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Blog Posts - Page 56
- From The Welder
Top 5 in 365—Articles about consumables
- By Vicki Bell
- Jul 19, 2018
- Consumables
- Blog Post
This installment of “Top 5 in 365” is all about consumables, those details that affect all welding processes and applications. Three articles answer specific questions from welders and those who support them.
- From The Fabricator
Learning lessons from the Ol' Ball Coach
- By Dan Davis
- Jul 19, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Winning football games is not necessarily the same thing as running a successful metal fabricating business, but both take strong leaders. Steve Spurrier, who has more than 200 victories as a college coach, knows a thing or two about leading successful programs. He also has some thoughts on how that might apply to the business world.
- From The Welder
Still Building America—Welder Kay Summers’ “opportunities are endless”
- By Josh Welton
- Jul 9, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Kay Summers’ journey from high school dropout to achieving a 4.0 GPA as a full-time welding student and becoming a certified TIG welder illustrates how life can turn around when you follow your interests and receive the proper training and support. Josh Welton’s Q&A with Summers sheds light on her experience.
- From The Welder
Becoming a better fabricator
- By Josh Welton
- Jul 5, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Creativity, inspiration, and imagination are interwoven, but not interchangeable. They have different meanings, and understanding the differences can help you maximize the power of each when you may lack ability in any one of the three. This, in turn, can help you be a better fabricator or artist.
- From The Fabricator
Congress moving to improve technical career education
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jul 3, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Job openings that require some training beyond high school but not a four-year degree are widely available. Candidates for those jobs are not. Two pieces of legislation are designed to change that.
- From The Fabricator
Keeping it real—be wary of mixing business and friendship
- By Josh Welton
- Jun 26, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Talent attracts attention and offers of representation. This can be a heady experience, but what may appear to be a cordial, mutually beneficial, promising relationship between artist and agent can be anything but. What follows is Josh Welton’s account of one partnership that was not at all what it seemed. However, it was a lesson learned.
- From The Fabricator
Top 5 in 365—Articles about automation and robotics
- By Vicki Bell
- Jun 21, 2018
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
This installment of “Top 5 in 365” is all about automation and robotics, something more and more fabricators have come to rely on as skilled labor has become scarcer and technology has evolved.
- From The Fabricator
Breaking ground and moving forward
- By Nick Martin
- Jun 19, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
You know the story; you may have experienced it. Business is growing, and your shop is bursting at the seams with no room for expansion. It’s decision time. What do you do? Finding no existing facility that meets its needs, BarnesMetalcrafters, Wilson, N.C., is building its own, not just to meet today’s demand, but the future’s as well.
- From The Fabricator
Electric vehicles and the future of hot rodding
- By Josh Welton
- Jun 14, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Josh Welton has many passions besides welding. One is muscle cars, particularly their power, speed, and the visceral experience of driving one. What does electric vehicle technology mean for the future of such cars? Josh recently discussed this with Dodge and SRT’s head of design Mark Trostle.
- From The Fabricator
As trade war begins, supply chains get complicated
- By Tim Triplett
- Jun 14, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Following U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, Canada, Mexico, and European Union countries respond with their own tariffs on U.S. goods. Meanwhile, steel prices have stabilized, but further increases might be on the way.
- From The Fabricator
Top 5 in 365—Articles about assembly and joining
- By Vicki Bell
- Jun 12, 2018
- Assembly and Joining
- Blog Post
This installment of “Top 5 in 365” is all about assembly and joining, a key process in many manufacturing operations. Part and product components have to be put together, and not necessarily by arc welding.
- From The Fabricator
Making metal fabricating “cool”
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 11, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The real heroes of the manufacturing trade don’t seek the spotlight because they are busy making a difference, not a scene.
- From The Additive Report
3-D metal printing meets the office
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 7, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Today some fabricators have a 3-D printer in the front office for printing plastic models and fixtures. Turns out they could be printing metal too.
- From The Fabricator
EPA wants to revise chemical storage rule
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jun 7, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
If the EPA gets its way, manufacturers that store regulated chemicals on their premises might have less paperwork requirements
- From The Welder
Metal fabricating skills in the hands of an artist
- By Josh Welton
- Jun 7, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Give an artist the ability to shape, weld, and paint metal, and you’ve given him a new art form to explore. Check out the images accompanying this post from Josh Welton to see how artist James Owens uses the skills he acquired restoring a 1952 Hudson to create his art.
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