Category: Bending & Shaping

Kevin is shaping 16 gauge aluminum to make spinning flowers for a tree sculpture he is creating. He starts with old fashioned technology: a sandbag and a plastic mallet. Kevin says that if you use it right – not just hit...

Kevin has a piece of mild steel 1/2″ x 1/2″ square tubing with 1/8″ (.125) wall. Recently a viewer asked, “Can you bend square tubing?” Yes, you can – if you have the right tool. When you get...

Kevin has cut a long, wide gap in a piece of 16 gauge aluminum. He will show you how to close the gap so it’s can be easily welded back together. He starts with an air powered shaper. With this tool, you can shape metal....

A viewer saw a machine in the background of some of Kevin’s videos and asked what it is. The machine is an air-power metal shaper. It has a big power head that runs off air pressure from, for example, a compressor. A foot...

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...