Darla Welton

In this episode of Still Building America, Darla Welton speaks with Chanda Chambers of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Chambers Welding & Fabrication about starting a metal fabrication business with her husband and offering welding classes to bring more diversity to the trade.

Welder-fabricator Josh Welton recently tested out Weiler Virtual World, a virtual reality (VR) abrasives training demo featuring cutting, grinding, and finishing simulation from Weiler Abrasives.

This past November at FABTECH 2022, Darla and Josh Welton caught up with a few welding students from Georgia Trade School to discuss their experience attending the show for the first time and their budding careers in the skilled trades.

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.

In the latest episode of Still Building America, we talk to the co-founders and team behind Vyper Industrial about how the Green Bay start-up's shop chairs have quickly become fan favorites among fabricators, welders, and other tradespeople.

In this episode of Still Building America, we speak with Mooresville, NC-based welder Amourette McDonagh, who has gone from building race cars for NASCAR to helping NASA improve welding processes in space through her business Black Moon Space Technology.

In Part II, Mitch Kraemer explains how, despite no experience with working with metal, Tim Omspach partnered with him to start Vvolfy Metalworks, entered the circus industry, and expanded the business to two U.S. locations.

Tim Omspach and Mitch Kraemer started Vvolfy Metalworks to fabricate and weld custom equipment for the circus industry while operating out of Denver and Detroit.

In the latest edition of Still Building America, we talk to Emily Soloby about her impressive resume as an advocate for women in manufacturing and other nontraditional jobs. Here's a quick breakdown: She's a lawyer, founder and CEO of Juno Jones safety boot company, co-owner of a trucking company co-owner, host of the “Hazard Girls” podcast, and, on top of all that, a wife and mother.

New York-based Zac Shavrick, aka Zac Max, has dedicated his entire life to making art out of metal. He sits down with Darla and Josh Welton in the latest edition of Still Building America to talk about his unique metal sculptures, stop-motion animation, and Flashburn X festival.

While road tripping through New Mexico, Josh and Darla Welton stopped in Roswell to stay overnight in a Cold War-era missile silo, operated by Gary Baker. In Part 2 of their two-part blog about the experience, they explore more of the bunker and learn what it took to build and fabricate the silo.

While road tripping through New Mexico, Josh and Darla Welton stopped in Roswell to stay overnight in a Cold War-era missile silo, operated by Gary Baker. In Part 1 of their two-part blog about the experience, they offer a bit of a history lesson.

Texas high school welding student Danielle Brock of Cy-Fair High School decided to go big for her senior year project: Building a 16-ft. enclosed livestock trailer with storage compartments and sleeping quarters.