WELD

In this week’s podcast, Beau stops by the IPG Photonics booth at Fabtech to talk to Dean Brennan, the National Sales Manager for LightWELD, and Rex Alexandre, the President and Principal Engineer for The Handheld Laser Institute, about the future of laser welding in the industry and different applications that might become more commonplace. They talk about the benefits of laser welding, the pathway to laser welding certifications, and advice for people interested in adopting the process in their business. 

Learn More About The IPG Photonics LightWELD Systems

https://www.lightweld.com/

Learn More About The Handheld Laser Institute https://foxly.link/U1bLUV

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In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Matthew Nix, President and CEO of Nix Companies INC., about scaling their family business from 4 people to over 200 employees. He talks about his company's history, starting in 1092, the unique strategies they used to grow through acquisitions, creating a workplace culture that attracts world-class employees, and his upcoming book, “Forging Ahead,” which will be released next week.

Connect with Matthew Nix

Link to Pre-Order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Forging-Ahead-Generations-Small-Town-Fastest-Growing/dp/B0DJDP67ZN

Nix Companies Purchase Options: https://www.nixcompanies.com/forging-ahead-book-order/

Matthew's Personal Website: https://bebigactsmall.com/

Matthew's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-nix-b8132687/

MakingSparks: https://makingchips.com/show/making-sparks/

MakingSparks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/making-sparks

Nix Industrial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nix-industrial/

Nix Companies LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nixcompanies/ 

Nix Companies: https://www.nixcompanies.com/ 

Thank You To Our Trusted Partners

Watch the full season of 3M Abrasives Clash Of The Grinders season 2 - https://foxly.link/62t60v

Stop fumes at the source with the Abicor Binzel xFume Advanced - https://foxly.link/lUVEtV

Learn more about the compact Lincoln Electric Sprinter 180Si - https://foxly.link/taIiwU

Weld anywhere with the battery-powered ESAB Renegade Volt - https://foxly.link/EcZEEi

Connect with Beau

Weld App @beaudidit

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In this week’s episode, Beau chats with David Madero, a metal sculpture artist based in Torreón, Mexico who has created sculptures for ESAB, Miller Electric, IPG Photonics, UniWeld, and games like Activision’s Call of Duty & Diablo. He talks about catching the welding bug at the age of 5 by watching his father who was a sculpture artist, different techniques he uses to make his artwork, and gives people advice on how to get started with art.

Connect With David Madero

Instagram - @madero.co https://www.instagram.com/madero_co/ 

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@MaderoCo 

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/madero-co. 

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MaderoCo/ 

Thank You To Our Trusted Partners

Harness the power of Laser welding with the Everlast RedSabre 2000 - https://foxly.link/xsSqBz 

Weld anywhere with the battery-powered ESAB Renegade Volt - https://foxly.link/EcZEEi 

Learn more about the compact Lincoln Electric Sprinter 180Si https://foxly.link/taIiwU 

Stop fumes at the source with the Abicor Binzel xFume Advanced - https://foxly.link/lUVEtV 

Connect with Beau

Weld App @beaudidit

Instagram @beaudiditwelding

Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠

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In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Ryan Boyd from Walter Surface Technologies at their booth at Fabtech in Orlando this past year. Ryan talks about Walter's history and what they are implementing into their power tools to help cut down on vibration and keep you safe when using them. He talks about common problems people have and the tools that would help them, his experience growing in the company, and the types of equipment we can look for. 

Learn more about all the great products over at Walter Surface Technologies

Website https://www.walter.com/en_US

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/waltersurfacetech/

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@waltersurfacetech

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/walter-surface-technologies

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/TheWalterNetwork

Thank You To Our Trusted Partners

Watch the final episode of 3M Abrasives Clash Of The Grinders https://foxly.link/62t60v

Learn more about the compact Lincoln Electric Sprinter 180Si https://foxly.link/taIiwU

Connect with Beau

Weld App @beaudidit

Instagram @beaudiditwelding

Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠

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In this week's podcast, Beau sits down at the ESAB booth at Fabtech this year in Orlando, Florida with Scott Raabe to talk about the path way to starting his school Precision Welding Academy, and then Ian Johnson pops by to talk about what you need to get started in automotive fabrication. 

Connect with Scott Raabe

Instagram 

@scott_raabe https://www.instagram.com/scott_raabe/

@precisionweldingacademy https://www.instagram.com/precisionweldingacademy/

Precision Welding Academy Website - https://www.precisionweldingacademy.com/

Connect with Ian Johnson

Instagram

@ianfrombigtiregarage https://www.instagram.com/ianfrombigtiregarage/

Learn more about the ESAB equipment mentioned in the episode

Warrior 400 - https://foxly.link/6niUuh

Rebel 205 AC/DC - https://foxly.link/cSqI1i

Tune into episode 7 of 3M Abrasives Clash Of The Grinders https://foxly.link/HkrOrH

Connect with Beau

Weld App @beaudidit

Instagram @beaudiditwelding

Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠

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In this week's podcast, Beau sits down with Ronnie Dunne, a regional sales manager for Gentex‘s PureFlo division at their booth during this year's Fabtech Expo. Ronnie talks about the long-term health risks of breathing in welding fumes, and ways to protect yourself from them with things like their PureFlo all-in-one PAPR system that delivers fresh air on demand keeping you safe from welding fumes. Outside of just fume protection, Ronnie shares the different equipment they make, from high heat resistance equipment for foundry work to the helmets in the fighter jet's cockpit. 

Learn more about the PureFlo System https://foxly.link/JgqlOp 

Want to see all the different equipment Gentex makes? https://foxly.link/VvKbM7

Thank You To Our Trusted Partners

Tune into episode 6 of 3M Abrasives Clash Of The Grinders https://foxly.link/62t60v

Learn more about the Lincoln Electric Sprinter 180 Si https://foxly.link/taIiwU

Connect with Beau

Weld App @beaudidit

Instagram @beaudiditwelding

Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠

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In this week’s episode, Beau and Austin recap their most recent trip where they visited The Maker Camp in the Catskill Mountains of New York and then flew directly down to Orlando for this year's Fabtech Expo. They talk about what it is like to go to Maker Camp and what you can expect to see and do if you haven’t had the chance to attend as well as recapping the experience of building a BBQ Smoker in around 12 working hours. Then give us a recap of everything they did at Fabtech this year at the Expo and a look into the different networking events at night throughout the week. 

Thank You To Our Trusted Partners

Weld off the grid with the ESAB Renegade Volt https://foxly.link/EcZEEi

Harness the power of laser welding with Everlast Welders RedSabre1500 - https://foxly.link/T6GU7V

Get A Free Basics Of HH Laser Safety Welding Training Course from Kentek with MEF24 https://foxly.link/zLNK0i

Watch Episode 5 of 3M Abrasives Clash Of The Grinders Season 2 - https://foxly.link/62t60v

Connect with Beau

Weld App @beaudidit

Instagram @beaudiditwelding

Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠

Connect With Austin

Weld App @austin_hargett

Instagram @dr.weldz

Email [email protected]

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In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Sharon Guerrero aka Miss.Welds a welder and fabricator based in Houston about emerging leaders in the welding industry helping people learn though social media and YouTube. She talks about learning about different pathways outside of welding, it increase of women getting into the industry, sharing the struggles of messing up, and her future plans for her career. 

Connect with Sharon Guerrero

Instagram @miss.welds https://www.instagram.com/miss.welds/

TikTok @miss.welds https://www.tiktok.com/@miss.welds

Thank You To Our Trusted Partners

Stop fumes at the source with the X-FUME Pro fume extraction torch from Abicor Binzel https://foxly.link/lUVEtV

See everything the Lincoln Electric Sprinter 180Si can do -  https://foxly.link/taIiwU

Harness the power of laser welding with Everlast Welders RedSabre1500 - https://foxly.link/T6GU7V

Watch Episode 4 of 3M Abrasives Clash Of The Grinders Season 2 - https://foxly.link/62t60v

Connect with Beau

Weld App @beaudidit

Instagram @beaudiditwelding

Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠

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In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Rodney Ross owner of Midstate Welding about transitioning from pipeline work to running a custom fabrication company. He talks about working with his brother Austin Ross on organizing jobs, the balance welding business owners need to have between working for or on your business, custom fabrication projects he has built for the show Building Outside The Lines, and advice for people looking to get into the custom fabrication and mobile welding industry.

Connect with Rodney Ross

Website www.midstate-welding.com

Instagram @midstatewelding https://www.instagram.com/midstatewelding/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MidStateWelder

YouTube - @midstatewelding3194 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU48_LpFux_CJDr_KPEvKbg

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mid-state-welding-llc/

Thank You To Our Trusted Partners

RSVP for the AWS Arcs & Ales Event 10/16/24 https://foxly.link/j1byAA

Are you looking for welding supplies in Oregon? Check out Industrial Source - https://foxly.link/96Wr2c

Find the perfect Markal marker for your next project - https://foxly.link/oGn1YA

Kentek Get A Free Basics Of HH Laser Safety Welding Training Course with MEF24 https://foxly.link/zLNK0i

Watch Episode 3 of 3M Abrasives Clash Of The Grinders Season 2 - https://foxly.link/62t60v

Connect with Beau

Weld App @beaudidit

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Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠

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In this week’s episode, Beau chats with Brett McColl from Industrial Source who is coming up on 80 years in the welding supply business about ways they are helping make customers' lives easier by setting up delivery schedules, what the industry is like up in the Pacific Northwest, who would be a great fit to work at a welding supply store, and how they are trying to help the future of the industry grow by partnering up with local schools.  

Learn more about Industrial Source

www.industrialsource.com

Instagram @industrial_source https://www.instagram.com/industrial_source/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IndustrialSourceOR

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-source-oregon/

Thank You To Our Trusted Partners

RSVP for the AWS Arcs & Ales Event 10/16/24 https://foxly.link/j1byAA

Watch Episode 3 of 3M Abrasives Clash Of The Grinders Season 2 - https://foxly.link/62t60v

Connect with Beau

Weld App @beaudidit

Instagram @beaudiditwelding

Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠

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