Tag: Automotive

  • Welding Your Own Roll Cage: A Quick Reference Guide

    Welding Your Own Roll Cage: A Quick Reference Guide

    How do I weld my own roll cage? Welding a roll cage requires applying a variety of techniques and mathematical calculations. Among the factors to consider are the interior dimensions of the vehicle, applicable safety regulations, and your particular set of welding skills. By no means a beginner’s project, building a roll cage can, however, […]

  • Quick Guide to Welding Your Engine Block: A Mechanic’s Hail Mary

    Quick Guide to Welding Your Engine Block: A Mechanic’s Hail Mary

    How can you successfully repair a cracked engine block by welding it—and is it actually possible? Repairing a cracked engine block via welding first requires proper diagnosis. Given the engine block can be repaired by welding up the crack, certain precautions must be taken to ensure success. There are a variety of methods used in […]

  • Welding Around Automotive Electronics

    Welding Around Automotive Electronics

    Welding is not all steel frames, bars, butt joints, angles and sheet metal.  Sometimes you have to work on projects where you’re welding in close proximity to sensitive electronic gear that for one reason or another, needs to stay right where it is while you weld.   A perfect example of this is automotive welding.  So […]