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Blog Posts - Page 72
- From The Welder
Running stringers—an exercise in utility
- By Josh Welton
- Apr 20, 2016
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Repeating certain exercises is a fundamental part of learning a skill. Running stringers is one such exercise for anyone learning to weld. It also helps to listen to the instructor explain how it’s done.
- From The Fabricator
Is the customer always worth the effort?
- By Vicki Bell
- Apr 13, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
You can never have too many customers, or so it’s said. Is this true? What about the customer that has you do all the hard work and takes your well-designed product elsewhere for production? Are you happy to have had their business? Perhaps you can take solace in lessons learned.
- From The Fabricator
OSHA publishes final silica rule
- By Stephen Barlas
- Apr 11, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Shops that have abrasive blasting capabilities need to be aware that a new OSHA rule involving worker exposure to crystalline silica particles has been published.
- From The Fabricator
Building memories
- By Josh Welton
- Apr 7, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Do any of your earliest memories involve work? Josh Welton remembers using a drawknife and a hatchet to help his parents prepare wood for a log home. It was a communal labor of love that likely fostered his love of making things by hand.
- From The Fabricator
Still Building America—One automotive masterpiece at a time
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 29, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
There are dream cars and dream jobs. Combining both has allowed J.D. Hendrickson to achieve his dream career. Here’s the short story of how he got there.
- From The Fabricator
Restoring the USS North Carolina—sharing history with friends
- By Nick Martin
- Mar 23, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Think Facebook is the ultimate time-waster? Nick Martin’s Facebook connection to an old classmate and fellow soccer teammate led to an important job preserving history for Barnes MetalCrafters. It also provided a learning opportunity, as many fabricating jobs do.
- From The Fabricator
Stop to notice the technology
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 17, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Keeping your nose to the grindstone could prevent you from noticing the rapid changes occurring in the world around you.
- From The Fabricator
Scholarship fund to honor Dick Kallage
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 15, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
FMA’s Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs foundation has set up a memorial scholarship fund in honor of Dick Kallage, an influential member of FMA and columnist for The FABRICATOR magazine. Kallage died of cancer Feb. 18.
- From The Fabricator
There is always more to learn about welding
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 15, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
How much do you know about welding? The best welders recognize that there is always room for improvement and more to learn.
- From The Fabricator
Positive manufacturing news: A well-kept secret during the election season
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 14, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Negativity reigns during this elections season. Here's a secret: Some good news does indeed exist, even in manufacturing.
- From The Fabricator
FMA Annual Meeting: Sharing ideas to build a better business
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 10, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Networking, conversation, and idea sharing are at the heart of the FMA Annual Meeting. For instance, what if a shop salesperson learned to operate a tube laser? That idea at one roundtable got participants talking.
- From The Fabricator
Should welding students and welders provide their own tools?
- By Vicki Bell
- Mar 2, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
A recent post on The Fabricator Blog sparked a Facebook discussion about whether welding students and welders should provide their own tools for school and on the job. We opened the discussion up to “Welding Wire” readers. Here are a few of the many responses we received.
- From The Fabricator
Feeling the love at Autorama
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 1, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The first time welder and metal artist Josh Welton displayed his art at a show was at the 2010 Detroit Autorama. Six years later, he’s still participating and enjoying not only the show but the people, including some who have become valued friends and mentors. He also appreciates the opportunity to talk shop and share his passion for welding.
- From The Fabricator
Be wary of customers that take advantage
- By Nick Martin
- Feb 24, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Attracting new customers is an important part of keeping a custom fabricating shop in business. However, be wary of the customer that continually takes advantage of your willingness to produce a small quantity of parts on short notice and sends the larger jobs elsewhere. Remember, you can’t keep calling the same buddy to pull you out of the mud and never invite him to the party.
- From The Fabricator
The digital-thread potential in custom metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 22, 2016
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
The ideas behind the "digital thread" in the manufacturing supply chain may have big potential in custom metal fabrication.
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