Introduction to Metalworking

Explore common metalworking tools, from simple hand tools like a file to power tools like a bench grinder, and safety tips in this beginner's lesson.

Take a tour of some advanced metalworking equipment in a professional workshop, including power tools like a drill press, vertical bandsaw, and sandblaster.

Do you know what kind of metal you should use? Join this metalworking lesson to explore ferrous and non-ferrous metals, their properties, and how to use them.

Learn all about heat treatment and plating processes, and how they affect metal's hardness, flexibility and permeability, in this beginner metalworking lesson.

In this metalworking lesson, learn how coal and gas forges work, do's and don'ts for working on an anvil, and tips for finding your own tools.