I’ve never been one to play video games, but then watching this YouTube video it occurred to me that welding with your helmet on is kind of like a video game. Crazy….
Oh, and in case you forgot, we’ve got some awesome welding helmets over at Arc-Zone.com…. including the totally radical Hoodlum Hoods– no reason why you can’t have fun at work!
Arc-Zone also has some great welding apparel, including helmets… look good, stay stylish and Weld Like A Pro ™.
Our PRO Gear packages have everything you need to get started.
New 2010 Equipment Catalog
136 colorful pages packed with the latest product information
Lincoln Electric is excited to present its 2010 Equipment Catalog. This book includes all of the new products introduced in 2009 to help you reduce costs, increase quality and improve productivity.
What’s New
The 2010 catalog sports a new look and format. It is printed on paper from suppliers using sustainable forest practices. For the first time Lincoln is also offering a Fast-Flip eBook version. This online catalog features intuitive book-like navigation that will enhance your online experience.
Consumable News
Stay tuned for an entirely new Welding Consumables Catalog featuring detailed information on Lincoln Electric’s full line of welding consumables under one cover.
How’s this for a Christmas present… this dude’s bike got stolen 17 years ago. It has now been returned, and no, its not trashed, its been customized check it out:
Deshler High School in Nebraska is doing what every high school should in the face of an impending shortage of welders: it has put into place a program that allows students to graduate with certification from the AWS and to enter the workforce immediately thereafter.
Welding program prepares students as industry faces worker shortage
BY KEVIN ABOUREZK / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 12:25 am |
DESHLER – This is what Zack Bohling enjoys: Placing two pieces of metal against each other and burning them together with a welding torch.
(Erin Duerr / Lincoln Journal Star)
If you visit Deshler High School on any given weekday afternoon, you’ll likely find the senior in the metal shop, surrounded by a shower of sparks.
“I like welding and shop work and that kind of stuff,” he said. “I like everything about it.”
He likes it so much he’s considering becoming a professional welder after he graduates from high school.
“I’d like something ag or welding related,” he said.
A welding program started last year at Deshler and starting this year at nearby Fillmore Central High School in Geneva is giving students like Bohling the chance to gain skills necessary to becoming professional welders.
Some Quick Welding Facts:
* More than 500,000 welders are employed in the United States.
* Welding expenditures represent $34.1 billion annually – or $325 for every household.
* Nearly half of all U.S. industries report difficulties finding qualified welders – from apprentices to engineers.
* The average age of a welder is the mid-50s, with many approaching 60.
* More than half of the welding industry’s highly trained workforce is nearing retirement, creating a potential shortage of more than 200,000 skilled welders by 2010.
Source: American Welding Society
Now I don’t know about you, but back in the day this is the kind of thing I would have made myself… but now that I’m a little older, and busy taking care of our customers, its nice to know that a company like Miller is doing it for me!
Appleton, Wis., December 18, 2009—Miller Electric Mfg. Co. introduces ArcStation™, the first workstation designed specifically for welding and metalworking. This purpose-built workbench is affordable, fully customizable and perfect for industrial pros and home hobbyists alike.
Welders choose an approximately 30- x 30-in. or 30- x 60-in. table, a 3/16- or 3/8-in. tabletop, and customize it with optional accessories, including an X-Pattern tabeltop, X-Clamps, tool chest, weld curtain, vise, and an assortment of shelving options.
Check out this video of Kirby Witt (of Team Witt Restorations and Customs) checkin’ out Miller’s new bench:
ArcStation models start at $352 and are customized from there. ArcStation allows welders to replace older, makeshift welding benches with a safe, sturdy and ergonomically designed workstation. The optional X-Pattern design simplifies clamping and cleanup. The frame is constructed of 1/8-in. steel, has a rear crossbar and leveling feet on each leg for maximum strength and stability.
For more info, visit the ArcStation product page on Miller’s website.
The optional X-Pattern design and custom clamps give welders added clamping flexibility on the work bench and makes it easier to clean-up the work area (dust tray comes standard with the X-Pattern design). The standard shelving is recessed to make room for TIG welders who use foot pedal controls. These shelves are great for storing welding equipment, raw materials and other tools. Additional storage options include a two-drawer tool chest, an interior shelf, and a convenience kit that contains a gun holder, tool holder and a clamp bar.
Welders can fully customize their own ArcStation at Miller’s website. This easy-to-use online tool builds ArcStation step-by-step and allows users to print, save or email the customized design for easy ordering– Call Arc-Zone.com and we’ll make sure you get the ArcStation you need and all the professional tools you need to Weld Like A Pro!
Miller Electric Mfg. Co., headquartered in Appleton, Wis., is a leading worldwide manufacturer of Miller brand arc welding equipment and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW).
I often wish when I’m stuck in rush hour traffic, that my car would suddenly sprout wings and fly over all the heads of those other unassuming drivers. But I’m not Brady McCormick, and my car can’t fly.
But his – well, with just a few adjustments, it’s more of a possibility than you might think.
In North Kitsap, Turning Old Cars Into New Planes
By GENE YOACHUM FOR THE KITSAP SUN
Brady McCormick has his eyes on the skies.
The machine shop owner sees an opportunity looming in building experimental aircraft power plants out of 40-year-old Corvair automobile engines.
McCormick, 42, said the recent announcement that Seattle-based Boeing Co. is opening a plant in South Carolina instead of Puget Sound “creates a vacuum’’ for aircraft manufacturing locally.
“Now’s my chance to fill that vacuum,” he said, tongue planted firmly in cheek. “I haven’t found the plans yet for a 747, but as soon as I do, they are in trouble.”
McCormick’s plans for building experimental airplanes powered by Corvair engines is no joke.
Pulled from wrecking yards and scrap heaps, engines from Chevrolet’s once-popular compact car are perfect for experimental aircraft enthusiasts to rebuild and convert into airplane engines, he said.
When you’re welding in a production environment, you want to make sure you minimize your production variables. And as great as some of the grinders we have are (we do have the most comprehensive line up of tungsten grinders in the industry) precision, pre-ground tungsten electrodes are definitely the way to go. With a pre-ground tungsten electrode you’ll maximize your TIG or Plasma Arc Welding operations. Pre-grounds offer consistent finish, and a precision repeatability you’ll not find with a benchtop grinder.
We stock pre-ground tungsten electrodes for Weldcraft® WP-125 (MT-125) and WP-50 Micro TIG torches, and for your Thermal Dynamics® Plasma Arc Welding Torches. Ready for immediate delivery — We can work with you to schedule deliveries based on your production demands.
Ordering Options
Note: Our pre-ground electrodes are produced on precision CNC grinding machines. To cover our set-up costs, we require a 50 Piece Minimum Order.
Can’t get to class? Let class come to you!
Hot topic: Students learn welding at mobile training facility in Dover
By Leslie Modica
Monday, November 16, 2009DOVER — One of Jim Amara’s top goals recently has been to introduce a welding program at Dover High School’s Career Technical Center.
He came close recently when the school worked out a deal with the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to train students in welding at the shipyard at nearly no cost to the school.
But that fell through recently when it became clear an exception could not be made to the rule that only civilians who are shipyard employees can be allowed at the facility.
So, after a referral from someone at the shipyard, Amara did what he said was the next feasible option, another with a minimal price tag.
He booked the New England School of Metalwork’s mobile welding unit to spend a week at the school to teach students welding basics.
The unit, about the size of a 16-foot truck, is self-sustaining, with a generator, heat for the winter and air conditioning for warmer days. Inside are eight stalls about the size of voting booths at which students used various welding tools to learn the trade.
The unit was so popular, he already booked it for two weeks next year, Amara said Friday, the last day it was on campus.
For some, learning welding might just be a hobby, or a way into a new career. For teens at the Tuscaloosa juvenile detention center, it’s all that and much more.
Welding class keeps peace at juvenile detention center
Students stay out of trouble to attend sessionsBy Stephanie Taylor Staff Writer
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 3:30 a.m.TUSCALOOSA | Some of the teenagers at the juvenile detention center don’t stop getting in trouble just because they’re behind bars.
Fights occasionally break out between the inmates, who are sometimes incarcerated for crimes as serious as shootings and burglary. They may cause trouble in a classroom or refuse to follow rules.
But fights are occurring less often lately since the facility began offering a welding class on Thursday and Friday afternoons.
“People won’t act up because they don’t want to miss welding,” said a 16-year-old who has been at the facility for three weeks. “Some of them want to have a career in this, and it might be the only chance they’ll have to learn.”
But the program isn’t just to motivate kids to stay out of trouble while at the facility, although that is a positive by-product. The administrators, teachers and businesses who have contributed to the program hope that the vocational skills will benefit the teenagers once they’re released.
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