In the first of our two-part episode, Adam Heffner, founder of Nashville-area shop Maker Table Metal joined The Fabricator Podcast live at FABTECH 2022 in Atlanta. Heffner talks about how, after a career as an ironworker, he and his wife built up Maker Table to small fabrication business bases around architecture metals and home décor, from custom hand rails to furniture. Check out Part 2.

He also talks about how he strategically picked the Nashville area to set up shop and how that's paid off in a major way with the rapid growth of restaurants, bars, hotels, and other city-wide initiatives.

Jump ahead to 10:10 to get to our chat with Adam.

The guys also talk about how the San Francisco police department is implementing automation, the use exoskeleton technology, and living off the grid.

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