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NASA Welding Project Reaches Milestone

Welder Larry Berg always kept himself busy in his free time with side welding projects while working for 18 years at a company in his home town....

Canadian Welder Wins Post Secondary Award

When Lorianne Tavenor-Wilson won the Canadian Welding Association (CWA) Foundation post secondary award along with a $2,000 check, it marked a milestone for the hardworking married mother of...

Salvation Army Gets Custom Welded Red Kettle

Welding students at the Industrial Arts Institute worked together to weld a massive red kettle for the Salvation Army in Petoskey, MI. The ceremonial kettle measures seven...

ESAB Releases Rebel Multi-Process Welder

K-3 Welding and its ‘Windy City’ welding sculpture has been turning heads along the south side of Chicago since 1996 when Mike Kuper, 62, opened the business. 

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...

Miller Releases New TIG and Stick Welder

Hazard, Kentucky will be the location of southeastern Kentucky’s first Welding Rodeo on October 23rd. The event will include welding teams from community colleges and local organizations...

Father and Daughter Teach Welding Class Together

Kory Fontes remembers crying during her first welding lesson with her father at the age of ten. Those days are long gone as she has now joined...

Weekly Welding Roundup of Welding News

If you live in the Pittsburgh area, have a gun, and want to learn how to weld, you can now trade that gun in for welding training...

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...

Welding Class Offers Students Valuable Lessons

Texas City high school student Gabe Simpson has to get around in a wheel chair all day at school because of muscular dystrophy, but that doesn’t stop...

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...

Demand for Welders in Texas Sky Rockets

George W. Settle III visited the village of Kehale, Lebanon in order to teach the older children in a home for orphans how to weld, but he...

Weekly Welding Roundup News

Dustin Payne served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Marines, but when he returned home, he sought out work in the oil fields of...

Welding New Yory City Subway Tracks To Make Them Stronger

The New York City subway system has rails that are held together by bolts, which are more likely to break or fracture on curves and in areas...

Welding Professor Tries to Fuse Two Welding Processes

Brittany Everett didn’t choose welding as her first career. She had been working a desk job in drafting and design, but when she was laid off, she...

Students Get Fast Track to Welding Career

Welding students in Minnesota’s Anoka Technical College are being recruited to join union apprenticeship programs before they even graduate. In fact, 23 students have already been accepted...

Welding Runs in the Family

Three women enrolled in the welding program at Patrick Henry Community College are enjoying their new careers as welders. In fact, for each of them, welding was...

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...

My Walk Has Never Been Average

Donna Hammond worked for over 30 years as an electrician on construction sites, and as one of the few African American women on the job site, she...

Operation Arc: Graphic Welding Novel

Operation: Arc is a new graphic novel that aims to explain the process and applications of welding to young readers. The book includes full color illustrations, technical...

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...

Tappan Zee Bridge In New York Requires Specialty Welders and Technology

Bob Dylan has taken to welding and iron working in his latest artistic project. Pulling from his iron ore roots of Hibbing Minnesota, Dylan has put together...

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....