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Weekly Roundup – World's Largest BBQ!

Whoa! This week is overflowing with welding news. Check out the world’s largest BBQ grill (I definitely could have used it this past July 4th), read up...

Welding Reading List: The Top 3 Welding Art Books

Because rookie and veteran welders all need a refresher every once in the while, we’ve decided to introduce the Welding Reading List. Each list will feature at...

Weekly Roundup – Ladies Night Entices Female Students to Consider Welding

How is South Texas College encouraging women to take up male-dominated careers? What’s going on at the welding summer camp held by Monroe High School? Find out...

Weekly Roundup – Jobs Guaranteed with Lincoln

This is more like it. Last week was a dry one for welding news, but this edition of “The Weekly Roundup” is full of articles. Check out...

Weekly Roundup – Airgas Continues Support for Operation Homefront

This has been a very slow week for the welding world, but the article below on Airgas is just the note we want to end the week...

Getting the Most out of Welding School

Getting a welding or metalworking degree from a technical college can help prove to potential employers that you are serious about welding and that you’ve mastered the...

Weekly Roundup – Matheson Custom Helmets

A teen welder started her own business, Matheson launched some custom helmets, and a few welding mishaps made their way to this edition of the “Weekly Roundup.”...

Welding During WWII

Around the welding world brought news of veterans, welding “showdowns,” careers built from a mother’s passion and so much more. Enjoy this edition of the “Weekly Roundup.”...

Welding Repairs: Damaged Threaded Holes

A few days ago I dropped my MP3 player in a sink full of water (serves me right trying to do dishes and dance at the same...

Two Ways to Begin a Career in Welding

There are several ways to begin a career in welding. Today, the growing number of technical colleges that teach welding has made it easier to receive formal...

Weekly Roundup – Grinding, Welding, and Lots of Bronze

Welding has left its stamp on everything from creating sculptures and lighthouses to enlightening teens and adults alike. Read up on those stories and more in this...

Weekly Roundup – New York State FFA Welding Contest

Enjoy some news on a record-setting weld, welding programs for students and teachers, plus more in this edition of the “Weekly Roundup”. If you’re a student in...

Welding Starter Guide – Tungsten Inert Gas Welding (TIG)

With its ability to work with various metal types and produce the highest quality welds, TIG welding is the most difficult of the welding process to learn....

Why Choose a Career in Welding?

Today, there is a growing need for new welders. In fact, this year there will be a shortage of 250,000 welding professionals, according to the U.S. Bureau...

Weekly Roundup – Sparks of Inspiration

This past week saw news about the current welding job situation, companies donating welding equipment, some artists using welding to create amazing pieces, and much more. Enjoy!...

Weekly Roundup – Investigation Finds Welding Crack Caused Crane Collapse

News in the welding world has been all over the place this week! Special events are covered (such as the 2010 EAA AirVenture show), a nice collection...

Weekly Roundup – Melting the Steel Ceiling

Females get the spotlight in this week’s edition of the roundup. Read about ‘Welder chics’ in Canada who are creating quite a name for themselves in the...

Weekly Roundup – Welding Program Wheeling In

Find out the story behind Lincoln Electric’s unique way of rewarding workers, and get to know Elizabeth Cook’s ode to a “Welder.” Those articles and more are...

Welding Deconstruction with DIY Network

Different welds, metals, welding practices, and more are explored in Deconstruction, a series from DIY Network. This episode focuses on various aspects of welding. 

Weekly Roundup – Happy Birthday, Laser!

Happy belated birthday to the laser! Laser welding would just be, well, welding without a certain Hughes Labs researcher and his ingenious creation. Read the first article...

Welding War! Out-weld the competition on ‘DIY Dominator’

**this contest is now over**

Can you produce a perfect weld blindfolded (not recommended)? Are your impressive welds the stuff of legends? Battle it out with two...

Weekly Roundup – $41.7 Million Dollar Lotto Winner is Alberta Welder

Are you a welder by choice or necessity? Would you still be a welder if you won the lottery? Read about one welder’s stroke of luck and...

Weekly Roundup – Women Welders at Florida SkillsUSA Conference

This week’s roundup covers stories such as: A welder using his skills to aide the military The danger of working with stainless steel The all-female welding team...

Welding Starter Guide : Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)

Because of the diversity of welding, you can be a expert at one welding process and lack basic knowledge of another. “Welding Starter Guide” will be a...