With the colder months upon us, many of us are looking for ways in which to stay
warm. Why not use some of your free time to weld a fire pit. Not only will you stay warm while working on the project, but you will also stay warm once it’s
complete and you are sitting next to it enjoying the warmth. There are many different ways in which you could weld a fire pit using different items that you may have lying around your welding shop.
Welding Industry
Take a look at this video below to see how Lincoln was able to keep all of their employees during the 2008 recession.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGiB9heV6k
As the unemployment rate remains stuck above
nine percent, Paul Solman looks at a Cleveland company that has handled the
economic turmoil very differently.
http://weldingdesign.com/news/BentelerLouisiana/
Benteler Steel/Tube plans to build a new hot
rolling tube mill in Caddo, Louisiana, aiming to improve its position in the
North American oil country tubular goods (OCTG) market. The new plant will be
Benteler Steel/Tube’s first manufacturing operation in the U.S., and represents
a total investment of almost $900 million.
Welding Jobs
http://www.ndt.org/jobs.asp?ObjectID=13795
Here is a great resource for any welders who
are looking for a job. There are many
different positions listed covering different states.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/opinion/sunday/Friedman-You-Got-the-Skills.html?emc=eta1
TRACI TAPANI is not your usual C.E.O. For
the last 19 years, she and her sister have been co-presidents of Wyoming
Machine, a sheet metal company they inherited from their father in Stacy, Minn.
http://www.careersinwelding.com/view_news.php?id=97
Huntington-Ingalls Shipbuilding Seeks
Qualified Welders
Welding Education
http://timesdaily.com/stories/Warren-crusades-for-career-tech-education,184353
Warren crusades for career tech education
http://www.aws.org/conferences/2013shipbuilding.html
8th Shipbuilding Conference
February 26 – 27, 2013
http://www.aws.org/conferences/2013weldcracking.html
Weld Cracking Conference March 26 – 27, 2013
Welding Events
http://www.aws.org/conferences/2013aluminum.html
At this conference, a distinguished panel of
aluminum-industry experts will survey the state of the art in aluminum welding
technology and practice.
Welding Gone Wrong
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/977128/391/Welding-accident-explosion-injures-1-
St. Paul Fire Marshall Steve Zaccard tells
KARE 11 first responders were called to Thomas Finn Roofing at 560 Randolph
Avenue around 9:20 a.m. on a report of an explosion and fire.
http://glenview.patch.com/articles/welding-accident-causes-hotel-fire-in-glenview
Welding Accident Causes Hotel Fire in
Glenview. About $550,000 worth of damage
occurred when trees and the building’s exterior caught on fire Wednesday.
