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 they had 2 days left, to driving 24 hours to take a weld test, he saw a lot in his time out in the field that he is trying to share to better prepare people for what to expect. 

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YouTube https://youtube.com/@saometalworks

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Instagram https://instagram.com/saometalworks?igshid=ZDc4ODBmNjlmNQ==

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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 the welding trade and showing people no matter what you look like, there is a place for you in the welding world.

Go check out her work

Instagram @weldjointed

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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 pay, as well as giving some awesome insight into the type of work he does and the equipment that he uses. 

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Instagram @thatclassy_diver

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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 fabrication company. He talks about dealing with negativity on the internet, trying to change the perception of MIG welding in the community, and the difference in safety requirements between the UK and the USA.

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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 sector. Through his years in the industry, he has gotten a front-row seat to watch it evolve. We talk a lot about how ESAB's new cobot is putting the fear of over-complicated programming to rest with the implementation of their app-based controls, making it easy to get parts set up, and even copy and paste if you have a lot of parts you are working on. He also explains the benefits of using a cobot from big companies all the way down to a father-son operation. 

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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 techniques that have cut down on time, and he shares some advice for people looking to start their own businesses. 

To learn more about Spike Brewing check out their website www.spikebrewing.com 

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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 trade and being top of his class he got to have his picture on the side of city hall and instead of holding a college flag he chose his pancake hood instead. He talks about leaving his job at Chili's to start working as a welder, working hard to impress his boss, watching his boss escape a fireball, and his hopes and dreams of his future in the welding world.

Check out his work on Instagram @mr.rigwelder27  

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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 around from different shops and companies learning new skills along the way, until finding his way to the shop he is currently running RDM on large stainless steel pipe. 

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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 year. He shares what the rules of the festival are with the material collection and parameters, what happens to the art after the festival, and what it is like on the collection day for getting your material. He also talks about starting his company out of necessity after a welding job fell through and the tools he has used to grow his business. 

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To find out more information about Scrapfest check out their website https://scrapfest.com/

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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 work, and letting the metal tell you what it wants to be instead of forcing it.

To find out more about Dave check out his website https://tmdesigns.uk/

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