If you have experience with other types of welding can you understand the basics of welding two pieces of metal together. Mig welding is not exactly automated welding but is a much more simpler method of welding than available and other styles.

In welding two pieces of metal are to be joined by heat. In some instances the welding process does not require a welding rod. Most spot welds on your vehicle produced by the manufacturer do not use welding rod. Robotic welders use electricity to produce heat and force the metal together to create the …

Every garage owner eventually needs some type of welding tool. There are three basic selection that you can make gas welders, arc welders or Mig welders. Another selection is a TIG welder which has many of the features of an arc welder with a higher level of control however it does require a higher level of skill.

With gas welders the problem of maintaining gas and storing it safely is a problem for small shops. Most shops that maintain gas welders have contracts with gas suppliers.

Arc welders are difficult to control and are better suited for …

Small Engines found in a variety of different tools around our shops. They are in portable compressors, generators, pressure washers, welders and other tools that we depend on.

With normal daily use you can expect to get 5 to 10 years out of your small engines and for light use you can get from 10 to a lifetime out of the same engine.

There are times when maintenance is neglected or things just brake and that means either you service your tool yourself or send it out for repair. If you buy a lot of used tools …

When working on older vehicles it can be difficult, impossible or just very expensive to find parts. Most average junkyards will part out vehicles for about 10 years and then crush what remains for scrap metal. Some vehicles last longer and others are gone within months but finding a good junkyard can be difficult.

Specialty junkyards deal only with a select type of vehicle. Sometimes its only one model within a manufacturer and sometimes its only a select year range of a single model.

Other junkyards will deal only with muscle cars or vehicles before 1960 and …