel that has been processed by other means.

What are uses of Forged Fittings? 

It is common for forged fitting components to be used in automotive and truck applications, for manufacturing valves, fittings, hand tools and hardware, as well as in manufacturing industrial, heavy construction and mining equipment. The components are made of steel, and these components include the powertrain, axle beams, shafts, wheel spindles and kingpins.

What are the types of forged Fittings?

In order to keep things simple, we divide steel forging into three categories based on the temperature at which it is forged.

Hot forged steel

As the temperature reaches 950°C, the forging process is carried out between 950°C and 1250°C, which is over the temperature of recrystallization. Steel that has been hot forged has good formability and requires a low level of force to shape, which is why it is so popular.

Hardened steel forging

As a general rule, the forging temperature is between 750°C and 950°C. There are limitations in the ductility of this material as well as higher forming forces required than forging at a hot temperature. Besides its great advantages, it can also be considered a middle ground between hot and cold forging, which makes it more versatile than either one alone.

Cold forged steel

This process is carried out under ‘room conditions,’ that is, under temperatures as high as 150 degrees Celsius. The forging process is characterized by the low formability of the material, which demands high forces during the forming process. As a result, it is of great advantage for the conservation of material and for the smoothness of the surface that is achieved with this method.

Here are some comparisons between wrought steel products and forged steel products:

It is important to keep in mind that the major difference between wrought steel and forged steel is their strength. There is no doubt that forged steel is much more durable than wrought steel, since forged steel becomes a casting that is then forged, which adds to its durability even further. 

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In order to improve a material or product's functionality, durability, or assembly, hardware components like bolts, studs, rivets, or inserts are embedded or attached. This procedure is known as Hardware Insertion. Numerous industries, including manufacturing, electronics, automotive, and construction, employ this procedure extensively. For more information about Hardware Insertion, visit: https://www.metalskills.co.nz/hardware-insertion