*Click here for more metal forming machinery. A plasma cutter isn’t exactly a tool that sheet metal workers can carry around in their pockets — as nice as this model from Advance Cutting Systems is.

If you've taken a few metalworking classes or have a long-standing interest in the practice, you may be wondering what it takes to set up shop at home. While it may seem like a daunting task, ...

Go inside the blacksmith shop to learn fundamental techniques. This guide shows you how to master bending and twisting hot ...

Perhaps the biggest hurdle to starting a home blacksmithing operating is the forge. There’s really no way around having a forge; somehow the metal has to get hot enough to work. Although we ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Ask anyone who has a workshop and a fine set of tools: Sooner or later someone will ask to borrow something. James Krause said he had become weary of people asking to borrow ...