WELD

Making The Most Of Your First Fabtech

Heading to FABTECH for the first time? Think of it as Comic-Con for welders. From meeting the people you follow online to trying equipment you might never get your hands

From Self Taught Welder to TIG Artist

TIG Devil Diesel  (Diesel D'Souza) known online as TIG Devil, is a self-taught welder and TIG welding artist whose work turns stainless steel into detailed, colorful artw

Why One Conversation Can Change a Welding Career

Daniela Torelli didn’t take the traditional path into welding. After realizing a career as a veterinary technician would not give her the financial independence she wante

The Welding Problems Most Shops Overlook

Michael Klee’s path into welding started with a skateboard rail. After growing up around his father’s machine shop, Michael learned to stick weld so he could build his ow

Why Welding Engineers Need to Listen to Welders

Milena Stevanov is one of the owners of GS Engineering, a structural consulting firm supporting fabrication, welding quality programs, structural design, and more. In thi

New to Welding? How to Get Hired, Upskill, and Find Your Niche

Montana Woolley’s welding career has taken her from a first-day beginner in the booth to shop work, inspection, supervision, and now education with CWB Education. In this

Let Your Work Speak For Itself with Al Theriault

Al Theriault built 575 Custom Fabrications the hard way: first as a welder, then as an inspector, then in sales, and finally by turning a garage shop into a full-time fab

Bringing Metal Animals To Life with Sarah Stork

Sarah Stork has built a name for herself by creating strikingly realistic metal animal sculptures that blend welding skill, texture work, and artistic vision. If you’ve

Don't Wait For Welding Opportunities, Make Them!

Trent Konrad didn’t start in an office, he started in the welding industry, grinding mill scale, learning the trade, and working his way up from the shop floor. In this e

Why This Steamfitter Left Welding for Manufacturing Stories

Brook Laing started in the trades as a steam-fitter welder and eventually found her way into industry media, where she now helps tell the stories behind manufacturing and

How to Build Real Skill in Stick Welding

In this episode of the WELD Podcast, we sit down with Guy Seguin, program coordinator and welding professor at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario, to talk about what it

The #1 Thing Holding Welders Back Isn’t Skill… It’s This

Kayla Vander Molen is a pressure welder, welding examiner, and senior instructor with the Boilermakers in Canada, and in this episode she breaks down what it really takes

Welding Innovation Has A New Home

The welding industry is changing fast, and if you want to keep up, it is not about learning one process anymore. In this episode of WELD, Beau Wigington takes a look insi

More Than Just Handrails | Ian Mehlenbacher

Ian Mehlenbacher is a Red Seal Welder for the Niagara Parks Commission, and his job is anything but ordinary. If you're a welder who wants to see what it looks like to w

Aerospace Welding Is Really About This...

Mohamed Amer has spent 15 years climbing every rung of the aerospace welding world, from the shop floor to engineering, inspection, sales, and management, and now he help

How Welders Can Build a Career Without a College Degree

Justin LaFond built a welding career the hard way — through shop work, sales, field experience, and learning how to solve problems most people overlook. If you’re a weld

The Fabrication Lessons You Only Learn Once You’re on the Clock

EJ Naegeli moved across the country for a welding job, and two years later she’s building custom hot rods, race cars, and a whole new level of confidence. If you’re a we

If You Can Dream It, You Can Drive It | Mini Mayhem Event Spotlight

Mini Mayhem brings out the kind of builds that show what welding is really good for: making weird ideas work, fixing what breaks, and learning by doing.If you’re a welder

Turning Old Car Parts Into Cold Hard Art With Tom Patsis

Tom Patsis turns old license plates, flywheels, camshafts, rims, and swap meet finds into custom trophies with real racing history built into every piece. If you’re a we

Gotta Start Somewhere: First Welding Job Stories

Your first welding job might not be the cleanest, highest-paying, or most glamorous job, but it can teach you more than school ever could. If you’re fresh out of welding