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Inside Robert Bruno’s World-Famous Steel House In Ransom Canyon
Yesterday, Ransom Canyon’s famous steel house was open to the public from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The unfinished house, which sits on 85 East Canyon View Drive in Ransom Canyon, now serves as an unofficial memorial to architect and former Texas Tech faculty member Robert Bruno. Bruno worked on the home for over 30 […]
Chevy Continues To Attack Ford’s Innovative Aluminum F-150 In New Ad
GM’s Chevrolet continues to attack rival Ford’s innovative aluminum-body F-150 pickup through a series ads basically saying Ford’s new truck is too costly and tedious to repair. In the ad below, Howie Long and Chief Engineer Eric Stanczak review a third party test on the time and cost of repairing the Chevy Silverado and Ford’d […]
DiResta Aluminum Axe Handle For a $5 Axe Head He Bought at a Flea Market
In the video below, Jimmy Diresta makes an aluminum axe handle for a Double Bit Lakeside axe head he got at the flea market for $5. It took merely 2 days to complete in the shop and just goes to show how impressive his work his. If you don’t already follow his YouTube channel, you should, so be sure and […]
How To Turn Styrofoam Objects Into Solid Aluminum
Have you ever wanted to turn styrofoam into metal? If you haven’t, you probably will now… Grant Thompson recently released a video demonstrating how to turn any styrofoam object from a foam board, foam housing insulation, or even craft blocks into solid aluminum. After choosing your foam creation, drop it into a a 5-gallon bucket […]
DiResta Aluminum Hatchet Handle
Few Things I know already about this hatchet; it is too heavy, the balance is off, it will shatter, the sheath should have rivets, the head will cut through the stitching, it was “hung” all wrong, brass wedge is a bad idea, I will get blisters, I should only ever use BLO to finish any […]
