Kevin has been working on an aluminum stem for a large sculpture. He’s been rolling the 16 gauge aluminum into cones, then welding them together. As he got to the top, though, the diameter of the piece became too small to...
Read MoreKevin Caron is standing at his workbench with 10 bottles of patinas from Steel F/X. They’re just some of the patinas that the company offers to color metal, and they all work cold! He’s set up a bright, shiny steel...
Read MoreHave you ever been TIG welding and noticed that your tungsten has turned a pretty shade of blue? Why does this happen? Kevin explains that his TIG tungsten turned blue because he had it stuck out a little too far. He was trying...
Read MoreThe more I work with 3D printing (and, well, anything I do), the more questions bubble to the surface …. Can I make the material do this? What if I do that? Do I really need to …. A lot of times, things work out. For instance, I did a couple of […]
Read MoreIf you don’t have a third hand tool or have some way to jig up your work when TIG welding aluminum, how do you hold a piece in place so you can tack it? Obviously, you can’t use magnets. Kevin has found if you put...
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