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Make Drilling Easy: Your Full Scope to Drill Structural Steel, From Cutter Choice to Tapping

October 16, 2026 -

Twelve 22 mm holes. A 16 mm flange. A column that’s already standing, and no way it’s going back to the shop. A hand drill will chew, wander and wear you out. The right setup turns the same job into clean, square, repeatable holes, and choosing between an annular cutter vs twist drill for structural steel is where it starts. This guide cover...

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New Welding Fumes Standards: Australia’s 2026 Welding Fume Exposure Limits Explained

October 9, 2026 -

Walk into most fabrication shops and you’ll see it. Extraction arms sized years ago for mild steel MIG, now hanging over a bench full of stainless. On 1 December 2026, the rules those arms were built for change. Australia’s welding fume exposure limits for 2026 drop hard for the metals in that fume, and one of them disappears altogether. ...

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Laser Welding Is Here: Handheld Laser Welding for Fabrication Shops

September 28, 2026 -

There’s a new way to weld in Australian workshops, and it fits in one hand. Handheld laser welding for fabrication shops has moved out of robotic cells and onto the shop floor. We now stock the ESAB Dueler EHL 1500, a portable 1500 W unit built for stainless, aluminium, and mild steel fabrication. So what’s the big deal?. What’s New: Han...

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