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More from Amanda Carlson
- From The Fabricator
The return of FABTECH signals return to normalcy for manufacturing industry
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 13, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
After a year off, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event is back in person and ready to move forward. Here's a breakdown of what to expect.
- From The Welder
7 questions with David Ankin, CEO of ToyMakerz
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 11, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
David Ankin, CEO of ToyMakerz, learned how to fabricate as a teenager out of necessity. He learned from an early age that instead of buying what he wanted, he could build it with metal.
- From The Welder
The building of custom fabrication shop Buffalo Niagara Weldworks
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 4, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Tom Hatalak, owner of Niagara Falls, N.Y.-based metal forming, fabricating, and artistic custom fab shop Buffalo Niagara Weldworks, has never had a solid plan. Fortunately, the bold and sometimes spontaneous decisions have led him down the path to business ownership and taught him some valuable lessons along the way.
- From The Fabricator
Finding a calling as a metal artist
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jul 31, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
Colorado-based metalworker Jodie Bliss discusses how welding, blacksmithing, and background in jewelry making helped her find her true calling as a metal artist.
- From The Welder
Creating prestige around skilled trades with YouTube competition series
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jun 16, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
Project MFG founder Ray Dick discusses the National Skilled Trade Challenge, the YouTube series “Clash of Trades,” and the state of U.S. manufacturing.
- From The Welder
Kansas City fabricator's first metal sculpture a giant success
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jun 12, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
A Kansas City metal fabricator's first crack at creating a large-scale metal sculpture has been a huge success, to say the least. A giant rose fabricated by Jay Lockett of Jay FabWerks is on display in downtown Lee’s Summit, Mo.
- From The Welder
Making Gen Z a priority in manufacturing
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jun 9, 2021
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Metal manufacturing and skilled trades like welding need to continue to work at making metalworking careers appealing, rewarding, and engaging enough for the next generation to jump in more freely.
- From The Welder
A pipeliner’s perspective on the shutdown of the Keystone XL
- By Amanda Carlson
- Apr 14, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Career pipeline welder turned CWI Keith Armentrout offers his take on the shutdown of the Keystone XL.
- From The Welder
The Weld Scientist unmasked
- By Amanda Carlson
- Mar 24, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
On social media, Nate Bowman is known as Weld Scientist. And even though he isn’t exactly a scientist, his own weld journey has given him plenty of insight to share. As director of welding optimization and education at Central Welding Supply, he makes the pathway for other welders a little less turbulent than the one he experienced.
- From The Fabricator
FMA Annual Meeting Recap: Addressing the changing workforce in metal fabrication
- By Amanda Carlson
- Mar 18, 2021
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
It's Day 4 of recapping the 2021 FMA Virtual Annual Meeting. Sarah Sladek, CEO of XYZ University and presenter of the 2021 FMA Virtual Annual Meeting session “Leading an inter-generational Workforce”, addresses how manufacturers can manage an inter-generational mix of workers and team building.
- From The Welder
Welding community perfecting the art of adjusting on the fly
- By Amanda Carlson
- Feb 11, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Since COVID-19 threw a massive kink in normal everyday life, we've all had to adjust on the fly. That includes everyone from 7-year-olds remote learning and welders pivoting to keep their careers and dreams alive, writes The WELDER Editor Amanda Carlson.
- From The Welder
The case for bringing weld training in-house
- By Amanda Carlson
- Feb 10, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
Two Midwest metal fabrication shops, DeWys Mfg. of Michigan and Schuette Metals of Wisconsin, share how the investment in welding training programs has helped them find, hire, and prepare welders for long-term success.
- From The Welder
Love at first arc for South Carolina welder
- By Amanda Carlson
- Feb 7, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
Kristen Albro enrolled in Arclabs Welding School after graduating from The Citadel. Today she is a proud welder and blacksmith by day and the artist behind Meltdown Metal Art in her spare time.
- From The Welder
When TIG just clicks: 6 questions with Tajzi Thompson of TZ Fabrication
- By Amanda Carlson
- Feb 3, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
The moment Tajzi Thompson picked up a TIG torch in high school, he knew he wanted a career as a precision TIG welder. Since then he’s started his own business in Georgia, TZ Fabrication, with a focus on motorsport fabrication and product manufacturing.
- From The Welder
A veterans memorial with artistic metal flare, community collaboration
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jan 30, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
After two years of communitywide fundraising and metal fabrication efforts of a Ridgewater College welding instructor, a gleaming and striking veterans memorial monument now resides at the Butterfield City Park in Butterfield, Minn.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 03/05/2024
- Running Time:
- 65:35
After Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. (LMI) received The Fabricator's 2024 Industry Award, Todd Ludlow, founder and president of the...
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