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In this week's episode, Beau got the chance to sit down with Rae Ripple. She has been nicknamed the Human CNC because of her mad skills with a plasma torch which you might have seen on the show Metal Shop Masters. She talks about her passion for showing the next generation to follow their passions and live as their authentic self. She also dives into the stigmas around metal artists in the eyes of...

In this week’s episode, Beau sits down with Nate Bowman, who you might know as the Weld Scientist. He gives us a rundown on his pathway into the industry and the journey to where he is now helping people qualify welding procedures and helping people learn about the innovations in technology that can speed up workflows and save companies money. He sees a major problem with the lack of knowledge whe...

In this week’s episode, Beau sits down with Sam Oldham, a welder who has been sharing tips from the road on TikTok to try and help people who are getting into welding or trying to chase the shutdown life. He shares how he learned how to weld after hearing about it from students from Missouri Welding Institute, then took lessons with a mutual connection. From showing up for a job to only be told th...

In this week's episode, Beau chats with Pa'trice Frazier a Master welder based in Philadelphia. She was recently on the show Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge taking an old Charger and giving it the classing Hot Wheels overhaul installing a wheelie bar and putting a big Hemi engine in the trunk to make the car stand up like the contestant had always dreamed. She is an advocate for getting people into...

In this week’s podcast, Beau sits down with Jordan Moreno an Underwater Welder and Commerical diver. Jordan talks about his journey into the trade when he decided to go to welding school instead of a traditional college and transitioned into the diving world after seeing people working in the water at a shipyard. He helps put some myths and misconceptions to rest about mortality rates, safety, and...

In this week’s episode, Beau sits down with Calvin Gordon of ArcOne Welding. Calvin is a coded pipe welder over in the UK and recently just started his own business. He shares his passion for the trade through welding videos on his YouTube channel. He talks about his experience going to college for welding where he was taught SMAW, then transitioned to GMAW when he started working for a pipe fabri...

In this week’s episode, Beau got to talk with Dan Colvin the Vice President of Robotics and Digital Solutions of North America over at ESAB. Automation is becoming more and more prevalent and the idea is a little scary to some people. From the fear of being replaced or having to spend time learning complicated programming. Dan talks a little bit about the progression of technology in the robotic s...

In this week’s episode, Beau sits down with Ben Caya owner of Spike Brewing. He talks about starting his company after falling into modifying old kegs into homebrewing setups when he was in college. Flash forward to today and they are making top-of-the-line brewing equipment out of stainless steel manufactured in Milwaukee, WI. He talks about the relationship between welders and engineers, some te...

EP 107: Choosing A Pancake Hood Over A College Flag with Ricardo Gonzalez  In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Ricardo Gonzalez a 19 year old welder that graduated top 10 of his class and is following in his late brothers footsteps of being a welder. He talks about loosing his brother at 17 and starting to weld to have a closer connection to him. After starting he fell in love with the tra...

In this week’s episode, Beau sits down with Donny Spara aka Strike Core Welding on Instagram and they chat about his pathway to pipe welding. He talks about how he was just about to give up chasing the dream of welding pipe when he was offered a job at the skatepark in all places. Donnie shares the road into welding that started when he just said yes when someone asked if he could weld. He bounced...

In this week’s episode, Beau sits down with Jonny Snider owner and operator of Jonny S Weld LLC to talk about Scrapfest. Scrapfest is a festival where artists are invited to make sculptures out of recycled materials that are sourced from the scrap yard in Lansing, MI. He talks about his experience participating in the festival last year solo and plans for returning as a team with Mike Beaver this...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Dave Taylor aka TMDesigns39 and they chat about what it has been like taking scrap metal and miscellaneous parts and turning them into works of art. Dave tells us about how he tries to keep everything in-house from CNC cutting parts to building his own powder coating setup. He shares insight into doing the work you love, using social media to sell his wo...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Stephanie Hoffman. She tells about how she found her passion for welding by working with her Dad. She pushed to get more involved with the AWS and has been going on tours around the country trying to expose more people to the trade. She also talks about starting her company Underground Metalworks which evolved into a training facility and school. She sha...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Mike Wagner, owner of Cornfield Customs out of Milford, Ohio. He talks about how he got his start in the world of metal forming after attending a vocational school for aluminum welding. He gives some insight into the type of tools he started off with, what kind of materials he works with, and then dives deep into the mentality of being a small business o...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Kevin Simmons aka @iweldrup about his journey into the world of heavy equipment repair, fieldwork and working in the nuclear sector. Kevin talks about how he got his start as a grinder but moved into welding after he got tired of having to wait on people to weld parts for him. He goes into how his side work doing repairs turned into full-time, some exper...

In this special 100th episode, Beau compiled a compilation of some of his favorite moments over the past year. It is broken down into 3 sections. The first section is about getting into the trade and getting better. The second section is all about building your business. Finally, the third section features some moments that we super interesting or funny moments that meant a lot. Full Episode list...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Rachel Lee, a highly respected member of the welding community, serving as the Program Director of Fortis College in Smyrna, Georgia, as well as the Vice Chairman and Treasurer of the Atlanta section of the American Welding Society. They delved into Rachel's experiences as a woman in the welding industry and the challenges she has faced. They explored ho...

In this week’s episode, Beau sit down with Max Ceron the director of the CWB Association and talked about the big difference in certification between the USA and Canada. He also talks about the red seal program, his experience with hosting his podcast, and his journey climbing the ladder in the welding world to get where he is today and how through it all that little blue light never left his side...

In this week’s episode, Beau sits down with Bryn Otto, an 18-year-old welder out of Grand Island, Nebraska. They first met down at Fabtech when Beau interviewed Bryn, a young welder looking to improve and spread his knowledge and help get other young people into the field. They chat about how he got his start welding at his high school, which is focused on trades, his future plans going to work in...

In this week’s episode, Beau sits down with Oliver Adamson, the founder of Citizen Build, and they chat about his journey of starting his own company out of necessity and growing it into a stable career. Oliver's background in architecture and his experience working with architects that he admired has shaped the way he approaches his work. He recently relocated to Arizona and shares his insights o...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Danny Keiderling. Danny spent years as a rig welder as well as teaching and was in a bad UTV wreck last year that left him paralyzed. He tells us about what his recovery has been like as well as plans for the future. He shares some insight on the rehabilitation center he went to, what it has been like getting back under the hood, and his goals of giving...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Dylan and Dayne Rusch, the owners of Vyper Industrial. They talk about how they started their company after walking in and seeing their Dad sitting on a new chair that he pieced together from parts around the shop. They also share some history about their family growing up, some of the values they live by that they try and infuse into their products, and...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Matt Reed aka Lucky_Weldz who is a specialty welder currently working at SpaceX. Matt talks about how he got started in the industry skipping the helper stage and being thrown right into welding. He talks about the importance of saying yes and pushing yourself to learn new things all the time, as well as what classifies someone as a specialty welder. He...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Billy Moulton Day the owner of Rusty Creations out of Essex, England. He talks about how he got into welding as a career change and started making art out of horseshoes. He chats about the progression of his company using social media to grow awareness about his art, going from using a vise and hammer to using a forge to help shape the horseshoes, and al...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Bob Moffatt a familiar face around weld.com to catch up and chat about welding education. Bob tells how he started off teaching, and how he has seen the education sector change over the years. He also talks about goals he has for the coming year, the importance of listening to more experienced welders, plans for welding boot camps, and he gives Beau a ha...