Being able to ask questions as to whether the shop is equipped to handle the sophisticated metals being used in truck frames is more important and safety-critical than how many years the shop has been ...

Q.Can you give me some advice on straightening the lid for my car's console? It may be tricky because it's made of pot metal. It was apparently bent in shipment from the shop that chrome plated it.

There's no escaping the fact that if your project is based on an original steel body, at some point you're going to come up against tackling the bodywork, which will more than likely involve some rust ...

A Once wood is warped it may be very difficult to get it back in shape, said Dan Gelfand of New Look Refinishing Inc. in Minneapolis. But you can try. Remove the picture and glass, leaving the frame ...