[Bob] needed an oven for powder coating metal parts. Commercial ovens can cost thousands of dollars, which [Bob] didn’t have. He did have an rusty old file cabinet though. And thus, a plan was born.

Like most of us, [Clem] wants to 3D print in metal. Metal 3D printers do exist, but they are generally way out of reach for most of us garage hackers. As an alternative, [Clem] uses a homebrew ...

If you own a powder coating shop, or are thinking about starting one, there are a lot of different pieces of equipment you will need in order to run a full service powder coating business. However, ...

Many medical components do not need to be entirely machined or fabricated from precious metals to function as intended. Non precious metal (NPM) substrates such as nitinol or stainless steel, when ...

There are three basic ways to make a car and/or its parts look good: painting, plating, and powdercoating. Since we just finished our huge, 10-part series on how to paint your car last month, this ...

It's important to treat the surface of components made from metal to stop them changing colour and becoming damaged. Aluminium will oxidise, turning the surface grey rather than shiny; steel will rust ...