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If there's one thing that can be guaranteed about an experienced fabricator, it's that his or her signature becomes apparent throughout their work.   Fabrication is a precise art that involves both motor skill and intelligent design.  Through the development of these skills and pursuit of what an individual's idea of "good looking" is, a style appears. So what happens when a skilled fabricator builds furniture?  We took to Pinterest again specifically looking at tables built by fabricators and the results didn't let us down. This handful of images just barely scratches the surface of what we thought was awesome....

There are occasionally times while surfing the abyss that is the web, and particularly YouTube, that I get struck with the "We're not worthy" of Wayne's World.. This car is definitely inspires that feeling. This car started life as a 1970 Camaro SS in a pretty serious state of disrepair, but with damn good bones.  It came from a life of sitting in the desert getting baked and was starting to show rust both in the roof and floor pans.  No biggie, they're coming out. Now some of you may scream "Blasphemy!"  and "Why'd they hack up a good car?!"....

Today, information is instant.  We stream our favorite TV shows, pause the commercials, record and watch them at our convenience.  We can watch a whole season’s worth of our favorite show in the matter of a single night’s binge.  Who remembers the weekend automotive mechanic shows such as Shadetree Mechanic? There was once a time, for those of us old enough to remember, where a phone call meant standing within cord’s reach of the home phone.  Catching our favorite show meant scheduling our whole day around it.  Working on a car we were unfamiliar with meant a trip to the...

Today, we're featuring Brad Durham and his '41 Chevy Rat Rod. Brad's built a huge following on his Instagram by sharing his love for hot rods and working on them as well as his love for family and friends. He picked up his '41 Chevy after it had sat for five years after the owner passed away from cancer.   He's subsequently worked towards finishing it up and at the time of writing consisted of the following: 350ci SBCCorvette heads 882 p/n studded with guide plates Turbo 350 transmission with a 2300 stall converterLunati Voodoo 00010 Cam ShaftLucky Seven 4...

Most of the time, when someone thinks about bead rolling, the first things that come to mind are panel strength, gentle curves and boxes right? Not Jamey Jordan....   This guy thinks ART and it shows! Jamey started his company Handmade Seat Co in 2009 after working at several different hot rod shops and realizing that he wasn't happy.  He wanted to take control of his own career, and started a company based of an idea he had in his mind about building bomber seats. He moved all of his tools into his garage and started creating seats.  If a...