I'm getting into the phase change thing and need to make an evaporator block (basically a waterblock that can handle the extremely high pressure inside a phase change cooler).<BR><BR>That means ...

Welding is only one part of metalworking. You also can cut steel, using oxygen/acetylene equipment with a special head called a cutting torch. Cutting torches come as part of many consumer-grade gas ...

Where do you stand on one of the eternal questions of metalwork: brazing, or welding? As your Hackaday writer, and the daughter of a blacksmith, it’s very much on the welding side here. Brazed joints ...

Does one tool work best in every application? A hammer can pound any nail in the house, but a pneumatic nail gun gets the roof shingled faster. For the HVACR or plumbing technician, the right tool for ...

The processes of brazing, soldering, and welding are often miscategorized as all being welding. In the process of welding, both the edge of the base metal and the filler metal are melted. During ...

When working on cars, sometimes you need to get something hot. You need a heat source better than a soldering iron and bigger than a butane mini torch, but less involved than an oxy-acetylene rig.