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More from Amanda Carlson
- From The Fabricator
When a lifelong truck passion becomes a fabrication career
- By Amanda Carlson
- Dec 12, 2020
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
Lifelong truck enthusiast Scott Bisi has made a career out of designing and fabricating custom modifications for trucks at his Washington-based Cougar House Garage shop – all while battling muscular dystrophy.
- From The Welder
The big effort behind microwelding
- By Amanda Carlson
- Dec 9, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Article
Microwelding, much like other welding processes, requires precision, a steady hand, and knowledge of how heat affects the base metal. Unlike other processes, it’s done with consumables the size of a human hair and through the lens of a microscope.
- From The Welder
2020: Trial, error, learn, adapt, repeat
- By Amanda Carlson
- Dec 8, 2020
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The WELDER editor Amanda Carlson looks back at the good and bad of the 2020 for the welding community and more.
- From The Welder
Starting a small welding and fabrication business during COVID-19
- By Amanda Carlson
- Dec 2, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Article
Indiana-based shop Crosby & Drumm learned difficult yet valuable lessons when the COVID-19 pandemic hit just 14 days after the small fabrication and welding business opened its doors.
- From The Welder
Canadian woman finds purpose with a little welding machine
- By Amanda Carlson
- Sep 23, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Article
Canada-based welder Missy Phelan found fulfillment in her life the day she bought a welding machine. She's since become a Canadian Welding Bureau-certified welding/fabrication technician, a robotics technician/ programmer, and a brand ambassador for Everlast. Even more, she’s been on a journey to learn as much as possible while being an example to other women.
- From The Welder
With FABTECH canceled, normal will have to wait … for now
- By Amanda Carlson
- Sep 17, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
With FABTECH 2020 canceled, the welding industry will have to wait for the tradeshow to return in 2021. In the meantime, welders will have to keep being creative with networking virtually and on social media.
- From The Welder
The rise of Houston jack-of-all-trades shop JK Welding
- By Amanda Carlson
- Sep 9, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Article
John King built JK Welding from a one-man side business where he made furniture out of his garage to a $9 million jack-of-all-trades company that thrives on large-scale projects that require creativity, skill, and manpower.
- From The Fabricator
Welder, woodworker, business owner, and father
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 29, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Article
WeldedWoods, Kingsville, Ont., a custom rustic furniture and decor business, allowed founder Jamie Crawford to combine creativity, woodworking, and welding with dad duties.
- From The Welder
Tank fabrication goes vertical
- By Amanda Carlson and Rhonda Zatezalo
- Aug 12, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Fabrication Solutions & Technologies partnered with Fronius to help customers fabricate tanks vertically, a process that is fast and yields high weld throughputs.
- From The Welder
Remembering Frank Armao and his Aluminum Workshop
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 1, 2020
- Aluminum Welding
- Blog Post
Frank Armao, who authored the Aluminum Workshop column for almost 20 years, passed away in May. The WELDER Editor Amanda Carlson remembers the longtime columnist.
- From The Welder
Injecting youth, changing a culture in welding
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jul 15, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Article
A Cleveland-based custom fabricator committed to overhauling its culture implemented a new hiring method that netted four talented, young welders.
- From The Welder
Tips for welders to nail first job interview
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jun 24, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Metal fabricators value qualities like good work ethic, coachability, and commitment over your ability to weld and fabricate. If you’re a new tech school graduate preparing for that first welding job interview, here are a few key points to keep in mind.
- From The Welder
In the COVID-19 era, flexibility is key for welders and other metal fabricators
- By Amanda Carlson
- May 27, 2020
- Aluminum Welding
- Blog Post
Over the last couple of months, COVID-19 has forced welders and other metal fabricators to become even more flexible.
- From The Welder
Lessons learned as a millwright apprentice
- By Amanda Carlson
- May 16, 2020
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
Twenty-three-year-old millwright apprentice Mikayla Bradford from Marlborough, Mass., has found a home in an occupation that combines her love of hard labor, fabrication and repair, and camaraderie.
- From The Welder
Best practices for fabricators using brushes and abrasive wheels
- By Amanda Carlson
- May 15, 2020
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Blog Post
Metal fabricators using abrasives and brushes properly promotes safety and efficiency on the shop floor. Join The WELDER and Weiler Abrasives for a webcast about this very subject on June 3.
- Podcasting
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- 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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