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In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Jimmy Diresta who is known for making pretty much anything that comes to his mind. He talks about his journey from designing and making toys, to working in film and TV before starting his YouTube channel that has grown to over 2 million subscribers. He talks about welding aluminum, how he approaches soliving problems with the mindset of someone figured t...

In this week's episode, Beau visits Michael Furick, the owner and operator of Furick Cups, a line of large-diameter cups that assist with gas coverage TIG welding along with all kinds of other products. Michael shares how he started his career in welding by attending night school and working at a motorcycle dealership, where he was encouraged to move to North Carolina to pursue the racing world. H...

In this week's episode, Beau got to chat with Ben Ashline the manager of Vermont Sports Car. He talks about how he got into welding after seeing custom choppers on TV and started making pedal choppers, the kind of work they do at the fab shop, and then some work he has been doing on the side doing custom fabrication jobs. Connect with Ben Instagram @bennyjamescs Check out his Vermont Sports Car ht...

In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Sean Flottmann aka @dabswellington about the upcoming competition being held at American Welding Academy for high school seniors held February 3rd, with each student receiving a scholarship and a full ride for the lucky winner. Sean talks about his outreach work, driving around introducing high school students to tig welding trying to inspire them to get int...

In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Chole Hudson aka @arcweldingangel a welder specialized in precision tig work in the performance racing sector, currently working at Joe Gibbs Racing. She talks about how she got her start in welding in the nuclear sector, before moving into the racing industry. She shares her approach to welding titanium, some quick repairs she has had to make at the track,...

In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Preston Lewis, founder of the OMY Foundation about how he started the foundation after his battle with leukemia to help teach kids the skills it takes to run a professional race team. From fabrication, marketing, to logistics he aims to help give the next generation a leg up in the racing world. He talks about how people can get involved to help teach or lea...

In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Ian Johnson from Big Tire Garage, and Kris Scherm and John Henderson from ESAB about the different applications of Plasma Cutting and Oxy-Fuel cutting and the pros and cons of each. They go deep into different problems people run into when using each process, the safety precautions to keep in mind when using them, and some things you can do with them that yo...

In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Michael Klee, a technical sales rep with Lincoln Electric who had quite the journey to get to the position he is in today. He reached out because he heard us talking about the Hyperfill system on a previous podcast and wanted to explain exactly what it is and how long it has been around. He tells us about the kinds of industries that would use this new syste...

In this week's episode, Beau chats with Will Urban, Tim Urban, and Thomas Thibault about smelting using primitive techniques. We ran into them up at The Maker Camp and they let Beau join in on their collection and decided it would be cool to explain the process. From beginning to end they walk us through the process of smelting your own metal that you could use to make tools. From constructing a f...

In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Jonny Snider social media manager for Edge Welding Cups and Alex Hodyl, Creative Director over at Blue Demon about how to make social media work for you. They chat about how much to post, where to find inspiration, formatting, and so much more. They also dive into understanding the purpose of social media in the welding industry, using it more as a digital r...

In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Brain House founder and owner of Housemade.us who revolutionized the modern forge by creating his Apollo forge which uses a fraction of the fuel as a traditional forge. He talks about how his whole life changed after he learned CNC and how to weld, unlocking his passion for working with his hands. He also talks about his philosophy of doing business, leaving...

In this weeks episode, Beau chats with Bob Clagett who turned his need to get up and use his hands into a Youtube Channel iliketomakestuff making all kinds of projects. One of his recent videos featured him making a DIY powder coating setup. He talks about how he started making videos, learning how to weld by trial and error, what a maker is, and leaves us with some advice about making the first v...

In this week's episode, Beau stops by the Acieta booth at Fabtech to talk about the types of things they are bringing to the world of automation. First Nick Cowell talks about the types of training they do for customers to ensure they get the most out of their robots and cobots. Then Tyler talks about automating the jobs you hate so you can focus on learning new skills and welding. Learn more abou...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Luke and Priscilla Smith of PLSmithed, a husband and wife working together to make their metalworking dreams a reality. They talk about working together as a married couple, where their inspiration comes from for their work, and getting discovered by Lincoln Electric through their work using an Oxy-Fuel torch to help in their sculpting. If you are intere...

In this week's episode, Beau stopped by the Razor Weld booth at Fabtech and got to chat with Richie Sather. After welding for 18 years he stepped into a new role of customer service helping train people on the machines over at razor weld. He talks about giving advice from a welder's perspective on features implemented in their new machines, making machine lines that are going to fit the budget of...

In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Chris Verdi aka Green Money Fab about how he turned his passion for BBQ into a side hustle building smokers, open fire tables, and fire boxes. He talks about how after an accident at work left him with a lot of free time during recovery he took to youtube to entertain himself and fell in love with the art of BBQ. He chats about the types of metal he uses to...

In this week's episode, Beau stops by the Pearl Abrasive booth at Fabtech to chat with Kody Jones & Brett Bishop about the different types of abrasives they carry and the innovations they have been making in the abrasive space. They talk about the importance of having hubs attached to wheels to speed up the process of changing from each type of abrasive, some of the research and development th...

In this week's episode, Austin joins Beau for a chat with Bryn Otto, Andrew Nichols, and Jordan Packer to catch up after a year to see the growth they have gone through entering into the industry. They talk about some of the hurdles they have had to overcome, some big moments, and then leave us with some advice they would give themselves if they could go back. If you are about to get out of school...

In this week's episode, Beau and Austin chat with Patrick aka @GMAW_Welding_Belgium who was demoing the Abicor Benzil XFume 501 Pro over there to compare the shows to each other. With the two shows happening the same week, everyone had to pick between the two and we wanted to hear his experience since we were checking out Fabtech. He talks about seeing an underwater welding demo tank, DJ sets in t...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down at the ESAB booth at Fabtech to chat with John Hartnett, part of their filler metal team about filler metal selection and the process of manufacturing and adding different alloys. Then he turns the mic over to Kris Sherm to talk about the new engine drive machine the ruffian and plasma cutting and getting clean cuts. To find out more about ESAB www.esab.com T...

In this week's episode, Austin is back as a co-host with Beau to talk to Rich Quinn an automotive engineer who just took 1st place at Scrapfest with his sculpture the Scrapacaster. He talks about the event and what went into designing and creating the sculpture, they talk about the disconnect in communication between welders and engineers, and Rich talks about how engineers keep their skills sharp...

In this week's podcast, Beau is joined by Austin Hargett to chat with Korissa Morgan aka Universe Welder where she talks about the techniques she uses to get her amazing arc shots. She talks about her adventure bouncing around different companies welding all kinds of different things while building an impressive resume, She talks about making keychains on the side, and documenting your welds so yo...

In this week’s episode, Beau sits down with Bartosz and Peter from ESAB to talk about their welding machine, the Renegade Volt. Blazing a new trail of portability running off 4 Dewalt batteries that can also be used to run your tools. They talk about the issues they were hearing from welders in the field that lead to help with development, go over industries that would benefit from the machine, an...

EP 117: The Realities of Being A Rig Welder with Hunter Wilson In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Hunter Wilson aka @texaspipeliner35 or Professor Wilson about the realities of being a rig welder. When getting into the trade a lot of people set their sights on becoming a rig welder, and he gives us a first-hand perspective of what it is like to run your own rig. He talks about costs from cons...

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Anthony Fildes, A welder and owner of Alpha Welding Services in Ireland. They met last year at Fabtech and discuss the benefits of attending the expo and what he is looking to get out of this years show. He talks about growing his business over the past year, dealing with getting paid from jobs, and then advice for getting your name out there and making...