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Blog Posts - Page 13
- From The Fabricator
Hellucination: Story behind the customized 1968 Dodge Charger from SpeedKore and Ralph Gilles
- By Josh Welton
- Nov 6, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
In this video blog, welder-fabricator Josh Welton talks to the team at Wisconsin-based custom car builder SpeedKore about their most intensive carbon fiber build to date: Hellucination. Built and fabricated as the ultimate 1968 Dodge Charger, Hellucination was developed with direct input from automotive icon and owner Ralph Gilles.
- From The Fabricator
How Kevin Czinger is changing the automotive assembly game with 3D printing
- By Josh Welton
- Nov 2, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
With two ventures, Divergent and Czinger founder Kevin Czinger has developed a automotive manufacturing program based around 3D-printing to engineer and fabricate the most robust and most efficient assemblies within parameters.
Fixing the rep of blue-collar jobs
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Oct 18, 2022
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
If manufacturers want to stay in the contest for talent and win it, they’re going to have to pull out all the stops—manufacturing camps, apprenticeship programs, flexible work schedules, retraining allowances, scholarships, marketing campaigns, and more.
- From The Fabricator
Steel prices still sliding despite labor concerns
- By Michael Cowden
- Oct 18, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Certain factors are in place for a potential spike in steel prices, but most steel consumers don’t seem phased by it.
- From The Fabricator
Still Building America: Lashanna Lintamo aka The Fashion Welder
- By Darla Welton and Josh Welton
- Oct 17, 2022
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
In this episode of Still Building America, Darla and Josh Welton introduce you to Lashanna Lintamo, a northern California-based freelance ironworker who also has a passion for introducing women to welding and other metal manufacturing trades.
- From The Welder
A glimpse of the good and bad in the welding industry
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Oct 13, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
First in-person visits to shops, welding labs, and events this spring and summer give The WELDER editor an initial glimpse into the industry’s good and bad in the welding community: There are clear signs of workforce development efforts, but shops are still in desperate need of skilled welders now.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing leadership tip: Manage by walking around the metalworking shop
- By Bill Frahm
- Oct 12, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Management by walking around is a good way to connect with shop floor employees and get the scoop on what exactly is happening in production.
- From The Fabricator
New welding standards on the way for pipelines and energy distribution?
- By Stephen Barlas
- Oct 11, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Proposed changes in federal regulations governing welding in pipeline and energy distribution applications could require heavy industrial investment.
- From The Fabricator
Putting retirement on hold in the manufacturing industry
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 11, 2022
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
In the face of a struggle to find skilled workers, metal fabricating companies are taking advantage of not-quite-yet-ready-for-retirement workers.
- From The Fabricator
In the Workshop, Ep. 5: Staying steady and balanced while you weld
- By Josh Welton
- Oct 10, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Detroit welder-fabricator Josh Welton demonstrates the best way to stay steady and keep your balancing while welding.
- From The Fabricator
Next step for a growing aftermarket parts business: Exhibit at a Ford Bronco expo
- By Nick Martin
- Oct 7, 2022
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Job shop manager Nick Martin describes how he’s taking the next step to growing his aftermarket parts side business by exhibiting at a Ford Bronco expo.
- From The Fabricator
Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters: Stephanie Hoffman of UnderGround Metal Works
- By The Fabricator editors
- Oct 2, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Stephanie Hoffman of New Jersey-based UnderGround Metal Works talks about her work with the American Welding Society, her time on the Netflix show "Metal Shop Masters," and how she's grown her custom fabrication business to also offer welding classes for non-welders or novice welders.
- From The Fabricator
Know your business; improve your chances of success
- By Dan Davis
- Sep 29, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
Metal fabricators need to know exactly what’s happening on the shop floor if it is to free up a capacity to grow.
- From The Fabricator
Squeezing more productivity out of your business
- By Dan Davis
- Sep 27, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
A webinar from Radan Software can help metal fabricating companies find productivity improvements to keep up with new opportunities.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing industry rested, relaxed, and ready to roll
- By Dan Davis
- Sep 22, 2022
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
An economic slowdown might be a blessing for metal fabricators who have leaned hard on their employees for the last two years.
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