Every manufacturing sector relies on sheet metal fabrication or rapid prototyping essentially. Actually, everything starts and ends with this technology in the manufacturing industries. Furthermore, ...

Sheet metal is very easy to form, including the pressing in of intricate shapes with dies and a hydraulic press, but the dies themselves are slightly harder to come by. What if we could 3D print ...

As the wife of a sheet metal worker, Lou Long, the trade coordinator for Lane Community College’s sheet metal apprenticeship program, has seen first-hand how rewarding a career in the sheet metal ...

In the past, we've presented metal-shaping articles that showed the average, inexperienced Joe how to create just about anything from a flat sheet of steel, provided he has access to the right tools.

The following is taken from the revised second edition of Sheet Metal Shop Layouts, published by Snips in September 1981. Figures used have not been adjusted for inflation. Editor’s note: One of the ...