One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle How often do you take up ...

For do-it-yourselfers, repairing dents or shaping metal can be challenging enough, without attempting either without the right tools. As a hands-on guy, Curt Strohacker realized the right tools could ...

Winston Cup bodymen have achieved a status as practicers of some type of black magic. Part of that mystique comes from one of the bodyman's most valuable tools-the English wheel. Because it is used ...

In this video, we demonstrate an ingenious method for crafting a machinist’s copper hammer. Using a “T” pipe connector as part of the casting process, this technique simplifies shaping the hammer ...

Retired blacksmith John Dittmeier will give a lecture on blacksmithing at the Athens-Clarke County Library. He learned blacksmithing from Bill Gichner, a renowned blacksmith and tool collector. The ...

From fire, steel, and craftsmanship comes beauty. Watch as I forge a delicate flower stake by hand, shaping glowing metal ...

What do you do when you have an old truck that has major body damage or so much rust that your body panels have disintegrated? If the damage is beyond the relief of simple hammer and dollies, then ...