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Why Does Metal Rust?

It's pretty rare for rust to ever be considered a good thing. It's an absolute pain to restore anything that's begun to degrade and rot away with rust. The cost of restoration can be pretty insane,...

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Why Does Steel Turn Blue When Heated?

If you're a machinist like me, you're probably always trying to make those beautiful blue 6's and 9's for chips when you're cutting steel. If you're a welder, that color spectrum following your bead...

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link to Do Titanium, Aluminum, and Other Nonferrous Metals Rust?

Do Titanium, Aluminum, and Other Nonferrous Metals Rust?

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. While sometimes a bit of rust can make a project look kinda interesting and sell well at county fairs, it's generally something entirely...

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Can I Anodize Stainless Steel? Why You Might Not Want To

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Anodizing can be a really cool way of getting interesting colors on metal, and can sometimes be used as a way to make the metal more...

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Is It Illegal to Melt/Destroy US Pennies and Other Coins?

If you skim through the comments of nearly any YouTube "make a ring from a quarter" or mokume gane type of video, you'll see mindnumbing arguments back and forth on whether the content is illegal...

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Stupid Easy Salt Water Etching in Stainless Steel

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I've done professional etching, so when I heard about salt water etching using a few things that you have laying around your room, I was a...

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I've been involved in metalworking in its various forms since 2004. On this website, I share some of the really cool things that I've learned while working in all kinds of different shops.

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