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3D Printed Blog Posts
3D Printer
- A Peek at the 3D Art Show “Materialize”
- A Sneak Peek at 3 3D Printers Printing Before A Show
- Can You Clean Up a 3D Print With a Laser?
- First Print With the Gigante 3D Printer (4-1/2 Foot Print Height!)
- How to Change Filament in a 3D Printer – Another Approach
- How to Change the Filament in a 3D Printer
- How to Make 3D-printed Sections Clear
- How to Make a New Tool Work Well for You Using a Filament Welder
- How to Refine a Design
- How to Replace a 3D Printer Extruder in an Unfiltered Session, Part 1 & Part 2
- How to Sleep Better When 3D Printing Large Prints
- How to Speed Up a 3D Printer
- How to Use 3D Printing for Other Uses
- How to use a 3D printer
- How to Use a 3D Printer: A Tour of the Printer
- How to Use a 3D Printer: Final Clean Up
- How to Use a 3D Printer: Printing the Piece
- How to Use a 3D Printer: Removing the Item From the Tray
- How to Use a 3D Printer: Starting the Process
- Introducing A Different Approach to 3D Printing
- Introducing a different approach to 3D printing
- Meet The Cerberus 3D 400 Multi Filament 3D Printer
- The Story Behind … My 3D-Printed Sculpture Mount Glacier
- The Story Behind … My Deconstructed Sculptures
- The Story Behind … the Sculpture Love and Marriage
- Why Do I Need a 3D Printer?
- Why Each of My 3D-Printed Sculptures Is Unique
Additional Sculpture Series
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AHP Tools
- A Prototype Revealed! The AHP AlphaTIG 203Xi
- AHP 160 vs Everlast 160 – TIG Welder Test
- AHP 160 vs Everlast 160 Stick / TIG Welders
- Can You Cut Rusty Metal And Paint With A Plasma Cutter?
- Cool Improvements to AHP’s TIG Welder
- How to ‘Stick’ (Arc) Weld Thick Metal
- How to Adjust Your Inverter MIG Welder Settings Quickly
- How to Check and Adjust Your TIG Welder’s High Frequency Points
- How to Choose Filler Rod and Tungstens for TIG Welding
- How to Get a Good, Safe Welding Ground – How It Works and How to Work It
- How to Know if You Want a Better Foot Pedal for your AHP TIG Welder – and What to Do About It
- How to Pick the Right Size TIG Filler Rod
- How to Repair a Plasma Cutter Torch
- How to Stick Weld (Arc Weld) With the AHP AlphaTIG 200X
- How to Stick Weld With the AHP AlphaMIG 250 MIG / Arc Welder
- How to TIG Weld Aluminum Using the AHP Alpha TIG 200X
- How to TIG Weld With AHP’s $240 Alpha 160ST
- How to Use Specialty Nozzles to Improve Plasma Cutting
- How to Use the AHP Alpha 160ST Arc Welder
- How to Use the AHP AlphaTIG 200X 200-Amp Welder
- How to Use Welding Pulse on the AHP AlphaTIG 203xi TIG Welder & Why & When Pulse Is Helpful
- How to Weld Thin Metal With the New AlphaMIG 250 MIG Welder / Arc Welder
- Introducing the AHP AlphaTIG 200DX 200-Amp Welder
- Introducing the AHP
AlphaTIG 225Xi TIG Welder - Introducing the New AHP AlphaCut 60 Plasma Cutter
- Introducing the NEW AHP AlphaMIG 250
- Introducing the New AHP AlphaTIG 200X, 3rd Generation
- Introducing the New AlphaMIG 250 MIG Welder / Arc Welder
- Introducing the Second Generation AHP AlphaTIG 200X
- Plasma Cutting: ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!’
- Simple Tips to Improve Your MIG Welds
- The Top 12 Things You Need Now That You Have Your TIG Welder
- TIG Welding: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- Torture Test: The AHP AlphaMIG 250 MIG Welder
- What is High-Speed Pulse Welding and Why Would You Use it? Using the New AHP AlphaTIG 200
- What is the Difference Between Welding With 110 and 220 Volts?
- What Is Welder Duty Cycle and Why Should You Care?
- Why and How to Use Starting and Ending Amperage for TIG Welding
- Why I Love TIG Welding
- Why You Need Preflow When Welding
- Why You Should Use Wedge Collets for Better TIG Welding
April 2015
April 2016
April 2017
Arc Welding
- AHP 160 vs Everlast 160 Stick / TIG Welders
- Arc Welding Technique
- Arc Welding Technique, Part 2
- Checking Out a Very Affordable Stick / TIG Welder: Everlast’s PowerARC 140ST
- Choosing a Welder: MIG, TIG, Arc or Oxygen-Acetylene?
- Comparing Arc, MIG and TIG Welders
- How to ‘Stick’ (Arc) Weld Thick Metal
- How to Change TIG to MIG to Arc on a Multiprocess Welder
- How to Choose Which to Use: Your TIG or Stick (Arc) Welder
- How to Integrate Tack Welds
- How to Pick Your First Welder
- How to Select Rods for Arc Welding
- How to Set Your TIG & Stick Welders
- How to Stick Weld (Arc Weld) With the AHP AlphaTIG 200X
- How to Stick Weld 1/4″ Steel Plate Using the Everlast Power i-MIG 253DPi
- How to Stick Weld With the AHP AlphaMIG 250 MIG / Arc Welder
- How to use a Stick (Arc) / TIG Welder Using Everlast’s 160STH
- How to Use Everlast’s PowerARC 200ST Stick / TIG Welder
- How to Use the AHP Alpha 160ST Arc Welder
- How to Use the AHP AlphaTIG 200X 200-Amp Welder
- How to Weld a Root Pass and Why You’d Want To – Using Everlast’s 300 Amp Stick Welder
- Introducing Longevity’s 250MP MIG / Stick Welder
- Introducing the AHP AlphaTIG 200DX 200-Amp Welder
- Introducing the Everlast MTS 275 Lightning
- Introducing the Longevity ProMTS 200 MIG / TIG / Arc Welder
- Introducing the New Longevity TigWeld 160SX
- MIG Welding vs. Arc Welding – Which Welder When?
- TIG Welding vs. Arc Welding – Which Welder When?
- Tips and Tricks for Longevity’s ProMTS 200 Multiprocess Welder
- Tools for the Studio, Part 1
- Why Would You Use AC When Stick Welding (Arc Welding)?
Architectural Details
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Art
- 100-year-old machine solves 21st century 3D printing problem
- 3D printed art still opening eyes
- 3D printing 2025
- 3D Printing Bronze Brings New Challenges
- 3D Printing Contributes to Evolution of Form
- 3D Printing Filament Comes Out of the Closet
- 3D printing for art? Whodathunk …
- 3D printing jewelry adds color & complexity
- 3D-printed sculpture storms Tucson
- A 100-year-old 3D printed sculpture?
- A feast of 3D printed artwork
- A rainbow of colors comes to 3D printing filament
- A tale of two 3D-printed sculptures
- A thousand eyes: Artists look at 3D printing
- Aesthetic tweaking with 3D-printed designs
- Alien forces invade 3D print
- Art show puts spotlight on my 3D printed sculpture
- Art takes 3D printing seriously at ASU
- Back to the future: up and running
- Beautiful variations in 3D printing breakthrough
- Breakthrough: ‘playing around’ leads to intriguing visual development
- Building bridges: saving a 3D print using my hands
- Burn notice – 3D printing nuances
- Chaos reality: 3D printer has a mind of its own
- Coats of many colors: using finishes on 3D-printed sculptures
- Combining 3D printing filaments
- Day and night: what I’ve learned about 3D printing
- Doodling differently
- Double trouble: Is it original or a print?
- Easy out: creating a large format 3D-printed sculpture
- Fascinating finishes – 3D printed surface a blank slate
- Getting it together: connecting 3D prints
- How to Weld a Lap Joint
- Increasing intensity: Lighting 3D-printed sculptures
- Is it art, or is it a print?
- Let there be light (with 3D printed translucent filament)
- Metal filler works wonders with ABS filament
- Metal or filament? 3D printing multiplies options
- Now THAT’S a sculpture – 3-foot-sculpture printed on 3D printer
- Public, meet 3D printed sculptures
- Public, meet 3D printed sculptures ….
- Sculptors dig deeper into technology
- Seeing in 3D – Using 3D printing for prototyping
- Sharing 3D-printing possibilities
- Speaking the language of 3D printing
- String theory: removing strings from a 3D printed sculpture
- Surprises selling 3D-printed sculpture
- Taking a tumble: burnishing 3D-printed bronze
- The Making
- The more I use my 3D printer, the more uses I find for it ….
- The right tool: 3D printing jewelry
- Three 3D printers running – for a while, anyway
- Try, try again – overcoming 3D printing fails
- Warts and all: 3D printing flaws part of the beauty
- What do you do with a failed 3D print?
- What I don’t need to do when 3D printing
- You win some …. heartbreaking 3D-printing fail
August 2014
August 2015
August 2017
August 2018
AVAILABLE WORKS
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Bending & Shaping
- Adding Branches to a Steel Tree
- Artist Kevin Caron Shows How to Shape a Metal Sculpture
- Fitting Steel for the Top of Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- How to Bend Metal Using Oxygen Acetylene
- How to Bend Square Tubing So It Doesn’t Kink
- How to Bend Steel Using a Brake
- How to Bend Steel With an Acetylene Welding Torch
- How to Bend Thick Metal Using a Propane Forge
- How to Bend Thick Metal Without Traditional Tools
- How to Bend Tube and Pipe
- How to Cheat and Use a Pipe Roller to Bend Solid Metal
- How to Choose the Best Hammer for the Job
- How to Conceive and Fabricate Metal Parts
- How to Create Metal Art: Shaping a Sculpture
- How to Fire Up a Forge to Bend Metal for a Sculpture
- How to Fix Welding Heat Distortion
- How to Lay Out a Sculpture for Metal Fabrication
- How to Make a 1-Sided 3D Metal Art Sculpture
- How to Make a Perfect Metal Ring
- How to Make a Perfect Metal Ring
- How to Make Steel Donuts
- How to Refine the Shape of a Contemporary Art Sculpture
- How to Roll Metal in Small Diameters
- How to Roll Your Own Pipe
- How to Shape Metal – From 2 Dimensions to 3 Dimensions
- How to Shape Metal Easily and Cheaply
- How to Shape Metal to Give It Life
- How to Shape Metal With an Air Hammer
- How to Shape Metal With Hand & Power Tools
- How to Shape Pipe: Rolling vs. Bending
- How to Stretch Metal
- How to Use a Chinese Pipe Bender for a Metal Art Sculpture
- How to Use a Chinese Pipe Bender, Step-by-Step
- How to Use a Hydraulic Pipe Bender to Make a Metal Sculpture
- How to Use a Slip Roll to Shape a 3D Metal Sculpture
- How to Use an Air Shaper – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Use an Anvil in Your Metalworking Shop
- How to Use Hydraulic Pipe Bender Shoes the Right Way
- How to Use Tack Welding to Keep Your Work Straight
- How to Use Tack Welding to Keep Your Work Straight
- How to Use the Air Hammer to Make Metal Art
- How to Use the English Wheel to Create Metal Sculpture
- Learning How to Use an Air Hammer
- More Tools, Tips and Tricks for Shaping Metal
- My Top 5 Favorite Metalworking Tools in my Art Studio
- Tips and Tricks to Make a Smooth Curve
- Tools for Shaping Metal
- Tools for the Studio, Part 5
- Using the Slip Roll to Shape a Metal Art Sculpture
- What Are Cleco Clamps
& How to Use Them
Blog
- ‘3D what?’
- ‘Don’t you just push a button?’
- ‘Hmmm, will plastic do that?’
- ‘Illuminate’ show raises the lumens
- ‘This has never happened before’ yet again ….
- ‘Novelty’ 3D-printing filament has real applications
- ‘You have to do what?!’ – Barriers to 3D printing
- 100-year-old machine solves 21st century 3D printing problem
- 3D Frankenstein: Gigante 3D Printer Gets A New Brain
- 3D printed art still opening eyes
- 3D printing 2025
- 3D Printing Bronze Brings New Challenges
- 3D printing carbon fiber opens up more possibilities
- 3D Printing Contributes to Evolution of Form
- 3D Printing Filament Comes Out of the Closet
- 3D printing filament gets more interesting
- 3D printing filament welder to save money and stress
- 3D printing for art? Whodathunk …
- 3D printing jewelry adds color & complexity
- 3D Printing Museum Artifacts Bring a Fossilized Field Back From the Dead
- 3D Printing Mystery Continues…
- 3D printing starts with CAD
- 3D-printed sculpture storms Tucson
- A 100-year-old 3D printed sculpture?
- A feast of 3D printed artwork
- A rainbow of colors comes to 3D printing filament
- A Sculptor Takes on 3D Printing ….
- A tale of two 3D-printed sculptures
- A thousand eyes: Artists look at 3D printing
- Adventures with 3D slicer software ….
- Aesthetic tweaking with 3D-printed designs
- After CAD it’s time to slice ….
- Alien forces invade 3D print
- All that is old is new again: Updating 3D printers
- An Embarrassment of Riches: 3D Printing Filament Options Multiply
- Art and 3D printing
- Art show puts spotlight on my 3D printed sculpture
- Art takes 3D printing seriously at ASU
- Baby gets a new pair of shoes
- Back to the future: up and running
- Beautiful variations in 3D printing breakthrough
- Bits and pieces: using 3D printing filament ends ….
- Boys Just Gotta Have Fun
- Breakthrough: ‘playing around’ leads to intriguing visual development
- Building bridges: saving a 3D print using my hands
- Burn notice – 3D printing nuances
- Cerberus 3D 400 3D printer opens a world of filament
- Changing 3D printing filament is now so much easier ….
- Changing filament midprint is easy, peasy
- Chaos reality: 3D printer has a mind of its own
- Chasing 3D print voids
- Coats of many colors: using finishes on 3D-printed sculptures
- Combining 3D printing filaments
- Crap! Still more art than science?
- Day and night: what I’ve learned about 3D printing
- Details, details, details – 3D printing fit and finish
- Doodling differently
- Double trouble: Is it original or a print?
- Easy out: creating a large format 3D-printed sculpture
- Embracing the obvious
- Eye-popping results from color change 3D-printing filament
- Fascinating finishes – 3D printed surface a blank slate
- Feed your 3D printer with host software ….
- Filament follies
- From start to finish – 3-foot-tall sculpture printed on the Gigante 3D printer
- Getting it together: connecting 3D prints
- Getting to Solid
- Helping with COVID-19 in a small way
- How 3D-printed maquettes bring commissions to life
- How many 3D printers does one person need?!
- How Much Would it Cost to 3D Print These World-Famous Landmarks? [Infographic]
- How others see 3D printing today
- How to Create Easily Removable Supports When 3D Printing
- How to Remove ‘Strings’ From 3D Prints
- How to speed up a 3d printer
- How to Tap a Hole in Metal Using a Mill
- How to use 3D printing to improve a tool – errr, toy!
- How to Weld a Lap Joint
- How Welding Technique Strengthens 3D-Printed Parts
- Improving my Gigante 3D printer using … 3D printing
- Increasing intensity: Lighting 3D-printed sculptures
- Installing the Cerberus 250
- Introducing the New Longevity TigWeld 160SX
- Is it art … or just a misprint?
- Is it art, or is it a print?
- It all begins here ….
- Let there be light (with 3D printed translucent filament)
- Let there be light: adding lights to my 3D printers
- Light It Up! Adding Light to 3D Printed Sculpture
- Lighting 3D Printed Sculptures Beautifully
- Mad scientist performs 3D printer brain transplant
- Mask man: using 3D printing against the pandemic
- Metal filler works wonders with ABS filament
- Metal or filament? 3D printing multiplies options
- Mixing media:
3D printed and metal together - Modifying the Gigante adds stability
- More adventures on the bleeding edge
- My 3D printer heads to the hospital
- Now THAT’S a sculpture – 3-foot-sculpture printed on 3D printer
- Outsmarting the filament bulge
- Public, meet 3D printed sculptures
- Public, meet 3D printed sculptures ….
- Reality check: 3D printing shell command surprises
- Running hot and cold: controlling 3D printing temperature
- Sculptors dig deeper into technology
- Seeing in 3D – Using 3D printing for prototyping
- Sharing 3D-printing possibilities
- Simplify 3D offers superior slicing for 3D printing
- Software follies
- Speaking the language of 3D printing
- Stick this! Adhering a 3D print is key during printing
- String theory: removing strings from a 3D printed sculpture
- Surprises selling 3D-printed sculpture
- Switch cuts out 3D printing problem
- Taking a tumble: burnishing 3D-printed bronze
- Taking my 3D-printed sculptures to the next level
- Test driving a new – old – host program on a big 3D print
- Testing 3D printing filaments in the elements
- The 3 Biggest Myths About 3D Printing
- The democratization of art through 3D printing?
- The Gigante Era begins ….
- The Gigante gets (more) real
- The Gigante is …. coming!
- The greatest weapon in the 3D-printed gun debate is FEAR
- The joys – and surprises – of physical manifestation
- The Making
- The more I use my 3D printer, the more uses I find for it ….
- The mystery of the 3D print fail
- The right tool: 3D printing jewelry
- The sounds of creation: listening to 3D printers
- The Story Behind … the Sculpture Moonshine
- The Strange Case of the 3D printed Geared Ball
- Three 3D printers running – for a while, anyway
- Tinker time for all ages: event turns on young and old
- Tinkering and tweaking: 3D printers today
- Tricks for photographing 3D-printed sculpture
- Tripping Across 3D Printing in Australia
- Try, try again – overcoming 3D printing fails
- Try, try again with 3D printing
- Turning up the heat
- Unfiltered: How to Replace a 3D Printer Extruder, Part 1
- Using a 3D printer to refine a design
- Warts and all: 3D printing flaws part of the beauty
- What a tangled 3D printing filament spool we weave …
- What do you do with a failed 3D print?
- What else can you do with 3D printing?
- What I don’t need to do when 3D printing
- When is a sculpture’s finish finished?
- Why 3D printing isn’t
just ‘pushing a button’ - Why didn’t I think of this before?
- Why Maquettes Are Worthwhile (Learned the Hard Way)
- Worlds Collide: 3D Printing Experience Informs Metal Sculpting
- Wrestling with PETG 3D-printing filament
- You win some …. heartbreaking 3D-printing fail
- Your chance to see my 8-foot-tall 3D printer running!
Blog Featured Video
- 100-year-old machine solves 21st century 3D printing problem
- 3D printing filament welder to save money and stress
- A feast of 3D printed artwork
- Boys Just Gotta Have Fun
- Building bridges: saving a 3D print using my hands
- Cerberus 3D 400 3D printer opens a world of filament
- Changing filament midprint is easy, peasy
- Coats of many colors: using finishes on 3D-printed sculptures
- From start to finish – 3-foot-tall sculpture printed on the Gigante 3D printer
- Introducing the New Longevity TigWeld 160SX
- Taking a tumble: burnishing 3D-printed bronze
- The more I use my 3D printer, the more uses I find for it ….
- The sounds of creation: listening to 3D printers
- Three 3D printers running – for a while, anyway
Cutting & Grinding
- 2 Ways to Adjust Z-Height on a CNC Table
- Advantages and Challenges of a Cold Cut Chopsaw
- An Easy Way to Mark Your Metal for a Perfect Cut
- An Introduction to the Dynatorch Super B CNC Plasma Table
- Can You Cut Rusty Metal And Paint With A Plasma Cutter?
- Cutting a Circle for a Metal Sculpture With Oxygen Acetylene
- Cutting Metal: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- Cutting Metal: How to Make Components Uniform in Size and Shape
- Cutting Metal: How to Select the Right Tool for the Job
- Cutting Stainless Steel Donut Feet for a Metal Sculpture
- Favorite Grinding Pads for Metalworking
- Final Review and Special Offer!: Cutmaster 60i Plasma Cutter
- Grinding Metal: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- Grinding Metal: How to Select the Right Tool for the Job
- Grinding Steel Hands for a Public Art Commission
- How to Angle Your Plasma Cutter for the Best Cut
- How to Best Set Your Plasma Cutter for Cutting Metal
- How to Clean Up Welds in Tight Places
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 12: Grinding and Finish Work
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 3
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 4
- How to Create Sharp Edges When Fabricating Metal
- How to Custom Fit Metal
- How to Cut a Gas Cylinder With a Horizontal Bandsaw
- How to Cut Aluminum the Easy Way
- How to Cut Metal Evenly and Easily
- How to Cut Metal Using a Circle-Cutting Tool
- How to Cut Metal Using a CNC Plasma Table
- How to Cut Metal With A Circular Saw
- How to Cut Metal Without Traditional Metal Cutting Tools
- How to Cut More Accurately With Your Plasma Cutter
- How to Cut Perfect Holes in Metal
- How to Cut Pipe Angles Accurately
- How to Cut Pipe at an Angle Accurately
- How to Cut Pipe With a Plasma Cutter
- How to Cut Thick Metal Using the ESAB Cutmaster 60i
- How to Cut Thin Metal Precisely
- How to Drill Holes for Footer Installation
- How to Drill Large Holes With a Mill – and Why It’s Better Than Using a Drill Press
- How to Drill With Annular Cutters (& Why You’d Want To)
- How to Easily Prevent Warping When Welding
- How to Easily Sharpen TIG Welding Tungstens
- How to Find the Center of an Oval
- How to Get a ‘Beast’ of a Plasma Cutter Running Quickly
- How to Get a Better Cut With Your Plasma Cutter
- How to Get a More Accurate Cut on Metal – Kevin Caron
- How to Get Better Results Using Specialty Grinding Pads
- How to Get More Out of Your Chopsaw Blades
- How to Get Stronger Welds With Thick Metal
- How to Gouge Metal Using a Plasma Cutter
- How to Gouge With a Plasma Cutter
- How to Know Which Grinder to Use
- How to Line Up Parts Perfectly for a CNC Table
- How to Make a Custom Magnetic Table
- How to Make Metal Dishes
- How to Make Parts Uniform Using A Mill
- How to Make Steel Donuts
- How to Organize Your Shop Cutting Area for Ease & Efficiency
- How to Pick the Right Grinding Stone for the Job
- How to Prepare Files for CNC Metal Cutting Using SheetCam
- How to Remove Rust the Easy Way
- How to Run a CNC Metal Cutting Table – An Overview
- How to Seamlessly Join Two Pieces of Pipe
- How to Set Up a Longevity Plasma Cutter
- How to Shine Aluminum
- How to Shine Metal
- How to Use a Chopsaw Using the Evolution Evo Chopsaw
- How to Use a Horizontal Bandsaw – and Why You Would Want to Use It
- How to Use a Metal Lathe
- How to Use a Pencil Grinder for Grinding Metal
- How to Use a Plasma Cutter While Creating a Metal Sculpture
- How to Use CAD to Create Parts for a CNC Table
- How to Use Cutting Oil for Cutting Metal
- How to Use Everlast’s PowerPlasma 80S Plasma Cutter
- How to Use Specialty Disks to Grind Aluminum Beautifully
- How to Use Specialty Nozzles to Improve Plasma Cutting
- How to Use Step Drills
- How to Use the Evolution EVOMAG 75 Magnetic Drill
- Inside a Cool Tool, the Plasma Cutter
- Introducing Everlast’s PowerPlasma 62i Plasma Cutter
- Introducing Longevity’s ForceCut 62i Plasma Cutter
- Introducing the New AHP AlphaCut 60 Plasma Cutter
- Introducing the New Longevity ForceCut 42i Plasma Cutter
- Metal Cutter: Plasma vs. the Nibbler
- Metal Cutting Tools: How to Use Foot and Bench Shears
- Metal Cutting Tools: Plasma vs. Oxygen Acetylene
- Metal Cutting Tools: Using a Beverly Shear
- Metal Cutting: How to Use Oxygen Acetylene
- My Top 5 Favorite Metalworking Tools in my Art Studio
- New Options for Plasma Cutting Consumables
- Plasma Cutter Tip Tricks
- Plasma Cutting Technique
- Plasma Cutting: ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!’
- Test Driving the Zeny Cut 50 Plasma Cutter
- Testing the ESAB Cutmaster 60i: Speed, Piercing, Arc Height
- The Best Way to Hold Work for Grinding
- Welding and Grinding Metal
- What Are Collets and How Do You Use Them?
- Which Drill Bit Is Better?
- Why – and How – I Use My Bench Grinder Everyday
- Why and How to Use Flap Discs for Grinding
- Win Your Own FREE Evolution Evo Chopsaw!
- Working With Metal: The Right Way to Grind
December 2014
December 2015
December 2016
December 2019
December 2021
Engineering Kinetic Sculpture
- Adding Finishing Touches to the Kinetic Steel Sculpture Diamante
- Contemporary Art Sculpture Genome Project Spins its Magic
- Contemporary Art Sculpture Mobilus Spins Sensual Shadows
- Fitting Angles on the Diamond-shaped Steel Sculpture Diamante
- How to Balance an Unusually Shaped Item
- How to Engineer Two Spinning Components on a Steel Sculpture
- How To Hang Heavy Items From A Pin
- How to Keep Spinning Components Straight and Steady
- How to Make a Sculpture (or Anything Else) Spin in the Wind
- How to Make Anything Spin Using a Thrust Bearing
- How to Make Large Items Spin
- How to Make Threaded Parts, Nuts and Bolts
- Making a Contemporary Art Sculpture Spin in the Wind
Everlast Tools
- AHP 160 vs Everlast 160 – TIG Welder Test
- AHP 160 vs Everlast 160 Stick / TIG Welders
- Announcing our Contest Winners!
- Are Multiprocess Welders Prone to Failure?
- Checking Out a Very Affordable Stick / TIG Welder: Everlast’s PowerARC 140ST
- Comparing 3 TIG Welder Foot Pedals (Nova, SSC, Everlast Stock)
- Could This Simple Issue Be Screwing Up Your TIG Welds?
- Flux Core vs. Solid Core Welding
- How to Avoid Blowouts When Welding Closed Vessels
- How to Best Set Your Plasma Cutter for Cutting Metal
- How to Create a ‘Stack of Dimes’ When TIG Welding
- How to Create Sharp Edges When Fabricating Metal
- How to Custom Fit Metal
- How to Easily Handle Off-Site Welding
- How to Easily Improve Your MIG Welds
- How to Gouge Metal Using a Plasma Cutter
- How to Integrate Tack Welds
- How to MIG Weld Aluminum With the Power i-MIG 253Dpi
- How to MIG Weld in Tight Places
- How to Modify Your Welder Cart
- How to Move Your Hands When TIG Welding
- How to Plug Weld – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Prevent ‘Blowout” When Welding Thick Metal to Thin
- How to Put a New Wire Spool on a MIG Welder
- How to Select the Right Rollers for Your MIG Welder
- How to Set Up a Water-cooled TIG Torch
- How to Stick Weld 1/4″ Steel Plate Using the Everlast Power i-MIG 253DPi
- How to Tack Weld Thin Aluminum
- How to Test Your Welder Before Your Warranty Expires
- How to TIG Weld Stainless Steel
- How to TIG Weld With Everlast’s Portable PowerARC 140ST
- How to Troubleshoot a Bad Switch – and Fix It
- How to Use a Spool Gun
- How to Use a Spool Gun to Weld Aluminum
- How to Use a Spot Welder (& Why You’d Want To)
- How to use a Stick (Arc) / TIG Welder Using Everlast’s 160STH
- How to Use a TIG Welder to Clean Up MIG Welds
- How to Use Advanced Pulse When TIG Welding (or not)
- How to Use Double Pulse When Welding
- How to Use Everlast’s PowerARC 200ST Stick / TIG Welder
- How to Use Everlast’s PowerPlasma 80S Plasma Cutter
- How to Use Power Set on the Everlast Lightning MTS 275
- How to Use Triangular Wave When Welding – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Weld a Root Pass and Why You’d Want To – Using Everlast’s 300 Amp Stick Welder
- How to Weld in Tight Places
- How to Weld Thick Metal With a TIG Welder
- How to Weld Tight Angles
- How to Weld Together a Copper Goblet
- How to Weld With Flux Core Beginning to End
- Introducing Everlast’s New Power I-MIG 140E MIG Welder
- Introducing Everlast’s PowerMTS 251Si Multiprocess Welder
- Introducing Everlast’s PowerPlasma 62i Plasma Cutter
- Introducing Everlast’s POWERTIG 255EXT
- Introducing the ‘Monster’ Everlast Power i-MIG 253DPi
- Introducing the Everlast MTS 275 Lightning
- Introducing the Everlast 221STi Multiprocess AC / DC Welder
- Is This Simple Problem Screwing Up Your Welds?
- My Top 5 Favorite Metalworking Tools in my Art Studio
- Should You Use a Lap Joint or a Butt Joint When Welding?
- Testing Everlast’s POWERTIG 255EXT for DC Welding
- The New Affordable & Robust Everlast Cyclone 200 E MIG Welder is Here!
- Welding Pulse: What It Is and How to Use It
- What Does a TIG Welder Look Like Inside?
- What is the Difference Between TIG Lift Start and High Frequency Start?
- What Welding Waveforms Are and How to Use Them
- What’s Wrong With My TIG Tungsten?
- Why I Replaced the Foot Pedal on My Everlast POWERTIG 255EXT
- Why You Need to Clean Metal Before Welding
- Why You Should Read the @#$% Manual
- Why You Want to Wear Welding Safety Equipment
February 2016
February 2017
February 2018
February 2019
February 2021
February 2022
Figurative Series
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Filament
- ‘Hmmm, will plastic do that?’
- ‘Novelty’ 3D-printing filament has real applications
- 100-year-old machine solves 21st century 3D printing problem
- 3D Printing Bronze Brings New Challenges
- 3D Printing Filament Comes Out of the Closet
- 3D Printing Mystery Continues…
- A rainbow of colors comes to 3D printing filament
- An Embarrassment of Riches: 3D Printing Filament Options Multiply
- Back to the future: up and running
- Boys Just Gotta Have Fun
- Breakthrough: ‘playing around’ leads to intriguing visual development
- Building bridges: saving a 3D print using my hands
- Coats of many colors: using finishes on 3D-printed sculptures
- Combining 3D printing filaments
- Getting to Solid
- Let there be light (with 3D printed translucent filament)
- Metal filler works wonders with ABS filament
- String theory: removing strings from a 3D printed sculpture
- Surprises selling 3D-printed sculpture
- Taking a tumble: burnishing 3D-printed bronze
- The greatest weapon in the 3D-printed gun debate is FEAR
- The Strange Case of the 3D printed Geared Ball
- Using a 3D printer to refine a design
Finish Work & Patinas
- “Painting” Steel With Wax and Patinas
- Does Aluminum Rust?
- Finish Work on Metal Art: After Sandblasting
- How to Add Texture to a Metal Sculpture With a Welder
- How to Apply a Linseed Oil Finish on Metal
- How to Apply a Rust Patina to Metal Sculpture
- How to Coat an Exterior Door with a Linseed Oil Finish
- How to Color Steel Using Wax
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 12: Grinding and Finish Work
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 13: Applying the Finish
- How to Get a Smooth Finish on a Metal Lathe
- How to Make a Sculpture (or Anything Else) Look Like Metal
- How to Make Your Steel Different Colors
- How to Polish Stainless Steel
- How to Powder Coat Metal in Your Own Workshop
- How to Prepare Your Metal Work for Powder Coating
- How to Put a Clear Finish on Metal
- How to Shine Aluminum
- How to Shine Metal
- How to Shine Metal, Another Approach
- How to Use Specialty Disks to Grind Aluminum Beautifully
- Painting the Contemporary Art Sculpture Loaded
- Powder Coating a Steel Sculpture
- Rusting the Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- Sandblasting a Metal Sculpture
- The Story Behind … Charged Particle
- Welding and Grinding Metal
- Why and How to Use Flap Discs for Grinding
Focus on Art
- A Peek at the 3D Art Show “Materialize”
- A Surprise Visit to a Hot (and Cool) Art Destination
- A Twist on Sculpture: Genome Project
- A Virtual Art Show of Outdoor Sculpture
- Are Artworks Ever Finished?
- Arizona Artist Kevin Caron Visits the Loveland Sculpture Shows
- Awakening as an Artist
- How a Sculpture Evolves
- How to be Inspired by Nature
- How to Bring Art to Life
- How to Create Metal Art: Shaping a Sculpture
- How to Develop a Successful Art Career: Galleries & Shows
- How to Develop a Successful Art Career: Marketing, Part 1
- How to Develop a Successful Art Career: Shipping
- How to Make Art From Scrap Metal
- How to Run a Successful Art Career – The Business Side
- How to Start & Run a Successful Art Career
- How to Use CAD Software to Design Metal Art
- Kevin Caron’s Top 5 Sculptures & Stories About These Best Artworks
- Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Revealing the Winner of the Scrap Bin Sculpture Contest!
- The Genesis of Ideas: Making a Metal Fireplace Sculpture
- The Story Behind … Charged Particle
- The Story Behind … My Deconstructed Sculptures
- The Story Behind … My Gordian Accordian Sculpture Series
- The Story Behind … My Sculpture Pampas
- The Story Behind … My Spike Sculptures
- The Story Behind … the Sculpture Love and Marriage
- The Story Behind … the Sculpture Moonshine
- Unglamorous Side of Being an Artist
- Unveiling the Monumental Sculpture Wherever You Go, There You Are
- Why Each of My 3D-Printed Sculptures Is Unique
- Why is Lighting Important for Art?
FOUNTAINS and WATER SCULPTURES
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FREE-STANDING SCULPTURES
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Garden
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General Welding
- A Better Welding Helmet?
- A Safety Tip That Just Might Save Your Life
- A Surprising Career Choice for Welders (and a Super Cool Video!)
- Arc Welding Technique
- Arc Welding Technique, Part 2
- Are Multiprocess Welders Prone to Failure?
- Choosing a Welder: MIG, TIG, Arc or Oxygen-Acetylene?
- Comparing Arc, MIG and TIG Welders
- Creating a Welded Steel Waterfall for Recycling Rain Water
- Finish Work on Metal Art: After Sandblasting
- Flux Core Welding vs. Solid Core Welding With Gas
- Following the Bubble While MIG Welding
- How to Add Texture to a Metal Sculpture With a Welder
- How to Adjust Your Welder Settings
- How to Avoid Blowouts When Welding Closed Vessels
- How to Beat Welding Heat Distortion, Part 1
- How to Beat Welding Heat Distortion, Part 2
- How to Bend Metal Using Oxygen Acetylene
- How to Bend Steel With an Acetylene Welding Torch
- How to Change Your Welder Cable (and Why You Might Need To)
- How to Choose the Right Welding Gas
- How to Clean Up Welds in Tight Places
- How to Clean Your Welding Table the Easy Way
- How to Control the Width of Your Weld
- How to Create the Project You Dreamed Of – Keeping Things Straight and Level
- How to Easily Improve Your Welds and Safety
- How to Easily Prevent Warping When Welding
- How to Easily Tack Aluminum When TIG Welding
- How to Fill a Gap When Welding
- How to Fire Up a Forge to Bend Metal for a Sculpture
- How to Fix Welding Heat Distortion
- How to Get a Good Welding Ground
- How to Get a Good, Safe Welding Ground – How It Works and How to Work It
- How to Get A Safe Welding Ground
- How to Get Stronger Welds With Thick Metal
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Welding Magnets
- How to Integrate Tack Welds
- How to Keep Your Welding Table Clean and Rust Free
- How to Make a Metal Ring Using an Oxygen-Acetylene Welding Torch
- How to Make Welding Rod
- How to Modify Your Welder Cart
- How to Pick the Right Size Welding Wire for Your Job
- How to Pick Your First Welder
- How to Plug Weld – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Prevent ‘Blowout” When Welding Thick Metal to Thin
- How to Prevent Warping When Welding
- How to Reduce Warping While Welding
- How to Replace a Bad Ground Cable on Your Welder
- How to Set TIG Welding Amperage – Kevin Caron
- How to Set Up a Longevity Plasma Cutter
- How to Set Up a Longevity TigWeld 250 AC/DC
- How to Shape Metal – From 2 Dimensions to 3 Dimensions
- How to Tack Weld
- How to Test Your Welder Before Your Warranty Expires
- How to Tie In Welds for a Seamless Look
- How to TIG Weld Aluminum
- How to TIG Weld Vertically
- How to Use a Flowmeter Instead of a Regulator for Welding
- How to Use a Longevity MIG Welder With Pulse Control
- How to Use a Propane Forge
- How to Use a Spool Gun on a MIG Welder
- How to Use a Spot Welder (& Why You’d Want To)
- How to Use a TIG Welder to Clean Up MIG Welds
- How to Use Antisplatter Coating When Welding
- How to Use MIG Pulse Controls to Fill Gaps
- How to Use Tack Welding to Keep Your Work Straight
- How to Use Tack Welding to Keep Your Work Straight
- How to Use the Controls on a Longevity TIG Welder
- How to Weld a Butt Joint
- How to Weld a Lap Joint
- How to Weld a Right Angle Without Warping the Joint
- How to Weld a Steel Patch Using a Copper Backer
- How to Weld in Tight Places
- How to Weld Outside Corners
- How to Weld Thin Copper Using a Wireless Foot Pedal
- How to Weld Thin Metal to Thick Metal
- How to Weld Tight Angles
- How to Weld Two Steel Plates
- How to Weld With a Longevity TIG Welder
- How to Weld With a MIG Welder With Pulse Control
- Introducing Everlast’s PowerMTS 251Si Multiprocess Welder
- MIG Welding Technique
- MIG Welding: Fixing Flaws and Porosity in Welded Steel
- MIG Welding: How to Set Voltage and Wire Feed
- MIG Welding: Should You Push or Lead the Puddle?
- MIG Welding: Using a Magnetic Ground
- The Sound of a Good MIG Weld
- TIG Welding by Phoenix Sculptor Kevin Caron
- TIG Welding Copper
- TIG Welding Copper to Steel
- TIG Welding on Stainless Steel Sculpture, Calyx and Design Fun
- TIG Welding Technique
- TIG Welding: Adjusting Controls on Your Welder
- TIG Welding: How to Feed the Wire
- TIG Welding: How to Finetune Your Torch Angle
- TIG Welding: How to Hold the Torch
- TIG Welding: How to Sharpen the Tungsten on Your TIG Welder
- Tips for Good Welding Penetration
- Welding a Metal Waterfall for Recycling Rain Water
- Welding and Grinding Metal
- Welding Health and Safety: The Benefits of Aloe
- Welding Health and Safety: Welding Helmet Care
- Welding Preparation for Best Results
- Welding Pulse: What It Is and How to Use It
- Welding Safety Equipment
- Welding: Oxygen Acetylene
- What Is Welder Duty Cycle and Why Should You Care?
- What You’ve Missed: Out Takes From Channel Kevin
- Why Can’t I Use 1 Gas For All Welding?
- Why You Can’t Use the Same Gas for All Welders
- Why You Don’t Need a Welder That Will Last 40 Years
- Why You Need to Clean Metal Before Welding
- Why You Should Read the @#$% Manual
- Why You Want to Wear Welding Safety Equipment
Gordian Accordian Series
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Hardware
- ‘3D what?’
- ‘Don’t you just push a button?’
- ‘Hmmm, will plastic do that?’
- ‘This has never happened before’ yet again ….
- 100-year-old machine solves 21st century 3D printing problem
- 3D Frankenstein: Gigante 3D Printer Gets A New Brain
- 3D printing 2025
- 3D printing filament welder to save money and stress
- 3D Printing Mystery Continues…
- All that is old is new again: Updating 3D printers
- Art takes 3D printing seriously at ASU
- Back to the future: up and running
- Bits and pieces: using 3D printing filament ends ….
- Burn notice – 3D printing nuances
- Cerberus 3D 400 3D printer opens a world of filament
- Changing 3D printing filament is now so much easier ….
- Day and night: what I’ve learned about 3D printing
- Doodling differently
- Easy out: creating a large format 3D-printed sculpture
- Embracing the obvious
- Filament follies
- Getting to Solid
- How to speed up a 3d printer
- Increasing intensity: Lighting 3D-printed sculptures
- Let there be light (with 3D printed translucent filament)
- Let there be light: adding lights to my 3D printers
- Mad scientist performs 3D printer brain transplant
- Modifying the Gigante adds stability
- More adventures on the bleeding edge
- My 3D printer heads to the hospital
- Outsmarting the filament bulge
- Reality check: 3D printing shell command surprises
- Running hot and cold: controlling 3D printing temperature
- Sculptors dig deeper into technology
- Switch cuts out 3D printing problem
- The 3 Biggest Myths About 3D Printing
- The Making
- The mystery of the 3D print fail
- The right tool: 3D printing jewelry
- The sounds of creation: listening to 3D printers
- Three 3D printers running – for a while, anyway
- Tinkering and tweaking: 3D printers today
- Tripping Across 3D Printing in Australia
- Try, try again – overcoming 3D printing fails
- Turning up the heat
- Worlds Collide: 3D Printing Experience Informs Metal Sculpting
- You win some …. heartbreaking 3D-printing fail
Health & Safety
- A Better Welding Helmet?
- A Safety Tip That Just Might Save Your Life
- Changes at Channel Kevin
- Do Fume Extractors Really Work?
- Does Aluminum Rust?
- How Dark Should Plasma Cutting Glasses Be?
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 10: Raising the Sculpture
- How to Dress for Welding Safety
- How to Easily Improve Your Welds and Safety
- How to Get a Good, Safe Welding Ground – How It Works and How to Work It
- How to Get A Safe Welding Ground
- How to Improve Lighting Easily in Hard-to-Reach Places
- How to Make a French Cleat for Hanging Heavy Items
- How to Make Sure You Have the Right Power for Your Welder
- How to Pick the Best Gloves for Welding Safety
- How to See Better Out of Your Welding Helmet
- How to See Clearly Through Your Welding Helmet
- How to Stay Safe in Your Metal Fabrication Shop
- How to Work Alone: Moving Heavy Metal
- The Quickest, Easiest Way to Clean Your Workbench Ever!
- Welding Health and Safety: The Benefits of Aloe
- Welding Health and Safety: Welding Helmet Care
- Welding Safety Equipment
- What to Think About When Lighting Your Workshop
- Why You Want to Wear Welding Safety Equipment
Home & Garden
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How to Create a Sculpture
- Assembling Abloom with the TIG Welder
- Creating a Steel Torus: a Twisted Circle for a Slick Sculpture
- Cutting Metal: How to Make Components Uniform in Size and Shape
- Finish Work on Metal Art: After Sandblasting
- Fitting Steel for the Top of Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- How to Color Steel Using Wax
- How to Create a Custom Front Door Using Bicycle Parts
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 1
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 10: Raising the Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 11: Adding the Last Panels
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 12: Grinding and Finish Work
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 13: Applying the Finish
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 14: Loading the Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 15: Installing the Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 2
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 3
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 4
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 5
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 6
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 7
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 8: Attaching the Base
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 9: Attaching the Base
- How to Create Metal Art: Shaping a Sculpture
- How to Make a 1-Sided 3D Metal Art Sculpture
- How to Make a Brass Container on a Metal Lathe
- How to Make Art From Scrap Metal
- How to Raise the Sound Sculpture Nucleus
- How to Refine the Shape of a Contemporary Art Sculpture
- How to Scale Up a Sculpture
- How to Space Items Evenly and Easily
- How to Take a Design From Paper to Metal
- How to Use CAD Software to Design Metal Art
- Installing the Monumental Sculpture Wherever You Go, There You Are
- Rusting the Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- Testing the Waters on a Garden Sculpture Fountain
- The Genesis of Ideas: Making a Metal Fireplace Sculpture
- Tips and Tricks to Make a Smooth Curve
- Unveiling the Monumental Sculpture Wherever You Go, There You Are
- Working the Angles on the Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- Working With Metal: How to Make it Level
- Working With Metal: How to Use a Laser Level
Installations
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January 2015
January 2017
Jewelry
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July 2014
July 2015
July 2016
July 2021
July 2022
Just for fun
Longevity Tools
- A Closer Look at My Custom Two-Bottle Welding Cart
- A Review of Longevity’s New TigWeld 200 EX TIG Welder
- Flux Core Welding vs. Solid Core Welding With Gas
- How to Change the Cable on a MIG Welder
- How to Change TIG to MIG to Arc on a Multiprocess Welder
- How to Control the Width of Your Weld
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 9: Attaching the Base
- How to Fuse Weld – or Should You?
- How to MIG Weld With a Spool Gun
- How to Pick the Right TIG Welding Cup
- How to Pick Your First Welder
- How to Set Up a Longevity Plasma Cutter
- How to Set Up a Longevity TigWeld 250 AC/DC
- How to Set Up a MIG Welder for Flux Core Welding
- How to Switch a Multiprocess Welder From MIG to TIG Using the Longevity MTSPro 252i
- How to TIG Weld Steel and Aluminum With Longevity’s New 160SX
- How to TIG Weld Without a Foot Pedal
- How to Use a Longevity MIG Welder With Pulse Control
- How to Use a MIG Welder With Flux Core Wire
- How to Use Double Pulse on Longevity’s MIGWeld 250 MP
- How to Use Single Pulse on the Longevity MIGWeld 250 MP
- How to Use the Amperage Control and Panic Button on Longevity’s TigWeld 200EX TIG Welder
- How to Use the Controls on a Longevity TIG Welder
- How to Weld Copper to Steel for Art
- How to Weld Outside Corners
- How to Weld With a Longevity TIG Welder
- Introducing Longevity’s 250 EX TIG Welder – With a Really Cool Torch
- Introducing Longevity’s 250MP MIG / Stick Welder
- Introducing Longevity’s ProMTS 252i Multiprocess Welder
- Introducing the Longevity ProMTS 200 MIG / TIG / Arc Welder
- Introducing the New Longevity ForceCut 42i Plasma Cutter
- Introducing the New Longevity TigWeld 160SX
- TIG Welding vs. Arc Welding – Which Welder When?
- Tips and Tricks for Longevity’s ProMTS 200 Multiprocess Welder
- Which is Better? Air- vs. Water-Cooled TIG Welding Torches
March 2016
March 2017
March 2020
May 2018
MIG Welding
- Choosing a Welder: MIG, TIG, Arc or Oxygen-Acetylene?
- Comparing Arc, MIG and TIG Welders
- Flux Core vs. Solid Core Welding
- Following the Bubble While MIG Welding
- How the Millermatic 211 MIG Welder Measures Up
- How to Adjust Your Inverter MIG Welder Settings Quickly
- How to Change the Cable on a MIG Welder
- How to Change TIG to MIG to Arc on a Multiprocess Welder
- How to Change Your Welder Cable (and Why You Might Need To)
- How to Clean Up Welds in Tight Places
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 9: Attaching the Base
- How to Decide Whether to Use Your MIG Welder or TIG Welder
- How to Easily Handle Off-Site Welding
- How to Easily Improve Your MIG Welds
- How to Integrate Tack Welds
- How to Make Welding Rod
- How to MIG Weld Aluminum With the Power i-MIG 253Dpi
- How to MIG Weld in Tight Places
- How to MIG Weld With a Spool Gun
- How to Pick Your First Welder
- How to Put a New Wire Spool on a MIG Welder
- How to Select the Right Rollers for Your MIG Welder
- How to Set Up a MIG Welder for Flux Core Welding
- How to Set Up the Longevity MigWeld 140 With a Spool Gun
- How to Tack Weld
- How to Use a Longevity MIG Welder With Pulse Control
- How to Use a MIG Welder With Flux Core Wire
- How to Use a Spool Gun
- How to Use a Spool Gun on a MIG Welder
- How to Use a TIG Welder to Clean Up MIG Welds
- How to Use Antisplatter Coating When Welding
- How to Use Double Pulse on Longevity’s MIGWeld 250 MP
- How to Use Double Pulse When Welding
- How to Use MIG Pulse Controls to Fill Gaps
- How to Use Single Pulse on the Longevity MIGWeld 250 MP
- How to Weld Outside Corners
- How to Weld Thin Metal With the New AlphaMIG 250 MIG Welder / Arc Welder
- How to Weld With a MIG Welder With Pulse Control
- How to Weld With Flux Core Beginning to End
- Introducing Everlast’s New Power I-MIG 140E MIG Welder
- Introducing Longevity’s 250MP MIG / Stick Welder
- Introducing the ‘Monster’ Everlast Power i-MIG 253DPi
- Introducing the Everlast MTS 275 Lightning
- Introducing the Longevity ProMTS 200 MIG / TIG / Arc Welder
- Introducing the NEW AHP AlphaMIG 250
- Introducing the New AlphaMIG 250 MIG Welder / Arc Welder
- Inverter vs. Transformer MIG Welders – What’s the Difference?
- Is This Simple Problem Screwing Up Your Welds?
- MIG Welding Technique
- MIG Welding vs. Arc Welding – Which Welder When?
- MIG Welding: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- MIG Welding: Fixing Flaws and Porosity in Welded Steel
- MIG Welding: How to Set Voltage and Wire Feed
- MIG Welding: Should You Push or Lead the Puddle?
- MIG Welding: Using a Magnetic Ground
- Simple Tips to Improve Your MIG Welds
- The New Affordable & Robust Everlast Cyclone 200 E MIG Welder is Here!
- The Sound of a Good MIG Weld
- Tips and Tricks for Longevity’s ProMTS 200 Multiprocess Welder
- Tools for the Studio, Part 2
- Torture Test: The AHP AlphaMIG 250 MIG Welder
- When to Use MIG Welding vs. TIG Welding
- Why Can’t I Use 1 Gas For All Welding?
- Why I Don’t Like Flux Core MIG Welding
- Why You Can’t Use the Same Gas for All Welders
- Why You Don’t Need a Welder That Will Last 40 Years
- Why You Need Preflow When Welding
Mobiles Series
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More…
- ‘Illuminate’ Art Exhibition Information
- ‘Illuminate’ show raises the lumens
- 3D Printing and Art – ‘Don’t You Just Push a Button?’
- 3D printing carbon fiber opens up more possibilities
- A SCULPTOR’S TAKE ON 3D PRINTING
- ABOUT THE ARTIST
- Are Artworks Ever Finished?
- Baby gets a new pair of shoes
- Chasing 3D print voids
- Check out the Essentials of TIG Welding Guide!
- Check Out These Cool TIG Welding Guides!
- COMMISSIONS
- CONTACT KEVIN CARON
- Details, details, details – 3D printing fit and finish
- EVENTS
- Eye-popping results from color change 3D-printing filament
- Filament follies
- Flux Core vs. Solid Core Welding
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- From the Media
- Get video super search in multiple languages!
- How 3D-printed maquettes bring commissions to life
- How a Sculpture Evolves
- How Dark Should Plasma Cutting Glasses Be?
- How others see 3D printing today
- How to be Inspired by Nature
- How to Create Easily Removable Supports When 3D Printing
- How to Develop a Successful Art Career: Shipping
- How to Draw a Perfect Circle Without Fancy Tools
- How to Easily Improve Your MIG Welds
- How to Get More Out of Your Chopsaw Blades
- How to Integrate Tack Welds
- How to Lift and Bend Without Fancy Tools
- How to Make Sure You Have the Right Power for Your Welder
- How to Move Heavy Objects
- How to Remove ‘Strings’ From 3D Prints
- How to Replace a 3D Printer Extruder in an Unfiltered Session, Part 1 & Part 2
- How to Shape Metal – From 2 Dimensions to 3 Dimensions
- How to Sleep Better When 3D Printing Large Prints
- How to use 3D printing to improve a tool – errr, toy!
- How to use 3D printing to improve a tool – errr, toy! [TEST]
- How to Weld With Flux Core Beginning to End
- Improving my Gigante 3D printer using … 3D printing
- Introducing the AHP
AlphaTIG 225Xi TIG Welder - Jewelry
- Kevin Caron Swag
- Kevin Caron’s Journey to Jewelry
- Kevin Caron’s Top 5 Sculptures & Stories About These Best Artworks
- KUDOS – WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
- Light It Up! Adding Light to 3D Printed Sculpture
- Lighting 3D Printed Sculptures Beautifully
- Like moths to a flame: art show attracts sculptures
- Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Mask man: using 3D printing against the pandemic
- Mixing media:
3D printed and metal together - MORE ABOUT KEVIN CARON & HIS ARTWORK
- MUSeINGS – NEWSLETTER
- My Top 5 Favorite Metalworking Tools in my Art Studio
- MY USE OF COLOR
- New Options for Plasma Cutting Consumables
- PRESS ROOM
- SIMPLY COMPLEX, THE SCULPTURE OF KEVIN CARON
- Taking my 3D-printed sculptures to the next level
- Test Blog Post
- Test Blog Post #2
- Testing 3D printing filaments in the elements
- THANK YOU
- THANK YOU!
- The CubeX is dead; long live the 400
- The New Affordable & Robust Everlast Cyclone 200 E MIG Welder is Here!
- The Story Behind … My Spike Sculptures
- Unfiltered: How to Replace a 3D Printer Extruder, Part 1
- VIDEO DISCLOSURE POLICY
- VISIBLE INSTALLATIONS, ARIZONA
- What a tangled 3D printing filament spool we weave …
- What Are Cleco Clamps
& How to Use Them - What Are J Clamps and Why Are They Are Better Than C Clamps?
- What else can you do with 3D printing?
- What Kind of Metal Is This?
- WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
- When is a sculpture’s finish finished?
- Which Drill Bit Is Better?
- Why 3D printing isn’t
just ‘pushing a button’ - Why didn’t I think of this before?
- Why is Lighting Important for Art?
- Why Maquettes Are Worthwhile (Learned the Hard Way)
- WORK IN PROGRESS
- Wrestling with PETG 3D-printing filament
- You Can Build Your Own Gantry Crane
- Your chance to see my 8-foot-tall 3D printer running!
NATURE
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Never-Ending Series
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November 2014
November 2016
November 2019
October 2014
October 2015
October 2017
On the Wall
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Orb & Line
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Other Techniques
- “Painting” Steel With Wax and Patinas
- Adding Branches to a Steel Tree
- Adding Finishing Touches to the Kinetic Steel Sculpture Diamante
- Air Tools: ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!’
- Artist Kevin Caron Adds Metal Leaves to an Outdoor Sculpture
- Artist Kevin Caron Deconstructs a Metal Sculpture to Transport It
- Artist Kevin Caron Shows How to Trim a Metal Christmas Tree
- Creating a Metal Clapper for a Sound Sculpture
- Creating a Steel Torus: a Twisted Circle for a Slick Sculpture
- Creating the Contemporary Art Sculpture Loaded
- Cutting a Circle for a Metal Sculpture With Oxygen Acetylene
- Cutting Metal Pieces and Welding a Seamless Look on Sculpture
- Cutting Metal: How to Make Components Uniform in Size and Shape
- Cutting Stainless Steel Donut Feet for a Metal Sculpture
- Drill and Tap Tips and Tricks For Metal Working
- Drill Tap Basics for Metal Working
- Fitting Angles on the Diamond-shaped Steel Sculpture Diamante
- Grinding Metal: How to Select the Right Tool for the Job
- Ho- Ho- How to Have a Very Merry Christmas – With Kevin’s Latest Tree
- How Do You Make Something Stand Up Straight?
- How to Add Texture to a Metal Sculpture With a Welder
- How to Apply a Rust Patina to Metal Sculpture
- How to Balance an Unusually Shaped Item
- How to Bend Steel With an Acetylene Welding Torch
- How to Coat an Exterior Door with a Linseed Oil Finish
- How to Combine Metal Tubes and Balls for an Outdoor Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 2
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 3
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 4
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 5
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 6
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 7
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 8: Attaching the Base
- How to Create Metal Art: Shaping a Sculpture
- How to Create the Base of a Sculpture
- How to Draw a Perfect Circle Without Fancy Tools
- How to Easily Measure the Outside of a Shape
- How to Engineer Two Spinning Components on a Steel Sculpture
- How to Figure Out What’s Wrong
- How to Find the Center of an Oval
- How to Fix a Wrinkle on a Metal Sculpture
- How To Hang Heavy Items From A Pin
- How to Know When to Change Your Horizontal Bandsaw Blade
- How to Lay Out a Sculpture for Metal Fabrication
- How to Lift Heavy Objects
- How to Lift Heavy Steel
- How to Lift Items Easily – the Old School Way
- How to Make a 1-Sided 3D Metal Art Sculpture
- How to Make a Brass Container on a Metal Lathe
- How to Make a Custom Magnetic Table
- How to Make a French Cleat for Hanging Heavy Items
- How to Make a Hollow Piece of Steel Art Appear Solid
- How to Make a Metal Ring Using an Oxygen-Acetylene Welding Torch
- How to Make a Metal Sculpture out of Railroad Spikes
- How to Make Adjustable Legs
- How to Make Metal Dishes
- How to Make Steel Donuts
- How to Make Threaded Parts, Nuts and Bolts
- How to Make Welding Rod
- How to Pick the Best Gauge Metal for Your Project
- How to Pick the Right Clamp
- How to Pick Up Steel
- How to Raise the Sound Sculpture Nucleus
- How to Refine a Design
- How to Refine the Shape of a Contemporary Art Sculpture
- How to Remove Rust the Easy Way
- How to Save Time & Money by Making a Tool
- How to Seamlessly Join Two Pieces of Pipe
- How to Space Items Evenly and Easily
- How to Tap a Hole in Metal Using a Mill
- How to Transport a 14-foot Metal Sculpture for Installation
- How to Troubleshoot a Bad Switch – and Fix It
- How to Troubleshoot a Problem
- How to Use a 100-Year-Old Tumbler to Shine Metal
- How to Use a Hydraulic Pipe Bender to Make a Metal Sculpture
- How to Use a Propane Forge
- How to Use a Slip Roll to Shape a 3D Metal Sculpture
- How to Use a Spool Gun on a MIG Welder
- How to Use an Anvil in Your Metalworking Shop
- How to Use CAD Software to Design Metal Art
- How to Use Countersinking to Blind Mount a Sculpture
- How to Use MIG Pulse Controls to Fill Gaps
- How to Use Reusable Pop Rivets to Clamp Steel
- How to Work Alone: Using Jigs for Welding
- How to Work Alone: Using Leverage
- Making a Contemporary Art Sculpture Spin in the Wind
- MIG Welding: Fixing Flaws and Porosity in Welded Steel
- Playing With Nuts and Bolts
- Sandblasting a Metal Sculpture
- Shop Math: How to Find the Center of a Circle
- Testing the Waters on a Garden Sculpture Fountain
- The Best Markers and Pencils for Marking Steel
- The Quickest, Easiest Way to Clean Your Workbench Ever!
- TIG Welding Copper to Steel
- Tips and Tricks to Make a Smooth Curve
- Unglamorous Side of Being an Artist
- Using a Drill Press Like a Mill to Countersink a Screw
- What Are Cleco Clamps
& How to Use Them - What Kind of Metal Is This?
- Working With Metal: How to Make it Level
- Working With Metal: How to Use a Laser Level
- Working With Metal: The Right Way to Grind
Oxygen-Acetylene
- Choosing a Welder: MIG, TIG, Arc or Oxygen-Acetylene?
- Cutting a Circle for a Metal Sculpture With Oxygen Acetylene
- How to Bend Metal Using Oxygen Acetylene
- How to Clean Your Oxygen-Acetylene Tips
- How to Cut Metal Using a Circle-Cutting Tool
- How to Handle Oxygen-Acetylene ‘Popping’
- How to Make a Metal Ring Using an Oxygen-Acetylene Welding Torch
- How to Pick Your First Welder
- How to Safely Start Your Oxygen-Acetylene Welder
- Metal Cutting Tools: Plasma vs. Oxygen Acetylene
- Metal Cutting: How to Use Oxygen Acetylene
- Oxygen-Acetylene: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- Tools for the Studio, Part 1
- Welding: Oxygen Acetylene
Public Art
- A Peek at the 3D Art Show “Materialize”
- Adding Branches to a Steel Tree
- Artist Kevin Caron Deconstructs a Metal Sculpture to Transport It
- Grinding Steel Hands for a Public Art Commission
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 1
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 10: Raising the Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 11: Adding the Last Panels
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 2
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 3
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 4
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 5
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 6
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 7
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 8: Attaching the Base
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 9: Attaching the Base
- How to Cut Aluminum the Easy Way
- How to Tap a Hole in Metal Using a Mill
- How to Transport a 14-foot Metal Sculpture for Installation
- Installing the Public Art Sculpture The Seed
September 2014
September 2018
September 2021
Shop Math: Measuring & Leveling
- How Do You Make Something Stand Up Straight?
- How to Create the Project You Dreamed Of – Keeping Things Straight and Level
- How to Draw a Right Triangle Without a Square
- How to Easily Measure the Outside of a Shape
- How to Have a Pocketful of Tools – Using a Level
- How to Lift and Bend Without Fancy Tools
- How to Make a Perfect Right Angle Without Fancy Tools
- How to Plan a Fabrication Project for Accurate Results
- How to Plan How Much Steel You’ll Need for a Sculpture
- How to Refine a Design
- How to Space Items Evenly and Easily
- How to Use a Magnetic Level – and Why You’d Want To
- Shop Math: How to Calculate and Cut a Fitted Angle
- Shop Math: How to Convert Weight to Length the Old-fashioned Way
- Shop Math: How to Find the Center of a Circle
- Shop Math: How to Find the Center of Anything
- Shop Math: Measuring With Calipers
- Working With Metal: How to Make it Level
- Working With Metal: How to Use a Laser Level
Site Specific
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Software
- ‘Don’t you just push a button?’
- ‘Hmmm, will plastic do that?’
- ‘You have to do what?!’ – Barriers to 3D printing
- 3D printing 2025
- 3D Printing Mystery Continues…
- 3D printing starts with CAD
- Aesthetic tweaking with 3D-printed designs
- After CAD it’s time to slice ….
- Alien forces invade 3D print
- Breakthrough: ‘playing around’ leads to intriguing visual development
- Building bridges: saving a 3D print using my hands
- Burn notice – 3D printing nuances
- Changing 3D printing filament is now so much easier ….
- Chaos reality: 3D printer has a mind of its own
- Day and night: what I’ve learned about 3D printing
- Easy out: creating a large format 3D-printed sculpture
- Feed your 3D printer with host software ….
- Getting to Solid
- It all begins here ….
- More adventures on the bleeding edge
- Reality check: 3D printing shell command surprises
- Sculptors dig deeper into technology
- Simplify 3D offers superior slicing for 3D printing
- Software follies
- Test driving a new – old – host program on a big 3D print
- The 3 Biggest Myths About 3D Printing
- The Making
- The mystery of the 3D print fail
- The sounds of creation: listening to 3D printers
- Tripping Across 3D Printing in Australia
- Using a 3D printer to refine a design
- Worlds Collide: 3D Printing Experience Informs Metal Sculpting
Sound & Serenity
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Specific Projects
- A Sneak Peek at Kevin’s Private Showing
- A Twist on Sculpture: Genome Project
- A Virtual Art Show of Outdoor Sculpture
- Adding Branches to a Steel Tree
- Adding Finishing Touches to the Kinetic Steel Sculpture Diamante
- Arizona Artist Kevin Caron Visits the Loveland Sculpture Shows
- Art From the Ashes
- Artist Kevin Caron Adds Metal Leaves to an Outdoor Sculpture
- Artist Kevin Caron Deconstructs a Metal Sculpture to Transport It
- Artist Kevin Caron Shows How to Trim a Metal Christmas Tree
- Assembling Abloom with the TIG Welder
- Contemporary Art Sculpture Genome Project Spins its Magic
- Contemporary Art Sculpture Mobilus Spins Sensual Shadows
- Creating a Metal Clapper for a Sound Sculpture
- Creating a Steel Torus: a Twisted Circle for a Slick Sculpture
- Creating a Welded Steel Waterfall for Recycling Rain Water
- Creating the Contemporary Art Sculpture Loaded
- Cutting Metal Pieces and Welding a Seamless Look on Sculpture
- Finish Work on Metal Art: After Sandblasting
- Fitting Angles on the Diamond-shaped Steel Sculpture Diamante
- Fitting Steel for the Top of Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- Grinding Steel Hands for a Public Art Commission
- How to Bring Art to Life
- How to Coat an Exterior Door with a Linseed Oil Finish
- How to Combine Metal Tubes and Balls for an Outdoor Sculpture
- How to Create a Custom Front Door Using Bicycle Parts
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 1
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 10: Raising the Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 2
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 3
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 4
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 5
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 6
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 7
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 8: Attaching the Base
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 9: Attaching the Base
- How to Create Metal Art: Shaping a Sculpture
- How to Engineer Two Spinning Components on a Steel Sculpture
- How to Fix a Wrinkle on a Metal Sculpture
- How to Get a Smooth Finish on a Metal Lathe
- How to Make a 1-Sided 3D Metal Art Sculpture
- How to Make a Brass Container on a Metal Lathe
- How to Make a French Cleat for Hanging Heavy Items
- How to Make a Hollow Piece of Steel Art Appear Solid
- How to Make a Metal Sculpture out of Railroad Spikes
- How to Modify Your Welder Cart
- How to Plan How Much Steel You’ll Need for a Sculpture
- How to Raise the Sound Sculpture Nucleus
- How to Refine the Shape of a Contemporary Art Sculpture
- How to Transport a 14-foot Metal Sculpture for Installation
- How to Transport a Steel Sculpture to a Gallery
- How to Use the Air Hammer to Make Metal Art
- Installing the Metal Sculpture Isadora
- Kevin Caron Gives a Tour of his Studio
- Making a Contemporary Art Sculpture Spin in the Wind
- Painting the Contemporary Art Sculpture Loaded
- Powder Coating a Steel Sculpture
- Revealing the Winner of the Scrap Bin Sculpture Contest!
- Rusting the Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- Sandblasting a Metal Sculpture
- Testing the Waters on a Garden Sculpture Fountain
- The Genesis of Ideas: Making a Metal Fireplace Sculpture
- TIG Welding by Phoenix Sculptor Kevin Caron
- TIG Welding on Stainless Steel Sculpture, Calyx and Design Fun
- Welding a Metal Waterfall for Recycling Rain Water
- What’s Going on at Sculptor Kevin Caron’s Studio
- Working on Stainless Steel Sculpture Calyx
- Working the Angles on the Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- Working With Metal: How to Make it Level
- You Can Build Your Own Gantry Crane
Spikes Series
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Studio Tour
TIG Welding
- A Prototype Revealed! The AHP AlphaTIG 203Xi
- A Review of Longevity’s New TigWeld 200 EX TIG Welder
- AHP 160 vs Everlast 160 – TIG Welder Test
- Assembling Abloom with the TIG Welder
- Back to Basics: DC TIG Welding – Weld.com and Kevin Caron
- Back to Basics: Getting Started With TIG Welding – Weld.com and Kevin Caron
- Back to Basics: How to AC TIG Weld Aluminum
- Check out the Essentials of TIG Welding Guide!
- Check Out These Cool TIG Welding Guides!
- Checking Out a Very Affordable Stick / TIG Welder: Everlast’s PowerARC 140ST
- Choosing a Welder: MIG, TIG, Arc or Oxygen-Acetylene?
- Comparing 3 TIG Welder Foot Pedals (Nova, SSC, Everlast Stock)
- Comparing Arc, MIG and TIG Welders
- Cool Improvements to AHP’s TIG Welder
- Could This Simple Issue Be Screwing Up Your TIG Welds?
- Do You Really Need Your Welder Foot Pedal?
- First Time TIG Welding
- How to Adjust the Size of TIG Welding Tungstens
- How to Change TIG to MIG to Arc on a Multiprocess Welder
- How to Check and Adjust Your TIG Welder’s High Frequency Points
- How to Choose Filler Rod and Tungstens for TIG Welding
- How to Choose Which to Use: Your TIG or Stick (Arc) Welder
- How to Create a ‘Stack of Dimes’ When TIG Welding
- How to Decide Whether to Use Your MIG Welder or TIG Welder
- How to Easily Improve Your TIG Welds
- How to Easily Sharpen TIG Welding Tungstens
- How to Feed a TIG Welding Puddle: Steel vs. Aluminum
- How to Feed the Puddle When TIG Welding
- How to Fit a Shaft for a Kinetic Sculpture
- How to Fuse Weld – or Should You?
- How to Integrate Tack Welds
- How to Know if You Want a Better Foot Pedal for your AHP TIG Welder – and What to Do About It
- How to Know When to Fill or Patch a Gap When TIG Welding
- How to Make Welding Rod
- How to Move Your Hands When TIG Welding
- How to Pick the Right Size TIG Filler Rod
- How to Pick the Right TIG Welding Cup
- How to Pick Your First Welder
- How to Set TIG Welding Amperage – Kevin Caron
- How to Set Up a Longevity TigWeld 250 AC/DC
- How to Set Up a Water-cooled TIG Torch
- How to Set Your TIG & Stick Welders
- How to Switch a Multiprocess Welder From MIG to TIG Using the Longevity MTSPro 252i
- How to Tack Weld Thin Aluminum
- How to TIG Weld Aluminum
- How to TIG Weld Aluminum Using the AHP Alpha TIG 200X
- How to TIG Weld Better Using Either Hand
- How to TIG Weld Stainless Steel
- How to TIG Weld Steel and Aluminum With Longevity’s New 160SX
- How to TIG Weld Vertically
- How to TIG Weld With AHP’s $240 Alpha 160ST
- How to TIG Weld With Everlast’s Portable PowerARC 140ST
- How to TIG Weld Without a Foot Pedal
- How to Use a Spool Gun to Weld Aluminum
- How to Use a TIG Welder to Clean Up MIG Welds
- How to Use Advanced Pulse When TIG Welding (or not)
- How to Use the AHP AlphaTIG 200X 200-Amp Welder
- How to Use the Amperage Control and Panic Button on Longevity’s TigWeld 200EX TIG Welder
- How to Use the Controls on a Longevity TIG Welder
- How to Use Triangular Wave When Welding – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Use Welding Pulse on the AHP AlphaTIG 203xi TIG Welder & Why & When Pulse Is Helpful
- How to Weld in Tight Places
- How to Weld Thick Metal With a TIG Welder
- How to Weld Thin Copper Using a Wireless Foot Pedal
- How to Weld Tight Angles
- How to Weld Together a Copper Goblet
- How to Weld Two Steel Plates
- How to Weld With a Longevity TIG Welder
- Introducing Everlast’s POWERTIG 255EXT
- Introducing Longevity’s 250 EX TIG Welder – With a Really Cool Torch
- Introducing the AHP AlphaTIG 200DX 200-Amp Welder
- Introducing the AHP
AlphaTIG 225Xi TIG Welder - Introducing the Everlast MTS 275 Lightning
- Introducing the Longevity ProMTS 200 MIG / TIG / Arc Welder
- Introducing the New AHP AlphaTIG 200X, 3rd Generation
- Introducing the New Longevity TigWeld 160SX
- Introducing the Second Generation AHP AlphaTIG 200X
- Is This Simple Problem Screwing Up Your Welds?
- Testing Everlast’s POWERTIG 255EXT for DC Welding
- The Top 12 Things You Need Now That You Have Your TIG Welder
- TIG Welding by Phoenix Sculptor Kevin Caron
- TIG Welding Copper
- TIG Welding Copper to Steel
- TIG Welding on Stainless Steel Sculpture, Calyx and Design Fun
- TIG Welding Technique
- TIG Welding vs. Arc Welding – Which Welder When?
- TIG Welding: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- TIG Welding: Adjusting Controls on Your Welder
- TIG Welding: How to Feed the Wire
- TIG Welding: How to Finetune Your Torch Angle
- TIG Welding: How to Hold the Torch
- TIG Welding: How to Sharpen the Tungsten on Your TIG Welder
- Tips and Tricks for Longevity’s ProMTS 200 Multiprocess Welder
- Welding Preparation for Best Results
- What Are Collets and How Do You Use Them?
- What Are TIG Filler Rods and How Do You Use Them?
- What Does a TIG Welder Look Like Inside?
- What is High-Speed Pulse Welding and Why Would You Use it? Using the New AHP AlphaTIG 200
- What is the Difference Between TIG Lift Start and High Frequency Start?
- What is the Difference Between Welding With 110 and 220 Volts?
- What to Do When You Stick Your TIG Tungsten
- What Welding Waveforms Are and How to Use Them
- What’s Wrong With My TIG Tungsten?
- When to Use MIG Welding vs. TIG Welding
- Why and How to Use Starting and Ending Amperage for TIG Welding
- Why Can’t I Use 1 Gas For All Welding?
- Why I Love TIG Welding
- Why I Replaced the Foot Pedal on My Everlast POWERTIG 255EXT
- Why Is my TIG Tungsten Tip Blue? (and What to Do About It)
- Why You Can’t Use the Same Gas for All Welders
- Why You Need Preflow When Welding
- Why You Need to Clean Metal Before Welding
- Why You Should Use Wedge Collets for Better TIG Welding
- Why You Want to Wear Welding Safety Equipment
Tool How-To's
- 2 Ways to Adjust Z-Height on a CNC Table
- A Better Look at Handheld Clamps
- A Closer Look at My Custom Two-Bottle Welding Cart
- A Mill and a Lathe: New Challenges in an Artist’s Studio
- Air Tools: ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!’
- Arc Welding Technique
- Arc Welding Technique, Part 2
- Comparing Arc, MIG and TIG Welders
- Cutting a Circle for a Metal Sculpture With Oxygen Acetylene
- Cutting Metal: How to Select the Right Tool for the Job
- Drill and Tap Tips and Tricks For Metal Working
- Drill Tap Basics for Metal Working
- Grinding Metal: How to Select the Right Tool for the Job
- How Do You Make Something Stand Up Straight?
- How to Bend Metal Using Oxygen Acetylene
- How to Bend Steel Using a Brake
- How to Bend Tube and Pipe
- How to Choose the Best Hammer for the Job
- How to Clean Your Welding Table the Easy Way
- How to Cut Aluminum the Easy Way
- How to Cut Perfect Holes in Metal
- How to Draw a Perfect Circle Without Fancy Tools
- How to Fire Up a Forge to Bend Metal for a Sculpture
- How to Get More Out of Your Chopsaw Blades
- How to Have a Pocketful of Tools – Using a Level
- How to Keep Your Welding Table Clean and Rust Free
- How to Know When to Change Your Horizontal Bandsaw Blade
- How to Lift Heavy Steel
- How to Make a 1-Sided 3D Metal Art Sculpture
- How to Make a Custom Magnetic Table
- How to Make a New Tool Work Well for You Using a Filament Welder
- How to Make a Perfect Metal Ring
- How to Make Metal Dishes
- How to Make Steel Donuts
- How to Make Sure You Have the Right Power for Your Welder
- How to Make Threaded Parts, Nuts and Bolts
- How to Organize Your Shop Cutting Area for Ease & Efficiency
- How to Pick the Right Clamp
- How to Remove a Stuck Part Without Damaging It
- How to Repair a Plasma Cutter Torch
- How to Save Time & Money by Making a Tool
- How to Set Up a Longevity Plasma Cutter
- How to Set Up a Longevity TigWeld 250 AC/DC
- How to Set Up a Welding Table That Works
- How to Tap a Hole in Metal Using a Mill
- How to TIG Weld Vertically
- How to Use ‘Third Hand’ Tools
- How to Use a 100-Year-Old Tumbler to Shine Metal
- How to Use a Chinese Pipe Bender for a Metal Art Sculpture
- How to Use a Chinese Pipe Bender, Step-by-Step
- How to Use a Flowmeter Instead of a Regulator for Welding
- How to Use a Hydraulic Pipe Bender to Make a Metal Sculpture
- How to Use a Longevity MIG Welder With Pulse Control
- How to Use a Magnetic Drill
- How to Use a Magnetic Level – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Use a Metal Lathe
- How to Use a Pencil Grinder for Grinding Metal
- How to Use a Plasma Cutter While Creating a Metal Sculpture
- How to Use a Propane Forge
- How to Use a Spool Gun
- How to Use a Spool Gun to Weld Aluminum
- How to Use Countersinking to Blind Mount a Sculpture
- How to Use Hydraulic Pipe Bender Shoes the Right Way
- How to Use MIG Pulse Controls to Fill Gaps
- How to Use Reusable Pop Rivets to Clamp Steel
- How to Use Specialty Magnets and Pliers
- How to Use the Air Hammer to Make Metal Art
- How to Use the Controls on a Longevity TIG Welder
- How to Use the English Wheel to Create Metal Sculpture
- How to Weld With a Longevity TIG Welder
- How to Weld With a MIG Welder With Pulse Control
- How to Work Alone: Using Jigs for Welding
- How to Work Alone: Using Leverage
- Inside a Cool Tool, the Plasma Cutter
- Introducing Everlast’s POWERTIG 255EXT
- Introducing Longevity’s ProMTS 252i Multiprocess Welder
- Introducing the Second Generation AHP AlphaTIG 200X
- Learning How to Use an Air Hammer
- Machining Tools: Using a Collet in a Mill
- Metal Cutter: Plasma vs. the Nibbler
- Metal Cutting Tools: How to Use Foot and Bench Shears
- Metal Cutting Tools: Plasma vs. Oxygen Acetylene
- Metal Cutting Tools: Using a Beverly Shear
- Metal Cutting: How to Use Oxygen Acetylene
- Metal Work Tools: Using a Reamer to Drill Accurate Holes
- MIG Welding Technique
- MIG Welding: How to Set Voltage and Wire Feed
- MIG Welding: Should You Push or Lead the Puddle?
- My Top 5 Favorite Metalworking Tools in my Art Studio
- Picking a Chuck for Your Metal Lathe
- Plasma Cutter Tip Tricks
- Plasma Cutting Technique
- Shop Math: How to Convert Weight to Length the Old-fashioned Way
- Shop Math: Measuring With Calipers
- TIG Welding by Phoenix Sculptor Kevin Caron
- TIG Welding Technique
- TIG Welding: How to Feed the Wire
- TIG Welding: How to Finetune Your Torch Angle
- TIG Welding: How to Sharpen the Tungsten on Your TIG Welder
- Tools for Shaping Metal
- Tools for the Studio, Part 4
- Tools for the Studio, Part 5
- Using a Drill Press Like a Mill to Countersink a Screw
- Welding Safety Equipment
- What Are Cleco Clamps
& How to Use Them - What Are Collets and How Do You Use Them?
- What Are J Clamps and Why Are They Are Better Than C Clamps?
- Working With Metal: How to Use a Laser Level
- Working With Metal: The Right Way to Grind
- You Can Build Your Own Gantry Crane
Tools for the Studio
- A Mill and a Lathe: New Challenges in an Artist’s Studio
- Choosing a Welder: MIG, TIG, Arc or Oxygen-Acetylene?
- Comparing Arc, MIG and TIG Welders
- Cutting Metal: How to Select the Right Tool for the Job
- Grinding Metal: How to Select the Right Tool for the Job
- How to Bend Metal Using Oxygen Acetylene
- How to Organize Your Shop Cutting Area for Ease & Efficiency
- How to Save Time & Money by Making a Tool
- How to Use ‘Third Hand’ Tools
- How to Use a Hydraulic Pipe Bender to Make a Metal Sculpture
- How to Use a Metal Lathe
- How to Use a Propane Forge
- Inside a Cool Tool, the Plasma Cutter
- Kevin Caron Gives a Tour of his Studio
- Machining Tools: Using a Collet in a Mill
- Metal Cutter: Plasma vs. the Nibbler
- Metal Cutting Tools: Plasma vs. Oxygen Acetylene
- Metal Cutting Tools: Using a Beverly Shear
- Metal Cutting: How to Use Oxygen Acetylene
- MIG Welding Technique
- My Top 5 Favorite Metalworking Tools in my Art Studio
- Picking a Chuck for Your Metal Lathe
- Plasma Cutter Tip Tricks
- Plasma Cutting Technique
- Shop Math: Measuring With Calipers
- The Story Behind My Magic Lift Table
- TIG Welding Technique
- TIG Welding: How to Feed the Wire
- Tools for Shaping Metal
- Tools for the Studio, Part 1
- Tools for the Studio, Part 2
- Tools for the Studio, Part 3
- Tools for the Studio, Part 4
- Tools for the Studio, Part 5
- What You Need for Your Fabrication or Welding Shop
- You Can Build Your Own Gantry Crane
Transporting & Installing
- Artist Kevin Caron Deconstructs a Metal Sculpture to Transport It
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 10: Raising the Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 15: Installing the Sculpture
- How to Lift Heavy Objects
- How to Lift Heavy Steel
- How to Lift Items Easily – the Old School Way
- How to Make it Easier to Load a Trailer
- How to Move Heavy Objects
- How to Prepare for Installation the Easy Way
- How to Transport a 14-foot Metal Sculpture for Installation
- How to Transport a Steel Sculpture to a Gallery
- How to Work Alone: Moving Heavy Metal
- Installing Monumental Sculpture at the ‘Micro/Macro’ Art Show
- Installing the Metal Sculpture Isadora
- Installing the Monumental Sculpture Wherever You Go, There You Are
- Installing the Public Art Sculpture The Seed
Twisted Slab Series
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Updates
- ‘3D what?’
- ‘Don’t you just push a button?’
- ‘Hmmm, will plastic do that?’
- ‘This has never happened before’ yet again ….
- ‘Novelty’ 3D-printing filament has real applications
- ‘You have to do what?!’ – Barriers to 3D printing
- 100-year-old machine solves 21st century 3D printing problem
- 3D Frankenstein: Gigante 3D Printer Gets A New Brain
- 3D printed art still opening eyes
- 3D Printing Bronze Brings New Challenges
- 3D Printing Contributes to Evolution of Form
- 3D Printing Filament Comes Out of the Closet
- 3D printing filament welder to save money and stress
- 3D printing for art? Whodathunk …
- 3D printing jewelry adds color & complexity
- 3D Printing Museum Artifacts Bring a Fossilized Field Back From the Dead
- 3D Printing Mystery Continues…
- 3D printing starts with CAD
- 3D-printed sculpture storms Tucson
- A 100-year-old 3D printed sculpture?
- A feast of 3D printed artwork
- A rainbow of colors comes to 3D printing filament
- A Sculptor Takes on 3D Printing ….
- A tale of two 3D-printed sculptures
- A thousand eyes: Artists look at 3D printing
- Adventures with 3D slicer software ….
- Aesthetic tweaking with 3D-printed designs
- After CAD it’s time to slice ….
- Alien forces invade 3D print
- All that is old is new again: Updating 3D printers
- An Embarrassment of Riches: 3D Printing Filament Options Multiply
- Art and 3D printing
- Art show puts spotlight on my 3D printed sculpture
- Art takes 3D printing seriously at ASU
- Back to the future: up and running
- Beautiful variations in 3D printing breakthrough
- Bits and pieces: using 3D printing filament ends ….
- Boys Just Gotta Have Fun
- Building bridges: saving a 3D print using my hands
- Burn notice – 3D printing nuances
- Cerberus 3D 400 3D printer opens a world of filament
- Changing 3D printing filament is now so much easier ….
- Changing filament midprint is easy, peasy
- Chaos reality: 3D printer has a mind of its own
- Coats of many colors: using finishes on 3D-printed sculptures
- Combining 3D printing filaments
- Crap! Still more art than science?
- Day and night: what I’ve learned about 3D printing
- Doodling differently
- Double trouble: Is it original or a print?
- Easy out: creating a large format 3D-printed sculpture
- Embracing the obvious
- Fascinating finishes – 3D printed surface a blank slate
- Feed your 3D printer with host software ….
- Filament follies
- From start to finish – 3-foot-tall sculpture printed on the Gigante 3D printer
- Getting it together: connecting 3D prints
- Getting to Solid
- How many 3D printers does one person need?!
- How Much Would it Cost to 3D Print These World-Famous Landmarks? [Infographic]
- Increasing intensity: Lighting 3D-printed sculptures
- Installing the Cerberus 250
- Is it art, or is it a print?
- It all begins here ….
- Let there be light (with 3D printed translucent filament)
- Let there be light: adding lights to my 3D printers
- Mad scientist performs 3D printer brain transplant
- Metal filler works wonders with ABS filament
- Metal or filament? 3D printing multiplies options
- Modifying the Gigante adds stability
- More adventures on the bleeding edge
- Now THAT’S a sculpture – 3-foot-sculpture printed on 3D printer
- Public, meet 3D printed sculptures
- Public, meet 3D printed sculptures ….
- Reality check: 3D printing shell command surprises
- Running hot and cold: controlling 3D printing temperature
- Sculptors dig deeper into technology
- Sharing 3D-printing possibilities
- Simplify 3D offers superior slicing for 3D printing
- Software follies
- Speaking the language of 3D printing
- Stick this! Adhering a 3D print is key during printing
- String theory: removing strings from a 3D printed sculpture
- Surprises selling 3D-printed sculpture
- Switch cuts out 3D printing problem
- Taking a tumble: burnishing 3D-printed bronze
- Test driving a new – old – host program on a big 3D print
- The 3 Biggest Myths About 3D Printing
- The democratization of art through 3D printing?
- The Gigante Era begins ….
- The Gigante gets (more) real
- The Gigante is …. coming!
- The greatest weapon in the 3D-printed gun debate is FEAR
- The joys – and surprises – of physical manifestation
- The Making
- The more I use my 3D printer, the more uses I find for it ….
- The mystery of the 3D print fail
- The right tool: 3D printing jewelry
- The sounds of creation: listening to 3D printers
- The Strange Case of the 3D printed Geared Ball
- Three 3D printers running – for a while, anyway
- Tinker time for all ages: event turns on young and old
- Tinkering and tweaking: 3D printers today
- Tripping Across 3D Printing in Australia
- Try, try again – overcoming 3D printing fails
- Try, try again with 3D printing
- Turning up the heat
- Using a 3D printer to refine a design
- Warts and all: 3D printing flaws part of the beauty
- What do you do with a failed 3D print?
- What I don’t need to do when 3D printing
- Worlds Collide: 3D Printing Experience Informs Metal Sculpting
- You win some …. heartbreaking 3D-printing fail
Videos
- “Painting” Steel With Wax and Patinas
- 2 Ways to Adjust Z-Height on a CNC Table
- A Better Look at Handheld Clamps
- A Better Welding Helmet?
- A Closer Look at My Custom Two-Bottle Welding Cart
- A Mill and a Lathe: New Challenges in an Artist’s Studio
- A Peek at the 3D Art Show “Materialize”
- A Prototype Revealed! The AHP AlphaTIG 203Xi
- A Review of Longevity’s New TigWeld 200 EX TIG Welder
- A Safety Tip That Just Might Save Your Life
- A Sneak Peek at 3 3D Printers Printing Before A Show
- A Sneak Peek at Kevin’s Private Showing
- A Surprise Visit to a Hot (and Cool) Art Destination
- A Surprising Career Choice for Welders (and a Super Cool Video!)
- A Tour of My Metalworking Studio
- A Tour of My Metalworking Studio, Part 1
- A Tour of My Metalworking Studio, Part 2
- A Tour of my Metalworking Studio, Part 3
- A Tour of Some of the Antiques in My Studio
- A Twist on Sculpture: Genome Project
- A Virtual Art Show of Outdoor Sculpture
- Adding Branches to a Steel Tree
- Adding Finishing Touches to the Kinetic Steel Sculpture Diamante
- Advantages and Challenges of a Cold Cut Chopsaw
- AHP 160 vs Everlast 160 – TIG Welder Test
- AHP 160 vs Everlast 160 Stick / TIG Welders
- Air Tools: ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!’
- An Easy Way to Mark Your Metal for a Perfect Cut
- An Introduction to the Dynatorch Super B CNC Plasma Table
- Announcing our Contest Winners!
- Arc Welding Technique
- Arc Welding Technique, Part 2
- Are Artworks Ever Finished?
- Are Multiprocess Welders Prone to Failure?
- Arizona Artist Kevin Caron Visits the Loveland Sculpture Shows
- Art From the Ashes
- Artist Kevin Caron Adds Metal Leaves to an Outdoor Sculpture
- Artist Kevin Caron Deconstructs a Metal Sculpture to Transport It
- Artist Kevin Caron Shows How to Shape a Metal Sculpture
- Artist Kevin Caron Shows How to Trim a Metal Christmas Tree
- Assembling Abloom with the TIG Welder
- Awakening as an Artist
- Back to Basics: DC TIG Welding – Weld.com and Kevin Caron
- Back to Basics: Getting Started With TIG Welding – Weld.com and Kevin Caron
- Back to Basics: How to AC TIG Weld Aluminum
- Can You Clean Up a 3D Print With a Laser?
- Can You Cut Rusty Metal And Paint With A Plasma Cutter?
- Changes at Channel Kevin
- CHANNEL KEVIN
VIDEOS BY ARTIST KEVIN CARON - Check out the Essentials of TIG Welding Guide!
- Check Out These Cool TIG Welding Guides!
- Checking Out a Very Affordable Stick / TIG Welder: Everlast’s PowerARC 140ST
- Choosing a Welder: MIG, TIG, Arc or Oxygen-Acetylene?
- Comparing 3 TIG Welder Foot Pedals (Nova, SSC, Everlast Stock)
- Comparing Arc, MIG and TIG Welders
- Contemporary Art Sculpture Genome Project Spins its Magic
- Contemporary Art Sculpture Mobilus Spins Sensual Shadows
- Cool Improvements to AHP’s TIG Welder
- Could This Simple Issue Be Screwing Up Your TIG Welds?
- Creating a Metal Clapper for a Sound Sculpture
- Creating a Steel Torus: a Twisted Circle for a Slick Sculpture
- Creating a Welded Steel Waterfall for Recycling Rain Water
- Creating the Contemporary Art Sculpture Loaded
- Cutting a Circle for a Metal Sculpture With Oxygen Acetylene
- Cutting Metal Pieces and Welding a Seamless Look on Sculpture
- Cutting Metal: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- Cutting Metal: How to Make Components Uniform in Size and Shape
- Cutting Metal: How to Select the Right Tool for the Job
- Cutting Stainless Steel Donut Feet for a Metal Sculpture
- Do Fume Extractors Really Work?
- Do You Really Need Your Welder Foot Pedal?
- Does Aluminum Rust?
- Drill and Tap Tips and Tricks For Metal Working
- Drill Tap Basics for Metal Working
- Favorite Grinding Pads for Metalworking
- Final Review and Special Offer!: Cutmaster 60i Plasma Cutter
- Finish Work on Metal Art: After Sandblasting
- First Print With the Gigante 3D Printer (4-1/2 Foot Print Height!)
- First Time TIG Welding
- Fitting Angles on the Diamond-shaped Steel Sculpture Diamante
- Fitting Steel for the Top of Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- Flux Core vs. Solid Core Welding
- Flux Core Welding vs. Solid Core Welding With Gas
- Following the Bubble While MIG Welding
- From plastic to metal using the “lost plastic” method
- Grinding Metal: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- Grinding Metal: How to Select the Right Tool for the Job
- Grinding Steel Hands for a Public Art Commission
- Ho- Ho- How to Have a Very Merry Christmas – With Kevin’s Latest Tree
- How a Sculpture Evolves
- How Dark Should Plasma Cutting Glasses Be?
- How Do You Make Something Stand Up Straight?
- How the Millermatic 211 MIG Welder Measures Up
- How to ‘Stick’ (Arc) Weld Thick Metal
- How to Add Texture to a Metal Sculpture With a Welder
- How to Adjust the Size of TIG Welding Tungstens
- How to Adjust Your Inverter MIG Welder Settings Quickly
- How to Adjust Your Welder Settings
- How to Angle Your Plasma Cutter for the Best Cut
- How to Apply a Linseed Oil Finish on Metal
- How to Apply a Rust Patina to Metal Sculpture
- How to Avoid Blowouts When Welding Closed Vessels
- How to Balance an Unusually Shaped Item
- How to be Inspired by Nature
- How to Beat Welding Heat Distortion, Part 1
- How to Beat Welding Heat Distortion, Part 2
- How to Bend Metal Using Oxygen Acetylene
- How to Bend Square Tubing So It Doesn’t Kink
- How to Bend Steel Using a Brake
- How to Bend Steel With an Acetylene Welding Torch
- How to Bend Thick Metal Using a Propane Forge
- How to Bend Thick Metal Without Traditional Tools
- How to Bend Tube and Pipe
- How to Best Set Your Plasma Cutter for Cutting Metal
- How to Bring Art to Life
- How to Change Filament in a 3D Printer – Another Approach
- How to Change the Cable on a MIG Welder
- How to Change the Filament in a 3D Printer
- How to Change TIG to MIG to Arc on a Multiprocess Welder
- How to Change Your Welder Cable (and Why You Might Need To)
- How to Cheat and Use a Pipe Roller to Bend Solid Metal
- How to Check and Adjust Your TIG Welder’s High Frequency Points
- How to Choose Filler Rod and Tungstens for TIG Welding
- How to Choose the Best Hammer for the Job
- How to Choose the Right Welding Gas
- How to Choose Which to Use: Your TIG or Stick (Arc) Welder
- How to Clean Up Welds in Tight Places
- How to Clean Your Oxygen-Acetylene Tips
- How to Clean Your Welding Table the Easy Way
- How to Coat an Exterior Door with a Linseed Oil Finish
- How to Color Steel Using Wax
- How to Combine Metal Tubes and Balls for an Outdoor Sculpture
- How to Conceive and Fabricate Metal Parts
- How to Control the Width of Your Weld
- How to Create a ‘Stack of Dimes’ When TIG Welding
- How to Create a Custom Front Door Using Bicycle Parts
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 1
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 10: Raising the Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 11: Adding the Last Panels
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 12: Grinding and Finish Work
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 13: Applying the Finish
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 14: Loading the Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 15: Installing the Sculpture
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 2
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 3
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 4
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 5
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 6
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 7
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 8: Attaching the Base
- How to Create a Sculpture, Part 9: Attaching the Base
- How to Create Metal Art: Shaping a Sculpture
- How to Create Sharp Edges When Fabricating Metal
- How to Create the Base of a Sculpture
- How to Create the Project You Dreamed Of – Keeping Things Straight and Level
- How to Custom Fit Metal
- How to Cut a Gas Cylinder With a Horizontal Bandsaw
- How to Cut Aluminum the Easy Way
- How to Cut Metal Evenly and Easily
- How to Cut Metal Using a Circle-Cutting Tool
- How to Cut Metal Using a CNC Plasma Table
- How to Cut Metal With A Circular Saw
- How to Cut Metal Without Traditional Metal Cutting Tools
- How to Cut More Accurately With Your Plasma Cutter
- How to Cut Perfect Holes in Metal
- How to Cut Pipe Angles Accurately
- How to Cut Pipe at an Angle Accurately
- How to Cut Pipe With a Plasma Cutter
- How to Cut Thick Metal Using the ESAB Cutmaster 60i
- How to Cut Thin Metal Precisely
- How to Decide Whether to Use Your MIG Welder or TIG Welder
- How to Develop a Successful Art Career: Galleries & Shows
- How to Develop a Successful Art Career: Marketing, Part 1
- How to Develop a Successful Art Career: Shipping
- How to Draw a Perfect Circle Without Fancy Tools
- How to Draw a Right Triangle Without a Square
- How to Dress for Welding Safety
- How to Drill Holes for Footer Installation
- How to Drill Large Holes With a Mill – and Why It’s Better Than Using a Drill Press
- How to Drill With Annular Cutters (& Why You’d Want To)
- How to Easily Handle Off-Site Welding
- How to Easily Improve Your MIG Welds
- How to Easily Improve Your TIG Welds
- How to Easily Improve Your Welds and Safety
- How to Easily Measure the Outside of a Shape
- How to Easily Prevent Warping When Welding
- How to Easily Sharpen TIG Welding Tungstens
- How to Easily Tack Aluminum When TIG Welding
- How to Engineer Two Spinning Components on a Steel Sculpture
- How to Feed a TIG Welding Puddle: Steel vs. Aluminum
- How to Feed the Puddle When TIG Welding
- How to Figure Out What’s Wrong
- How to Fill a Gap When Welding
- How to Find the Center of an Oval
- How to Fire Up a Forge to Bend Metal for a Sculpture
- How to Fit a Shaft for a Kinetic Sculpture
- How to Fix a Wrinkle on a Metal Sculpture
- How to Fix Welding Heat Distortion
- How to Fuse Weld – or Should You?
- How to Get a ‘Beast’ of a Plasma Cutter Running Quickly
- How to Get a Better Cut With Your Plasma Cutter
- How to Get a Good Welding Ground
- How to Get a Good, Safe Welding Ground – How It Works and How to Work It
- How to Get a More Accurate Cut on Metal – Kevin Caron
- How to Get A Safe Welding Ground
- How to Get a Smooth Finish on a Metal Lathe
- How to Get Better Results Using Specialty Grinding Pads
- How to Get More Out of Your Chopsaw Blades
- How to Get Stronger Welds With Thick Metal
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Welding Magnets
- How to Gouge Metal Using a Plasma Cutter
- How to Gouge With a Plasma Cutter
- How to Handle Oxygen-Acetylene ‘Popping’
- How To Hang Heavy Items From A Pin
- How to Have a Pocketful of Tools – Using a Level
- How to Improve Lighting Easily in Hard-to-Reach Places
- How to Integrate Tack Welds
- How to Keep Spinning Components Straight and Steady
- How to Keep Your Welding Table Clean and Rust Free
- How to Know if You Want a Better Foot Pedal for your AHP TIG Welder – and What to Do About It
- How to Know When to Change Your Horizontal Bandsaw Blade
- How to Know When to Fill or Patch a Gap When TIG Welding
- How to Know Which Grinder to Use
- How to Lay Out a Sculpture for Metal Fabrication
- How to Lift and Bend Without Fancy Tools
- How to Lift Heavy Objects
- How to Lift Heavy Steel
- How to Lift Items Easily – the Old School Way
- How to Line Up Parts Perfectly for a CNC Table
- How to Make 3D-printed Sections Clear
- How to Make a 1-Sided 3D Metal Art Sculpture
- How to Make a Brass Container on a Metal Lathe
- How to Make a Custom Magnetic Table
- How to Make a French Cleat for Hanging Heavy Items
- How to Make a Hollow Piece of Steel Art Appear Solid
- How to Make a Metal Ring Using an Oxygen-Acetylene Welding Torch
- How to Make a Metal Sculpture out of Railroad Spikes
- How to Make a New Tool Work Well for You Using a Filament Welder
- How to Make a Perfect Metal Ring
- How to Make a Perfect Metal Ring
- How to Make a Perfect Right Angle Without Fancy Tools
- How to Make a Sculpture (or Anything Else) Look Like Metal
- How to Make a Sculpture (or Anything Else) Spin in the Wind
- How to Make Adjustable Legs
- How to Make Anything Spin Using a Thrust Bearing
- How to Make Art From Scrap Metal
- How to Make it Easier to Load a Trailer
- How to Make Large Items Spin
- How to Make Metal Dishes
- How to Make Parts Uniform Using A Mill
- How to Make Steel Donuts
- How to Make Sure You Have the Right Power for Your Welder
- How to Make Threaded Parts, Nuts and Bolts
- How to Make Welding Rod
- How to Make Your Steel Different Colors
- How to MIG Weld Aluminum With the Power i-MIG 253Dpi
- How to MIG Weld in Tight Places
- How to MIG Weld With a Spool Gun
- How to Modify Your Welder Cart
- How to Move Heavy Objects
- How to Move Your Hands When TIG Welding
- How to Organize Your Shop Cutting Area for Ease & Efficiency
- How to Pick the Best Gauge Metal for Your Project
- How to Pick the Best Gloves for Welding Safety
- How to Pick the Right Clamp
- How to Pick the Right Grinding Stone for the Job
- How to Pick the Right Size TIG Filler Rod
- How to Pick the Right Size Welding Wire for Your Job
- How to Pick the Right TIG Welding Cup
- How to Pick Up Steel
- How to Pick Your First Welder
- How to Plan a Fabrication Project for Accurate Results
- How to Plan How Much Steel You’ll Need for a Sculpture
- How to Plug Weld – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Polish Stainless Steel
- How to Powder Coat Metal in Your Own Workshop
- How to Prepare Files for CNC Metal Cutting Using SheetCam
- How to Prepare for Installation the Easy Way
- How to Prepare Your Metal Work for Powder Coating
- How to Prevent ‘Blowout” When Welding Thick Metal to Thin
- How to Prevent Warping When Welding
- How to Put a Clear Finish on Metal
- How to Put a New Wire Spool on a MIG Welder
- How to Raise the Sound Sculpture Nucleus
- How to Reduce Warping While Welding
- How to Refine a Design
- How to Refine the Shape of a Contemporary Art Sculpture
- How to Remove a Stuck Part Without Damaging It
- How to Remove Rust the Easy Way
- How to Repair a Plasma Cutter Torch
- How to Replace a 3D Printer Extruder in an Unfiltered Session, Part 1 & Part 2
- How to Replace a Bad Ground Cable on Your Welder
- How to Roll Metal in Small Diameters
- How to Roll Your Own Pipe
- How to Run a CNC Metal Cutting Table – An Overview
- How to Run a Successful Art Career – The Business Side
- How to Safely Start Your Oxygen-Acetylene Welder
- How to Save Time & Money by Making a Tool
- How to Scale Up a Sculpture
- How to Seamlessly Join Two Pieces of Pipe
- How to See Better Out of Your Welding Helmet
- How to See Clearly Through Your Welding Helmet
- How to Select Rods for Arc Welding
- How to Select the Right Rollers for Your MIG Welder
- How to Set TIG Welding Amperage – Kevin Caron
- How to Set Up a Longevity Plasma Cutter
- How to Set Up a Longevity TigWeld 250 AC/DC
- How to Set Up a MIG Welder for Flux Core Welding
- How to Set Up a Water-cooled TIG Torch
- How to Set Up a Welding Table That Works
- How to Set Up the Longevity MigWeld 140 With a Spool Gun
- How to Set Your TIG & Stick Welders
- How to Shape Metal – From 2 Dimensions to 3 Dimensions
- How to Shape Metal Easily and Cheaply
- How to Shape Metal to Give It Life
- How to Shape Metal With an Air Hammer
- How to Shape Metal With Hand & Power Tools
- How to Shape Pipe: Rolling vs. Bending
- How to Shine Aluminum
- How to Shine Metal
- How to Shine Metal, Another Approach
- How to Sleep Better When 3D Printing Large Prints
- How to Space Items Evenly and Easily
- How to Speed Up a 3D Printer
- How to Start & Run a Successful Art Career
- How to Stay Safe in Your Metal Fabrication Shop
- How to Stick Weld (Arc Weld) With the AHP AlphaTIG 200X
- How to Stick Weld 1/4″ Steel Plate Using the Everlast Power i-MIG 253DPi
- How to Stick Weld With the AHP AlphaMIG 250 MIG / Arc Welder
- How to Stretch Metal
- How to Switch a Multiprocess Welder From MIG to TIG Using the Longevity MTSPro 252i
- How to Tack Weld
- How to Tack Weld Thin Aluminum
- How to Take a Design From Paper to Metal
- How to Tap a Hole in Metal Using a Mill
- How to Test Your Welder Before Your Warranty Expires
- How to Tie In Welds for a Seamless Look
- How to TIG Weld Aluminum
- How to TIG Weld Aluminum Using the AHP Alpha TIG 200X
- How to TIG Weld Better Using Either Hand
- How to TIG Weld Stainless Steel
- How to TIG Weld Steel and Aluminum With Longevity’s New 160SX
- How to TIG Weld Vertically
- How to TIG Weld With AHP’s $240 Alpha 160ST
- How to TIG Weld With Everlast’s Portable PowerARC 140ST
- How to TIG Weld Without a Foot Pedal
- How to Transport a 14-foot Metal Sculpture for Installation
- How to Transport a Steel Sculpture to a Gallery
- How to Troubleshoot a Bad Switch – and Fix It
- How to Troubleshoot a Problem
- How to Use ‘Third Hand’ Tools
- How to Use 3D Printing for Other Uses
- How to Use a 100-Year-Old Tumbler to Shine Metal
- How to use a 3D printer
- How to Use a 3D Printer: A Tour of the Printer
- How to Use a 3D Printer: Final Clean Up
- How to Use a 3D Printer: Printing the Piece
- How to Use a 3D Printer: Removing the Item From the Tray
- How to Use a 3D Printer: Starting the Process
- How to Use a Chinese Pipe Bender for a Metal Art Sculpture
- How to Use a Chinese Pipe Bender, Step-by-Step
- How to Use a Chopsaw Using the Evolution Evo Chopsaw
- How to Use a Flowmeter Instead of a Regulator for Welding
- How to Use a Horizontal Bandsaw – and Why You Would Want to Use It
- How to Use a Hydraulic Pipe Bender to Make a Metal Sculpture
- How to Use a Longevity MIG Welder With Pulse Control
- How to Use a Magnetic Drill
- How to Use a Magnetic Level – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Use a Metal Lathe
- How to Use a Metal Lathe
- How to Use a MIG Welder With Flux Core Wire
- How to Use a Milling Machine
- How to Use a Pencil Grinder for Grinding Metal
- How to Use a Plasma Cutter While Creating a Metal Sculpture
- How to Use a Propane Forge
- How to Use a Slip Roll to Shape a 3D Metal Sculpture
- How to Use a Spool Gun
- How to Use a Spool Gun on a MIG Welder
- How to Use a Spool Gun to Weld Aluminum
- How to Use a Spot Welder (& Why You’d Want To)
- How to use a Stick (Arc) / TIG Welder Using Everlast’s 160STH
- How to Use a TIG Welder to Clean Up MIG Welds
- How to Use Advanced Pulse When TIG Welding (or not)
- How to Use an Air Shaper – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Use an Anvil in Your Metalworking Shop
- How to Use Antisplatter Coating When Welding
- How to Use CAD Software to Design Metal Art
- How to Use CAD to Create Parts for a CNC Table
- How to Use Countersinking to Blind Mount a Sculpture
- How to Use Cutting Oil for Cutting Metal
- How to Use Double Pulse on Longevity’s MIGWeld 250 MP
- How to Use Double Pulse When Welding
- How to Use Everlast’s PowerARC 200ST Stick / TIG Welder
- How to Use Everlast’s PowerPlasma 80S Plasma Cutter
- How to Use Hydraulic Pipe Bender Shoes the Right Way
- How to Use MIG Pulse Controls to Fill Gaps
- How to Use Power Set on the Everlast Lightning MTS 275
- How to Use Reusable Pop Rivets to Clamp Steel
- How to Use Single Pulse on the Longevity MIGWeld 250 MP
- How to Use Specialty Disks to Grind Aluminum Beautifully
- How to Use Specialty Magnets and Pliers
- How to Use Specialty Nozzles to Improve Plasma Cutting
- How to Use Step Drills
- How to Use Tack Welding to Keep Your Work Straight
- How to Use Tack Welding to Keep Your Work Straight
- How to Use the AHP Alpha 160ST Arc Welder
- How to Use the AHP AlphaTIG 200X 200-Amp Welder
- How to Use the Air Hammer to Make Metal Art
- How to Use the Amperage Control and Panic Button on Longevity’s TigWeld 200EX TIG Welder
- How to Use the Controls on a Longevity TIG Welder
- How to Use the English Wheel to Create Metal Sculpture
- How to Use the Evolution EVOMAG 75 Magnetic Drill
- How to Use Triangular Wave When Welding – and Why You’d Want To
- How to Use Welding Pulse on the AHP AlphaTIG 203xi TIG Welder & Why & When Pulse Is Helpful
- How to Weld a Butt Joint
- How to Weld a Lap Joint
- How to Weld a Right Angle Without Warping the Joint
- How to Weld a Root Pass and Why You’d Want To – Using Everlast’s 300 Amp Stick Welder
- How to Weld a Steel Patch Using a Copper Backer
- How to Weld Copper to Steel for Art
- How to Weld in Tight Places
- How to Weld Outside Corners
- How to Weld Thick Metal With a TIG Welder
- How to Weld Thin Copper Using a Wireless Foot Pedal
- How to Weld Thin Metal to Thick Metal
- How to Weld Thin Metal With the New AlphaMIG 250 MIG Welder / Arc Welder
- How to Weld Tight Angles
- How to Weld Together a Copper Goblet
- How to Weld Two Steel Plates
- How to Weld With a Longevity TIG Welder
- How to Weld With a MIG Welder With Pulse Control
- How to Weld With Flux Core Beginning to End
- How to Work Alone: Moving Heavy Metal
- How to Work Alone: Using Jigs for Welding
- How to Work Alone: Using Leverage
- Inside a Cool Tool, the Plasma Cutter
- Installing Monumental Sculpture at the ‘Micro/Macro’ Art Show
- Installing the Metal Sculpture Isadora
- Installing the Monumental Sculpture Wherever You Go, There You Are
- Installing the Public Art Sculpture The Seed
- Introducing a different approach to 3D printing
- Introducing A Different Approach to 3D Printing
- Introducing Everlast’s New Power I-MIG 140E MIG Welder
- Introducing Everlast’s PowerMTS 251Si Multiprocess Welder
- Introducing Everlast’s PowerPlasma 62i Plasma Cutter
- Introducing Everlast’s POWERTIG 255EXT
- Introducing Longevity’s 250 EX TIG Welder – With a Really Cool Torch
- Introducing Longevity’s 250MP MIG / Stick Welder
- Introducing Longevity’s ForceCut 62i Plasma Cutter
- Introducing Longevity’s ProMTS 252i Multiprocess Welder
- Introducing the ‘Monster’ Everlast Power i-MIG 253DPi
- Introducing the AHP AlphaTIG 200DX 200-Amp Welder
- Introducing the AHP
AlphaTIG 225Xi TIG Welder - Introducing the Everlast MTS 275 Lightning
- Introducing the Everlast 221STi Multiprocess AC / DC Welder
- Introducing the Longevity ProMTS 200 MIG / TIG / Arc Welder
- Introducing the New AHP AlphaCut 60 Plasma Cutter
- Introducing the NEW AHP AlphaMIG 250
- Introducing the New AHP AlphaTIG 200X, 3rd Generation
- Introducing the New AlphaMIG 250 MIG Welder / Arc Welder
- Introducing the New Longevity ForceCut 42i Plasma Cutter
- Introducing the New Longevity TigWeld 160SX
- Introducing the Second Generation AHP AlphaTIG 200X
- Inverter vs. Transformer MIG Welders – What’s the Difference?
- Is This Simple Problem Screwing Up Your Welds?
- Kevin Caron Gives a Tour of his Studio
- Kevin Caron’s Top 5 Sculptures & Stories About These Best Artworks
- Learning How to Use an Air Hammer
- Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Machining Tools: Using a Collet in a Mill
- Making a Contemporary Art Sculpture Spin in the Wind
- Meet The Cerberus 3D 400 Multi Filament 3D Printer
- Metal Cutter: Plasma vs. the Nibbler
- Metal Cutting Tools: How to Use Foot and Bench Shears
- Metal Cutting Tools: Plasma vs. Oxygen Acetylene
- Metal Cutting Tools: Using a Beverly Shear
- Metal Cutting: How to Use Oxygen Acetylene
- Metal Work Tools: Using a Reamer to Drill Accurate Holes
- MIG Welding Technique
- MIG Welding vs. Arc Welding – Which Welder When?
- MIG Welding: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- MIG Welding: Fixing Flaws and Porosity in Welded Steel
- MIG Welding: How to Set Voltage and Wire Feed
- MIG Welding: Should You Push or Lead the Puddle?
- MIG Welding: Using a Magnetic Ground
- More Tools, Tips and Tricks for Shaping Metal
- My 3D printer heads to the hospital
- My Top 5 Favorite Metalworking Tools in my Art Studio
- New Options for Plasma Cutting Consumables
- Oxygen-Acetylene: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- Painting the Contemporary Art Sculpture Loaded
- Picking a Chuck for Your Metal Lathe
- Plasma Cutter Tip Tricks
- Plasma Cutting Technique
- Plasma Cutting: ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!’
- Playing With Nuts and Bolts
- Powder Coating a Steel Sculpture
- Revealing the Winner of the Scrap Bin Sculpture Contest!
- Rusting the Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- Sandblasting a Metal Sculpture
- Shop Math: How to Calculate and Cut a Fitted Angle
- Shop Math: How to Convert Weight to Length the Old-fashioned Way
- Shop Math: How to Find the Center of a Circle
- Shop Math: How to Find the Center of Anything
- Shop Math: Measuring With Calipers
- Should You Use a Lap Joint or a Butt Joint When Welding?
- Simple Tips to Improve Your MIG Welds
- Test Driving the Zeny Cut 50 Plasma Cutter
- Testing Everlast’s POWERTIG 255EXT for DC Welding
- Testing the ESAB Cutmaster 60i: Speed, Piercing, Arc Height
- Testing the Waters on a Garden Sculpture Fountain
- The Best Markers and Pencils for Marking Steel
- The Best Way to Hold Work for Grinding
- The Genesis of Ideas: Making a Metal Fireplace Sculpture
- The New Affordable & Robust Everlast Cyclone 200 E MIG Welder is Here!
- The Quickest, Easiest Way to Clean Your Workbench Ever!
- The Sound of a Good MIG Weld
- The Story Behind … Charged Particle
- The Story Behind … My 3D-Printed Sculpture Mount Glacier
- The Story Behind … My Deconstructed Sculptures
- The Story Behind … My Gordian Accordian Sculpture Series
- The Story Behind … My Sculpture Pampas
- The Story Behind … My Spike Sculptures
- The Story Behind … the Sculpture Love and Marriage
- The Story Behind … the Sculpture Moonshine
- The Story Behind My Magic Lift Table
- The Top 12 Things You Need Now That You Have Your TIG Welder
- TIG Welding by Phoenix Sculptor Kevin Caron
- TIG Welding Copper
- TIG Welding Copper to Steel
- TIG Welding on Stainless Steel Sculpture, Calyx and Design Fun
- TIG Welding Technique
- TIG Welding vs. Arc Welding – Which Welder When?
- TIG Welding: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!”
- TIG Welding: Adjusting Controls on Your Welder
- TIG Welding: How to Feed the Wire
- TIG Welding: How to Finetune Your Torch Angle
- TIG Welding: How to Hold the Torch
- TIG Welding: How to Sharpen the Tungsten on Your TIG Welder
- Tips and Tricks for Longevity’s ProMTS 200 Multiprocess Welder
- Tips and Tricks to Make a Smooth Curve
- Tips for Good Welding Penetration
- Tools for Shaping Metal
- Tools for the Studio, Part 1
- Tools for the Studio, Part 2
- Tools for the Studio, Part 3
- Tools for the Studio, Part 4
- Tools for the Studio, Part 5
- Torture Test: The AHP AlphaMIG 250 MIG Welder
- Unglamorous Side of Being an Artist
- Unveiling the Monumental Sculpture Wherever You Go, There You Are
- Using a 3D printer to refine a design
- Using a Drill Press Like a Mill to Countersink a Screw
- Using the Slip Roll to Shape a Metal Art Sculpture
- Welding a Metal Waterfall for Recycling Rain Water
- Welding and Grinding Metal
- Welding Health and Safety: The Benefits of Aloe
- Welding Health and Safety: Welding Helmet Care
- Welding Preparation for Best Results
- Welding Pulse: What It Is and How to Use It
- Welding Safety Equipment
- Welding: Oxygen Acetylene
- What Are Cleco Clamps
& How to Use Them - What Are Collets and How Do You Use Them?
- What Are J Clamps and Why Are They Are Better Than C Clamps?
- What Are TIG Filler Rods and How Do You Use Them?
- What Does a TIG Welder Look Like Inside?
- What is High-Speed Pulse Welding and Why Would You Use it? Using the New AHP AlphaTIG 200
- What Is Lathe Tooling and How Do You Use It?
- What is the Difference Between TIG Lift Start and High Frequency Start?
- What is the Difference Between Welding With 110 and 220 Volts?
- What Is Welder Duty Cycle and Why Should You Care?
- What Kind of Metal Is This?
- What to Do When You Stick Your TIG Tungsten
- What to Think About When Lighting Your Workshop
- What Welding Waveforms Are and How to Use Them
- What You Need for Your Fabrication or Welding Shop
- What You’ve Missed: Out Takes From Channel Kevin
- What’s Going on at Sculptor Kevin Caron’s Studio
- What’s Wrong With My TIG Tungsten?
- When to Use MIG Welding vs. TIG Welding
- Which Drill Bit Is Better?
- Which is Better? Air- vs. Water-Cooled TIG Welding Torches
- Why – and How – I Use My Bench Grinder Everyday
- Why and How to Use Flap Discs for Grinding
- Why and How to Use Starting and Ending Amperage for TIG Welding
- Why Can’t I Use 1 Gas For All Welding?
- Why Do I Need a 3D Printer?
- Why Each of My 3D-Printed Sculptures Is Unique
- Why I Don’t Like Flux Core MIG Welding
- Why I Love TIG Welding
- Why I Replaced the Foot Pedal on My Everlast POWERTIG 255EXT
- Why is Lighting Important for Art?
- Why Is my TIG Tungsten Tip Blue? (and What to Do About It)
- Why Would You Use AC When Stick Welding (Arc Welding)?
- Why You Can’t Use the Same Gas for All Welders
- Why You Don’t Need a Welder That Will Last 40 Years
- Why You Need Preflow When Welding
- Why You Need to Clean Metal Before Welding
- Why You Should Read the @#$% Manual
- Why You Should Use Wedge Collets for Better TIG Welding
- Why You Want to Wear Welding Safety Equipment
- Win Your Own FREE Evolution Evo Chopsaw!
- Working on Stainless Steel Sculpture Calyx
- Working the Angles on the Contemporary Art Sculpture Sashay
- Working With Metal: How to Make it Level
- Working With Metal: How to Use a Laser Level
- Working With Metal: The Right Way to Grind
- You Can Build Your Own Gantry Crane