Metalworking and welding recipes

Sheet metal, bar stock, fittings and welded structures. This page lists all 82 of them with what they use, what they need and what they make. Read from the Build 42 game files, November 2026.

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How to read this page

Each row is one recipe. Ingredients are used up. Tools stay in your inventory, though some wear a little. Where a cell says "or", any one of the options works. Requirements lists the skill level you need, the XP the craft gives, and how the recipe is learned if you do not know it from the start. Under each name is where you craft it: in hand, on any surface, at a named workstation, or built in the world from the building menu.

Back to the recipe database. For how the crafting system works, see crafting.

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Metalworking (58)

Recipe	Ingredients (used up)	Tools (kept)	Requirements	Makes
Break Down Metal On any surface	Aluminum Scrap or Iron Scrap or Steel Scrap	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Cut 4 Small Metal Sheets In hand	Steel Sheet; 2 × Welding Torch	any welding mask	Welding 4. Gives 25 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - March 1993 or reach Welding 6	4 × Steel Sheet - Small
Cut Bar On any surface	Iron Bar or Iron Bar Half or Steel Bar Half or 1 more; Welding Torch	any welding mask	Welding 1. Gives 10 Welding XP	Depends on what you put in
Cut Block into Chunks On any surface	Iron Block or Iron Block (Pierced) or Steel Block (Pierced) or 1 more; 2 × Welding Torch	any welding mask	Welding 1. Gives 10 Welding XP	Depends on what you put in
Cut Circular Sawblade In hand	Circular Sawblade; 2 × Welding Torch	any welding mask	Welding 4. Gives 25 Welding XP. Unlocks at Welding 6	2 × Circular Sawblade Half
Cut Ingot into Blocks On any surface	Iron Ingot or Iron Ingot (Pierced) or Steel Ingot (Pierced) or 1 more; 2 × Welding Torch	any welding mask	Welding 2. Gives 10 Welding XP	Depends on what you put in
Cut Iron Band In hand	Iron Band; 2 × Welding Torch	any welding mask	Welding 4. Gives 25 Welding XP. Unlocks at Welding 6	4 × Iron Band - Small
Cut Iron Bar Metal bandsaw	Iron Bar	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Cut Iron Bar Half Metal bandsaw	Iron Bar Half	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Cut Iron Block into Chunks Metal bandsaw	Iron Block	None	No skill needed	4 × Iron Chunk
Cut Metal Sheet Metal bandsaw	Steel Sheet	None	No skill needed	4 × Steel Sheet - Small
Drill Draw Plate Standing drill press	Steel Bar Quarter	None	Welding 3. Gives 10 Welding XP. Read: Everyday Smithing - June 1993	Draw Plate
Drill Heading Tool Standing drill press	quarter bar stock	None	Welding 3. Gives 10 Welding XP. Read: Everyday Smithing - June 1993	Heading Tool
Drill Iron Block Standing drill press	Iron Block	None	Welding 2	Iron Block (Pierced)
Drill Iron Chunk Standing drill press	Iron Chunk	None	Welding 1	Iron Chunk (Pierced)
Drill Iron Ingot Standing drill press	Iron Ingot	None	Welding 3	Iron Ingot (Pierced)
Drill Steel Block Standing drill press	Steel Block	None	Welding 3	Steel Block (Pierced)
Drill Steel Chunk Standing drill press	Steel Chunk	None	Welding 2	Steel Chunk (Pierced)
Drill Steel Ingot Standing drill press	Steel Ingot	None	Welding 4	Steel Ingot (Pierced)
Make Barbed Wire from Wire On any surface	Wire	any pliers	No skill needed. Read: The Farmers Guide or reach Welding 4	Barbed Wire
Make Metal Sheet In hand	4 × Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Welding Torch	any welding mask	Welding 4. Gives 25 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - March 1993 or reach Welding 6	Steel Sheet
Make Scrap Metal Body Armor On any surface	4 × Welding Torch; 4 × Steel Sheet; 6 × Leather Strips; Nuts and Bolts; 2 × any thread; 4 × Buckle	any welding mask; any wrench; any sheet metal snips or any metal saw; any metalworking punch or a metal drill; any hammer; any scissors or any sharp knife; any sewing needle; any awl	Welding 6, Tailoring 1. Gives 10 Welding XP, 5 Tailoring XP. Read: Secrets of the Outback Outlaws or reach Welding 8	Scrap Metal Body Armor
Make Scrap Metal Forearm Armor On any surface	2 × Welding Torch; Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Leather Strips; Nuts and Bolts; any thread; 2 × Buckle	any welding mask; any wrench; any sheet metal snips or any metal saw; any metalworking punch or a metal drill; any hammer; any scissors or any sharp knife; any sewing needle; any awl	Welding 5, Tailoring 1. Gives 10 Welding XP, 5 Tailoring XP	Scrap Metal Forearm Armor
Make Scrap Metal Gloves On any surface	Welding Torch; Fingerless Gloves or Fingerless Gloves - Leather or Fingerless Gloves - Leather or 3 more; Leather Strips; Steel Sheet - Small	any welding mask; any sheet metal snips or any metal saw; any metalworking punch or a metal drill; any hammer	Welding 4, Tailoring 1. Gives 10 Welding XP, 5 Tailoring XP	Fingerless Gloves - Scrap Metal
Make Scrap Metal Helmet On any surface	2 × Welding Torch; 2 × Steel Sheet; Nuts and Bolts	any welding mask; any wrench; any sheet metal snips or any metal saw; any metalworking punch or a metal drill; any hammer	Welding 5, Tailoring 1. Gives 10 Welding XP, 5 Tailoring XP. Read: Secrets of the Outback Outlaws or reach Welding 7	Scrap Metal Helmet
Make Scrap Metal Mask On any surface	2 × Welding Torch; Steel Sheet - Small; Leather Strips; Nuts and Bolts; any thread	any welding mask; any wrench; any sheet metal snips or any metal saw; any metalworking punch or a metal drill; any hammer; any scissors or any sharp knife; any sewing needle; any awl	Welding 4, Tailoring 1. Gives 10 Welding XP, 5 Tailoring XP	Scrap Metal Mask
Make Scrap Metal Shin Armor On any surface	2 × Welding Torch; Steel Sheet - Small; Leather Strips; Nuts and Bolts; any thread; 2 × Buckle	any welding mask; any wrench; any sheet metal snips or any metal saw; any metalworking punch or a metal drill; any hammer; any scissors or any sharp knife; any sewing needle; any awl	Welding 5, Tailoring 1. Gives 10 Welding XP, 5 Tailoring XP	Scrap Metal Shin Armor
Make Scrap Metal Shoulder Armor On any surface	2 × Welding Torch; Steel Sheet - Small; Leather Strips; Nuts and Bolts; any thread; Buckle	any welding mask; any wrench; any sheet metal snips or any metal saw; any metalworking punch or a metal drill; any hammer; any scissors or any sharp knife; any sewing needle; any awl	Welding 5, Tailoring 1. Gives 10 Welding XP, 5 Tailoring XP. Read: Secrets of the Outback Outlaws or reach Welding 7	Scrap Metal Shoulder Armor
Make Scrap Metal Thigh Armor On any surface	2 × Welding Torch; Steel Sheet - Small; Leather Strips; Nuts and Bolts; any thread; 2 × Buckle	any welding mask; any wrench; any sheet metal snips or any metal saw; any metalworking punch or a metal drill; any hammer; any scissors or any sharp knife; any sewing needle; any awl	Welding 5, Tailoring 1. Gives 10 Welding XP, 5 Tailoring XP. Read: Secrets of the Outback Outlaws or reach Welding 7	Scrap Metal Thigh Armor
Make Wire from Barbed Wire On any surface	Barbed Wire	any pliers	No skill needed	Wire
Refill Welding Torch In hand	Welding Torch	Propane Tank	No skill needed	Welding Torch
Saw Bar On any surface	Steel Bar or Steel Rod	any metal saw or any small saw	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Saw Bar Half On any surface	Steel Bar Half or Steel Rod Half	any metal saw or any small saw	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Saw Circular Sawblade On any surface	Circular Sawblade	any metal saw	No skill needed	2 × Circular Sawblade Half
Saw Copper Sheet Into Small Sheets On any surface	Copper Sheet	any metal saw	No skill needed	4 × Copper Sheet - Small
Saw into Pieces On any surface	Iron Chunk (Pierced) or Iron Bar Quarter or Iron Chunk or 3 more	any metal saw or any small saw	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Saw Iron Band On any surface	Iron Band	any metal saw	No skill needed	4 × Iron Band - Small
Saw Iron Block into Chunks On any surface	Iron Block	any metal saw	No skill needed	4 × Iron Chunk
Saw Iron Ingot into Blocks On any surface	Iron Ingot	any metal saw	No skill needed	3 × Iron Block
Saw Steel Block into Chunks On any surface	Steel Block	any metal saw	No skill needed	4 × Steel Chunk
Saw Steel Ingot into Blocks On any surface	Steel Ingot	any metal saw	No skill needed	3 × Steel Block
Saw Steel Sheet On any surface	Steel Sheet	any metal saw	No skill needed	4 × Steel Sheet - Small
Scrap Gold Jewellery On any surface	any tinygoldscrap	any small saw or any pliers or any metalworking pliers or 1 more	No skill needed	Gold Fragments
Scrap Gold Object On any surface	any gold scrap	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	10 × Gold Fragments
Scrap Jewellery On any surface	any diamondjewellery or any 2diamondjewellery or any emeraldjewellery or 6 more	any small saw or any pliers or any metalworking pliers or 1 more	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Scrap Large Aluminum Object On any surface	any scrap aluminum large	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw	No skill needed	4 × Aluminum Scrap
Scrap Large Copper Item On any surface	any scrap large copper	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	4 × Copper Scrap
Scrap Silver Jewellery On any surface	any tinysilverscrap	any small saw or any pliers or any metalworking pliers or 1 more	No skill needed	Silver Fragments
Scrap Silver Object On any surface	any silver scrap	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	10 × Silver Fragments
Scrap Small Copper Item On any surface	any scrap small copper	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	Copper Scrap
Scrap Small Gold Object On any surface	any small gold scrap	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	5 × Gold Fragments
Scrap Small Silver Object On any surface	any small silver scrap	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	5 × Silver Fragments
Scrap Smaller Gold Object On any surface	any smallergoldscrap	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	2 × Gold Fragments
Scrap Smaller Silver Object On any surface	any smallersilverscrap	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	2 × Silver Fragments
Scrap Smallest Gold Object On any surface	any smallestgoldscrap	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	Gold Fragments
Scrap Smallest Silver Object On any surface	any smallestsilverscrap	any metal saw or any bolt cutters or any small saw or 2 more	No skill needed	Silver Fragments
Snip 4 Small Metal Sheets On any surface	Steel Sheet	any sheet metal snips	No skill needed	4 × Steel Sheet - Small
Weld Spikes On Metal Armor On any surface	Scrap Metal Thigh Armor or Scrap Metal Thigh Armor or Scrap Metal Shin Armor or 17 more; 2 × Welding Torch; 3 × Nails	any welding mask	Welding 5. Gives 10 Welding XP. Read: Strange Histories - Siberian Bear Hunting or reach Welding 8	Depends on what you put in

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Welding (24)

Recipe	Ingredients (used up)	Tools (kept)	Requirements	Makes
Barrel Oven Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 2 × Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Steel Sheet; Scrap Metal; 4 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 5. Gives 50 Welding XP	Barrel Oven
Big Double Pole Gate Built in the world	10 × Welding Torch; 10 × Iron Pipe; 4 × Door Hinge; 4 × Scrap Metal; 10 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 5. Gives 50 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Double Fence Gate
Big Double Wire Gate Built in the world	10 × Welding Torch; 8 × Iron Pipe; 4 × Wire; 4 × Door Hinge; 2 × Scrap Metal; 10 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 5. Gives 50 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Double Wire Gate
Big Wire Fence Gate Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 3 × Iron Pipe; 2 × Door Hinge; 4 × Scrap Metal; 4 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Metal Wire Fence Gate
Metal Big Pole Fence Built in the world	5 × Welding Torch; 5 × Iron Pipe; 2 × Scrap Metal; 5 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Metal Big Metal Fence
Metal Big Pole Fence Gate Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 5 × Iron Pipe; 2 × Door Hinge; 4 × Scrap Metal; 4 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Metal Pole Fence Gate
Metal Big Wire Fence Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 3 × Iron Pipe; 4 × Scrap Metal; 3 × Wire; 5 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Metal Big Wire Fence
Metal Door Frame Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 4 × Steel Rod; 4 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Metal Door Frame Lvl1
Metal Door Frame Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 4 × Steel Rod; 4 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 5. Gives 50 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Metal Door Frame Lvl2
Metal Door Lvl 1 Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 3 × Steel Sheet - Small; 4 × Welding Rods; 2 × Door Hinge; Doorknob	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP	Metal Door Lvl1
Metal Door Lvl 2 Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 3 × Steel Sheet - Small; 4 × Welding Rods; 2 × Door Hinge; Doorknob	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP	Metal Door Lvl2
Metal Fence Built in the world	2 × Welding Torch; 2 × Steel Rod; 2 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Metal Fence Lvl1
Metal Fence Lvl 2 Built in the world	2 × Welding Torch; 2 × Steel Rod; 2 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 5. Gives 50 Welding XP	Metal Fence Lvl2
Metal Floor Built in the world	Welding Torch; Steel Sheet - Small; Welding Rods	None	No skill needed. Gives 10 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Metal Floor Lvl1
Metal Pole Fence Built in the world	2 × Welding Torch; 3 × Iron Pipe; 2 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Metal Small Pole Fence
Metal Pole Fence Gate Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 3 × Iron Pipe; 2 × Door Hinge; 2 × Scrap Metal; 4 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Metal Pole Fence Gate Small
Metal Stairs Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 4 × Steel Rod; 6 × Steel Sheet - Small; 4 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 5. Gives 50 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Metal Stairs
Metal Wall (Advanced) Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 4 × Steel Sheet - Small; 4 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 5. Gives 50 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Metal Wall Lvl2
Metal Wall (Basic) Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 3 × Steel Sheet - Small; 4 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Metal Wall Lvl1
Metal Wall Frame Built in the world	Welding Torch; 3 × Steel Rod; 2 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 2. Gives 20 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Metal Wall Frame
Metal Window Frame Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 3 × Steel Sheet - Small	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Metal Window Frame Lvl1
Metal Window Frame Built in the world	4 × Welding Torch; 4 × Steel Sheet - Small	None	Welding 5. Gives 50 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Metal Window Frame Lvl2
Metal Wire Fence Built in the world	2 × Welding Torch; 2 × Iron Pipe; Scrap Metal; Wire; 2 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Metal Small Wire Fence
Metal Wire Fence Gate Built in the world	2 × Welding Torch; 2 × Iron Pipe; Scrap Metal; Wire; 2 × Welding Rods	None	Welding 3. Gives 30 Welding XP. Read: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Metal Wire Fence Gate Small

Recipe facts (ingredients, tools, skill levels and results) come from the game's own Build 42 script files, as catalogued by the PZFans craft table. The wording, grouping and layout are ours. Tool groups such as "any hammer" mean any item the game counts as that tool. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.