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Weekly Welding Roundup--Inspiration for Your Next Welding Project

Check out the big savings on bundled welding supplies and cutting edge welders and welding helmets at Baker’s Gas and Welding this holiday...

Daughter Joins Father's Welding Business

While Jimmy Byrd has been working as a welder since the age of 18, his daughter Kristin took a very different path before...

Weekly Welding Roundup – Welding Industry Poised for Growth

It’s impressive that Jonathan Flores, 24, has completed his welding program with a 4.0 average and is poised to...

Welder Creates Affordable Housing from Shipping Containers

Welding student Masih Madani had been studying housing development for the past four years. When he looked into the housing crisis in northern Nevada, he realized that...

Weekly Welding Roundup–Welding News

Welder and blacksmith Nicolas Wicks became an unpaid intern for a blacksmith in Scotland before returning home to his career in environmental economics, and the direction of...

From Cheerleading to Welding

Welding has proven to be a surprising but fulfilling career for many high school students, and Samantha Petrosino, 18, switched from the cheerleading squad and sports to...

Welding: A Great Creative Outlet

Water patrol deputy Chris Guise spends his days patrolling the waters of his parish, going between wetlands and waterways, but in his off time, he spends hours...

Welding Students Help Local Police Department

The bomb squad at the Scranton, PA Police Department had a special request for the Johnson College Welding Training Center. Students were asked to build heavy duty...

Women Trained to Weld in Prison

A pilot welding program in a Montana women’s prison has successfully graduated 10 women whose welds passed industry standards and gave them a tremendous sense of accomplishment....

Welding Student's Flag Goes Viral

NASA’s planned trip to Mars in the 2030’s is one step closer to reality now that the massive fuel tanks have been completely welded together. 

 

Reliable and Dependable 24 Year Welding Business

A two-man welding shop in Minnesota has fabricated materials for small companies and some of the largest businesses in the state. Jay Netter and Ron Schackmann have...

Theatre Set Builders Need Welders

You can find welding just about everywhere you look, not just in fabrication shops. If theaters want to build larger, elaborate sets, they’re going to need welders...

Weekly Welding Roundup-Welding News Careers and Fabtech

Welders were front and center during the Republican presidential debate this past week as candidate Marco Rubio noted that America needs to stop stigmatizing the trades such...

Super Heros Weld for Young Super Hero Halloween

Noah Hayes, 14, has suffered from a rare neuro-genetic disorder known as Angelman Syndrome, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to go trick or treating for...

Secure Jobs in Welding Industry

Automotive companies have long sought how to weld steel and aluminum together rather than relying on riveting and glue. Lightweight aluminum has long been ruled out as...

Weekly Welding Roundup News Grants and BIG rewards!

Welding instructor Mark Prosser of Blackhawk Technical College in Wisconsin knows that the long term survival of the welding trade depends on getting young people interested in...

Ford Switches From Steel to Aluminum

When Ford switched from steel components to aluminum components on its assembly lines in Dearborn, MI, the company lost 10 weeks of production and spent $359 million...

Weekly Welding Roundup of News

Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines on November 8, 2013, leaving over 7,000 dead or missing, while also destroying the livelihood of many farmers. Coconut farmers were hit...

Learn More About Friction Welding and How It Is Done

A recent Gizmodo article featured friction welding for pipes with seemingly otherworldly images and videos of pipes being forced together and then rubbed together so that an...

Bay Bridge In San Francisco Weakened By Welds Covering Large Gaps

The new Bay Bridge in San Francisco suffered set backs and problems that resulted from simple fabrication mistakes in an overseas factory. While many of the welds...

The Rise Of Women In The Welding Workforce

As the demand for high-paying, reliable middle-class jobs continues to grow and welding companies continue to post open positions, women have become an essential part of the...

Young Welder Specializes in Stainless Steel TIG Welding

While Brie Jenkins, a welder from the Ozarks, made front page news when she won second place in the American Welding Society’s Oktoberfest held in Springfield, none of...

Manufacturing Jobs in Omaha

John Vyhlidal is out to convince students in Omaha’s high schools to consider “not” going to college. Instead, he’s offering high quality jobs at Tri-V Tool & Manufacturing....

TIG Welding in Racing

Daniel Smith is a professional welder who started working toward his dream job at the age of 19 when he found a job working for Haas CNC Racing...