Metal Fabrication Industry Blogs

Additive Manufacturing

[Medium: Trade magazine] Covers sheet metal fabrication, laser cutting, press brakes, welding, automation, and shop management for fabricators; includes how‑tos and industry news. Source for readers metric: Similarweb total visits shown on compare page for additivemanufacturing.media (via metal‑am.com page) as of October 2024.

https://www.additivemanufacturing.media/ Readership: 33,900

American Welding Society — Welding Digest

[Medium: Association publication] AWS’s editorial hub for welding standards, certification, safety, careers, and process know‑how. Readers reflect traffic to the parent domain (aws.org), which hosts and promotes Welding Digest content; Similarweb total visits as of October 2024.

https://weldingdigest.aws.org/ Readership: 328,200

Canadian Fabricating & Welding

[Medium: Trade magazine] Canadian-focused coverage of metal fabrication, welding, forming, and shop operations; practical equipment guidance and Made‑in‑Canada features. Similarweb total visits for canadianmetalworking.com as of October 2024.

https://www.canadianmetalworking.com/cfw Readership: 53,800

Cutting Tool Engineering (CTE)

[Medium: Trade publication] CTE provides cutting tool, metalworking, and machining insights that frequently intersect with fabrication workflows (workholding, tooling, process optimization). Similarweb total visits as of October 2024.

https://www.ctemag.com/ Readership: 35,600

ESAB Knowledge Center (Blog)

[Medium: OEM knowledge center] ESAB’s education hub shares welding/cutting process fundamentals, parameter tips, and application case studies relevant to fab shops. Similarweb total visits for esab.com shown alongside twi‑global.com comparison (August 2025).

https://www.esab.com/us/en/education/blog Readership: 240,400

Fabricating & Metalworking

[Medium: Trade magazine] U.S.-based editorial on forming, fabricating, welding, finishing, automation, and shop management; includes hands‑on process how‑tos and event coverage. Similarweb listing indicates low monthly visits recorded for the period shown; total visits referenced via competitor table (October 2024).

https://fabricatingandmetalworking.com/ Readership: 981

Fractory Blog (Knowledge Base)

[Medium: Industrial platform blog] Fractory’s Knowledge Base/Blog publishes design-for-fabrication guides (bending allowances, tolerances), material selection, and cost/quote tips. Similarweb total visits as of August 2025 (via twi‑global.com comparison).

https://fractory.com/knowledge-base/ Readership: 175,500

IndustryWeek

[Medium: Industry news site] Broad U.S. manufacturing coverage (operations, leadership, technology, supply chain) with frequent metal fab features and policy context. Similarweb total visits as of October 2024.

https://www.industryweek.com/ Readership: 109,500

Lincoln Electric (Resources/Blog)

[Medium: OEM resource center] Lincoln Electric’s site hosts extensive welding process guides, consumable selection, parameters, and automation content relevant to fabricators. Similarweb total visits as of February 2025.

https://www.lincolnelectric.com/ Readership: 457,000

Make It From Metal

[Medium: Independent blog] Straightforward, practical tutorials on machining, welding, materials, and shop math aimed at small fab shops and makers. Similarweb total visits as of October 2024.

https://makeitfrommetal.com/ Readership: 16,300

Metal Additive Manufacturing (Metal AM)

[Medium: Trade magazine] Deep coverage of metal additive manufacturing (powder bed fusion, binder jetting, materials, post‑processing) for production‑oriented fab operations. Similarweb total visits as of October 2024.

https://www.metal-am.com/ Readership: 57,400

Miller Welds Blog

[Medium: OEM blog] Application notes, MIG/TIG tips, productivity, safety, and training content for welders and fab shops using Miller equipment. Similarweb company page indicates total visits to millerwelds.com over the recent period (Dec 2024–Feb 2025).

https://www.millerwelds.com/resources/blog Readership: 413,300

Modern Machine Shop

[Medium: Trade magazine] Modern Machine Shop covers processes and technologies complementary to fabrication (laser, waterjet, bending-adjacent machining, automation). Similarweb competitor table indicates total visits for mmsonline.com (October 2024).

https://www.mmsonline.com/ Readership: 56,500

Practical Machinist

[Medium: Community forum + editorial] The largest online manufacturing forum with active threads on welding, fabrication, tooling, and job planning; strong peer‑to‑peer problem solving. Similarweb total visits as of November 2024.

https://www.practicalmachinist.com/ Readership: 1,100,000

Protolabs Blog

[Medium: OEM blog] Protolabs’ articles cover DFM for sheet metal, machining vs. forming tradeoffs, materials, tolerances, and speed‑to‑market—useful for fab quoting and design. Similarweb total visits as of February 2025.

https://www.protolabs.com/resources/blog/ Readership: 308,800

The Fabricator

[Medium: Trade magazine] The Fabricator delivers news, process deep dives (forming, welding, cutting, finishing), workforce topics, and shop management tailored to metal fab pros. Similarweb total visits as of October 2024.

https://www.thefabricator.com/ Readership: 205,700

Thomasnet Insights

[Medium: B2B marketplace blog] Thomasnet Insights publishes supplier trends, sourcing, DFM, and industrial marketing pieces relevant to metal fabricators seeking customers and vendors. Readers reflect domain‑level traffic for thomasnet.com (HypeStat aggregates Similarweb/SEMrush; April 2023 snapshot).

https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/ Readership: 1,834,423

TWI Global — Insights/Technical Knowledge

[Medium: Research institute blog] TWI’s technical knowledge hub covers welding metallurgy, procedures, NDT, fatigue, and failure analysis with application to fabrication QA/QC. Similarweb total visits as of August 2025.

https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge Readership: 333,800

Weld Guru

[Medium: Independent blog] Straight‑talk guides on welding processes, settings, safety, and gear for beginners and pros in fabrication environments. Similarweb total visits as of October 2024.

https://weldguru.com/ Readership: 73,300

Welding Tips and Tricks

[Medium: Independent blog + YouTube companion] Jody Collier’s practical welding tutorials and project‑based tips widely used by fab shops for training and technique refinement. Similarweb competitor table indicates total visits as of November 2024.

https://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/ Readership: 73,600