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The Fabricator March 2010
The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
Being fair and competitive
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 2, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Salem Metal Fabricators quotes a fair price, regardless of the economy, and has been able to maintain long-term customer relationships because of it.
Green efforts save greenbacks
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 30, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
When you are president of a company, you might observe things that others don’t even notice. That just comes with the territory when you are dealing regularly with profit and loss statements. Jon DeWys, president of DeWys Manufacturing, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based precision fabricator,...
Older than Oscar® — Part II
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 9, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Article
While it may seem as though movies and popcorn have always co-existed, the automatic popcorn machine actually was invented by Charles Cretor in 1893—before the first motion picture premiered. A century and a quarter-century later, manufacturer C. Cretors & Company, Chicago, celebrates its anniversary, success, and outright survival—bending and adapting through two world wars, the Great Depression, the advent of automobiles, television, the electronic age, dot.comera, globalization—and motion pictures.
A GMAW consumables check list
- By Jeff Henderson
- Mar 1, 2010
- Consumables
- Article
This article looks at contact tips used in GMAW and discusses a few tips to help industry professionals and welding enthusiasts get their money is worth from MIG contact tips while still guaranteeing high quality workmanship.
Beyond low-carbon steel
- By Mike Barrett
- Mar 1, 2010
- Arc Welding
- Article
When welders tackle new materials, weldability should always be on their radar. Certain alloys aren't so kind to the welding gun.
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill—Part III
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 1, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Working on a design for a Shashlik Grill,columnist Gerald Davis provides guidance so that the designer ends up with a design that allows him to explore various changes to the size of the overall product while having the component parts stretch or shrink automatically
Going 3-D: A matter of control
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 1, 2010
- Waterjet Cutting
- Article
Abrasive waterjet has moved beyond flat plate cutting. Today, the jet can move in Z and tilt to cut complex designs out of thick plate, and even tube and barstock.
Rolling for wind
- By Steve Bonnay
- Mar 1, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Wind tower production requires intensive use of the rolling machine. Because of this, selecting the right rolling machine is paramount.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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