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Recent conversation has prompted the topic of “Prep is everything” around here at Fabrication Life.  This is a rule, a token of wisdom that should help anyone produce higher quality welds and finished products.  Seriously, why should the end product of fabrication get all of the attention in the process?  We hope this will open our readers minds to the importance of quality prep-work in the grand scheme of fabrication.  It is one of the most important moments in the process and one that it often times overlooked – leaving the work much to be desired. Continue reading →

The 1^st Fabrication Life Tig’d Up Tuesday review of 2014 is a good one! This week we had tons of submissions and quite a few posted. As always, we ask you to review through these and tell us your favorites, as well as generously share the post. We want to keep this coming to you and have some exclusive features also coming from Fabrication Life starting this week as well.

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Tig’d Up Tuesday submission – Alex G

“Waste Gate flange from a Mustang turbo manifold.”

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Happy Holidays to all of our Fabrication Life fans! Always, receiving tons of Tig’d Up Tuesday submissions, we posted a few we felt to show off. Here, we will seperate by date posted. Enjoy the selection and tell us your favorites. We are partial to the flask! 

12/17/13

Ariel Banco

“5xxx series sheet. 3mm thickness. 100 amps, no pulse, 2.4mm 5356 filler rod. by Custom Plenum Creations”

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Indianapolis played host this past week to PRI. It was cold, too! Sub-teen temperatures were not the best conditions in the minds of thousands who traveled to Indy from all over the nation and world. The visitors who attended were there for business, and a lot went down! And new products were plenty! View more…. Continue reading →

Tig’d Up Tuesday on the Fabrication Life Facebook fan page was great this week in terms of submissions! You would think 10-15 submissions would have been posted but we were just a bit busy! Thank you again to everyone who posted. 

This week, we will show off a few of the submissions which did not get posted along with the posted material:

Niels Hattas

“TI-exhaust system for KTM/Nelson Welding” (Bike was built by Maarten Janssens)

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The PRI Show (now owned by SEMA) has moved back to it’s classic location of Indianapolis.

the cold weather, attendance is looking to be strong over the next 3 days. We are at the Vibrant Performance booth, and will have free stickers available the entire show. Please stop by, take a few, and tell us if you follow us! We also plan to do updates periodically about the show on Facebook, and have a daily report about PRI posted on FabricationLife.com

We walked through the venue last night and snapped a few photos of the booths as they were setting up.

Seeing this car on track is mind-blowing at times.

Real Time Racing

Blower Cars always get big attention, this one will draw a crowd!

This build is extremely interesting. Ford GT with a blow-thru setup, using VanJen Clamps, big screw supercharger, electronic city, and a completely redesigned cooling system. More to come on this car on FabricationLife.com.

Here you can see the prep work going into the display.

We will update more on the PRI Show. Check back to see what craziness we find, and who we happen to see. If you have something you are wanting to see tell us!

Last week was our 1st Tig’d Up Tuesday review on FabricationLife.com and the fans loved it!

This week we had a huge amount of traffic for Tig’ Up Tuesday. Here is what was posted: 

Myles Blackwell

“Mild Steel weld”

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When you see graffiti the emotions can be mixed. The majority of us enjoy seeing quality graffiti work, note: quality. Not just random chicken scratch, but work that someone actually put thought into.

Well, thank you IronLak for tossing a ton of paint at these guys! Sofles, Fintan Magee, Treas, and Quench. The filming and sound track are even as stunning as these guys doing work! This entire video is a win. Great job!

For more, link over to www.ironlak.com

We found this sculpture by Brown Dog Welding on Facebook. This piece, called “Partners” depicts a man and his trusty sidekick was made for a charity event. Made entirely of spare small pieces this raw metal touches those who are pet lovers and fans of metal art alike.

See more from Brown Dog at Brown Dog Welding

If you follow us on facebook you know about our Tuesday, Tig’d Up Tuesday. We like to post tig welds and items fabricated using tig welding for the entire day. 

Here is this weeks review:

Jake Blum / Twisted Fab

“A few jobs from Twisted Fabworx”

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