Aluminum projects

Aluminum Dice: This is a good starter project for getting used to working with a vertical mill. We'll cover how to create a perfect cube, chamfering, and position repeatability. I made mine at TechShop. Materials Needed: Aluminum stock A small, flat scrap of wood…

Aluminum sheet metal toolbox, aircraft rivets, cross-drilled handle, bead rolled panels. A fun, handmade project.

It may or may not surprise you, but I frequently get questions and sometimes criticism regarding the safety of my projects. There are also those rare occasio…

Melt Down Your Aluminum Cans: People that make metalworking and metal casting their main hobby are going to find many things wrong with what I am showing you here. Ignore most of that and give this a try even if it comes out crappy. This is a low investment way to observe a lost…

Ink Removal From Soda Cans: Soda cans are involved in all kinds of "reuse" projects. If you have no idea just use the search bar on the instructable homepage desktop and type in "soda cans" and you received various results with projects where soda cans are reused. However, if…

Do you ever wonder how aluminum cans are made? No, it’s just me. Well, congratulations on having more interesting curiosities than the origins of your beverage can. Fortunately or unfortunately, I do find some mundane things interesting, so now I must bore you with my recently accumulated knowledge of manufacturing

To get the best results when welding aluminum, some skill is required. Learn about the most effective aluminum welding methods from PrimeWeld.