WELD

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Ivan Iler who was on the Netflix series Metal Shop Masters. Ivan talks about his musical past in a band called Thump Keg, how his life has changed since going on the show, the types of projects he likes to do that let his creativity soar, and getting into bronze learning from a master in his own right, Rodger Smith from Michigan Art Castings, who has had work featured in the Smithsonian Institute.

In this week's episode, Beau takes a trip to Clemmons, North Carolina to sit down with Justin Voss to talk about his youtube channel and his Defiant Metal welding gloves. Justin talks about his journey from working on pit crews and getting his start in making videos through vlogging. He also talks about how his welding gloves came about, the manufacturing process, and what it is like to keep an inventory of all the different sizes. He also breaks down the different types of things he welded while working on race teams as well as how the racing industry has changed through the years. 

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Justin also known as The Fabricator on Instagram and The creator of The Fabrication Series on youtube. They chat about an injury he sustained in the Navy led him to start making youtube videos about welding and fabrication. They also touch on his other company Weldmetalsonline, his favorite video he has made that taught him a valuable lesson about researching and creating a program for his videos, and the importance of getting an education as well as your trade skills so you can become the "Grey Collar" that can communicate between the white collars and blue collars making you more valuable in the industry.

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Ronnie Bowen a Journeyman Pipefitter from Flordia. He talks about the process of joining a Union and what it is like going through school and getting experience out in the field along the way. He also talks about X-ray testing in the field, trusting your team when you encounter something new you haven't welded before, and the importance of having experienced members on his crew as a foreman to help get through issues that you run into in the field. 

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Jordan Packer and he talks about his story and experience competing and bringing home the bronze medal at world skills this year. He talked about the training process leading up to World Skills and he gives us a little insight into what the process of competing is like and what he is planning to do in the future. They both agreed that we need to try and do all we can to shine a light on these competitions to show the future generation that welding really can take you all over the world. 

This is part two of our Fabtech special, where Beau sits down with Brynwelds, a welder and content creator from Nebraska; John Fowler from Northeast Alabama Community College; our very own host and tig artist Tig Devil; Spencer Wells, an engineering technician at the Nasa Prototype Lab; Mike Myer, a Welding instructor from Evans High School; Danea Buschkoetter, a welding instructor and host over here at weld.com; Chad, a Pipe Fitter/Pipe Welder talking about working in a union; Blake Hamric, a welding instructor at Calhoun Community College; and Barbie The Welder, a metal sculptor, author and advocate for the skilled trades.

In this episode from Fabtech down in Atlanta, Beau got to sit down with Dusty James from Pacific Arc Tig Welding, Anthony Fildes from Alpha Welding all the way from Ireland, Tyler Sasse from Western Welding Academy, Mike McCallister aka mike_rideyourbike from Harpers Farry, Eli Ryder owner of Heavy Hitter Tig Rigs, Deena aka welding_angel, and Andrew Nichols who started a custom welding hood company that ended up paying his way through welding school.

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Prof. Dr. Emil Schubert aka The WELDPROF, and they chat about some of the differences in certification in Europe compared to the USA, his passion for improving health in the welding industry, and the possibility of there being worldwide welding certification. Beau also got to sit down with a rep from Abicor Binzel to talk about their new X Fume Pro system that collects welding fumes directly from the source. 

Beau sits down with Kevin Roy to discuss his work with the CWB, getting into the welding communities on social media, and providing good information.  They also chat about how Kevin deals with haters and the disconnect between generations of welders.

Beau sits down with Nathan Montes, aka n8_da_gr8_ on Instagram, talking about his band Gone By Nin9, starting off cutting parts in a shop to finding an older welder to learn from.  Nate then worked as a single-hand welder and ran his rig.  He also talks about advice for people struggling with root passes and learning from failures, and not giving up.