Broken, rusty parts are common fare for classic trucks. Rust penetrates the pores of older metal, and even with glass-beading and acid dips, rust remains chemically embedded in badly oxidized metal.

Having spent more than 35 years teaching the agricultural fraternity to weld, Derbyshire farmer Richard Archer knows a thing or to about joining bits of metal together. His welding career started in ...

Welding processes come and go, but gas and the farm workshop remain in blissful wedlock. Not surprising really, as oxy-acetylene equipment can weld, heat and cut – three things vital to keep machinery ...