Thank you for listening to episode 133 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we chat with Chris Bliven aka Milkycereal83 on Instagram and YouTube. Chris is a salesman for Fronius USA but is also a weldor. We wanted to hear how Chris got into welding and what lead him to work with Fronius. We had a fun time chatting with Chris ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 132 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this week's topic we open the conversation of what is a PQR and WPS? What are they for and who are they for? As always this is a very deep subject and we only really scratch the surface, but we hope that our conversation sparks an interest in you to research this ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 131 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we wanted to talk about the not so great parts of running your own business. Not to be a downer but to let you know that it can be a real struggle at times. If you're thinking of stepping out on your own these are real things that you'll deal with an ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 130 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! We got an email asking how they can maximize the time they're in welding school and what to expect for an upcoming weld test when they go to get a job. There was a few more items to the email that we touched on. It was fun to look back to where we came from and how w ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 129 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! Andrew Cardin, @thebostonweldah, has been hanging out with Jody for the past week or so working on some weld procedures, so we thought it would be a good time to chat about what they have been up to. Ever welded pipe vertical with 7016 rod? If you're in the gas pipe ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 128 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we talk all about Plasma Tables and also, asked ZTFab Paul Brinegar to give us a few pointers into what to look for and some tips to improving your cut quality. Just like with everything else there a lot more to just buying a table and you're off to ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 127 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast. For this episode we took some time to talk about good versus bad machines. What we like to look for in a Tig welder. You don't always have to get a legacy brand machine to get all the fancy tools, or do you? This episode took a few good twists and turns. We hope you ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 126 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we had a suggestion sent to us from one of our Patrons asking our thoughts on Good Craftsmanship versus Bad Craftsmanship. This is a very broad topic and we didn't really know where this conversation would end up. Hopefully we answered a few question ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 125 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this topic episode we talked about some of the key steps you should do to pass an aluminum certification weld test. Mostly focused towards the D17.1 tests. Aluminum is notorious for being a pain to get to pass x-ray with porosity issues and a few other common ind ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 124 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this weeks guest we talked to Matt Hayden, who is a welding instructor at Cedartown High School and is heavily involved with the SkillsUSA competitions. If you have ever wondered what it was like to be involved in these events here's a front seat look from an instru ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 123 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we wanted to talk about Making the Jump into being a full time business owner. All three of us have different perspectives on this matter with all of us in different point of our own business. We hope that this episode touches on a few things that you m ...…

Bring in the 2019 with a new episode of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! It's becoming a tradition for us to do a year end review and then a look ahead to the following year. We really enjoy doing this and sharing it to the world to hear. We would like to Challenge you to do something along the same lines! Write down your goals for the year ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 121 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! Believe it or Not we're coming to the end of 2018! This year has flown by and a lot of crazy things went on. For this episode we take a look back at our year and also compare it to what we thought our year was going to be in our Looking Ahead at 2018 episode. We hope yo ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 120 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! Have you ever heard of the saying All things that glitter are not Gold? Well we thought it would be an fun topic to apply this to running a business. Some jobs and customers are not what they seem to be and when is it a good time to wash your hands of them to concent ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 119 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we thought it would be fun to talk about setting up a Rig. We asked Nick Bezates to join in to give his point of view on this and some of the do's and don'ts he's learned over the years. If you're thinking of starting a Rig you'll really want to pay ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 118 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we had a great time chatting with Micheal Brandt from Garage Bound, LLC. We had a chance to catch up with Micheal a little at Fabtech and asked him if he'd be interested in being on the show to share his story. He was happy to join and really enjoyed ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 117 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! This weeks episode is a Recap of Fabtech 2018. We had a blast meeting everyone and seeing all the great things the industry had to offer. JD Brewer joined us for this one to share his experience, too. Fabtech is really such a great shot in the arm for keeping things ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 116 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we thought it would be fun to talk about the Dreaded Spool Gun. Roy has been working on a job for Jonathan for the past few weeks that has been nothing but Spool Gun Aluminium, so we thought the timing would be good to talk about our experiences we h ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 115 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this weeks topic we thought it would be fun to chat about a few of the different kinds of Super Alloys there are out there, that we know of, and how you can take the techniques welding them and apply them to more standard materials. We hope that this episode will sp ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 114 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we talk all about Hardfacing. Because the three of us have very little experience with this process we reached out to Aaron Morgan from @Industrial_Ironworks to weigh in on this subject. If you're thinking of getting into this type of work you'll rea ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 113 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! With Fabtech just around the corner we thought it would be a good time to kick off a little count down to Fabtech. Mainly to get our minds squared away on what we would like to accomplish this year at Fabtech and make the most of our time there. We hope that if you'r ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 112 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this Topic episode we thought it would be fun to talk about a question we received in a DM. It asked us what would be tell our younger selves about the welding world after many years of experience. Jonathan wasn't able to join us so we reached out to ICWeld to give ...…

Thank you for listening to episode 111 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast. For this episode we thought it would be fun to have Mike Zanconato back on after Jody spent some time up at his shop filming. If you haven't had a chance to watch these videos on YouTube you should stop now and go check them out. For this episode we brake down those ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 110 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we talk all about Marketing yourself and your Company. In today's digital world even if you do not run your own company you're still building your own personal Brand. We're by not means experts on this topic but we are on the same level as you so we kno ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 109 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we started off talking about the different fields of welding and how they are to work in them, but the conversation kind of changed to keeping your eyes open for other opportunities. Most of the time a good conversation just flows from one topic to the ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 108 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we thought it was time we discussed Stick Welding. This is the process most weldors start with and will use off and on during their career, depending on the field they're in. JD Brewer joined in on this conversation and added some of his experience with ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 107 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we had a chance to get to know Scott Thayer who works with Bug-O Systems. Jonathan knows Scott very well and had fun talking about their past. If you've never heard of Bug-O or never had a chance to run a mechanized welding system you're missing out on ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 106 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we're doing a re-post of episode 28 Underwater Welding with Nate Martin. This past week we had a really hard time lining up our schedules and when we did get together the connection was really bad. Didn't want to miss posting something so we thought pos ...…

We get asked often Where, What, How, Why to start something on the side. Most of the time this also includes a limited budget, which we all understand! Bootstrapping is how the majority of business start out. We thought it would be fun to chat about where we like to look for deals and what we like to look for. This is something that we've talke ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 104 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we reached out to our Instagram Stories for some questions. The response was really great! We had questions all across the board. We tried to answer as many as we could in the time we've got and also keep things rolling. Hope you have fun listening to t ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 103 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we reached out to April Wilkerson who you may know from her popular YouTube channel. We wanted to talk with April because she is new to welding and wanted to hear her perspective. A long with what got her into the maker community doing small odds and en ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 102 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this Topic episode we wanted to continue the conversation Jody started with his video post last week of Welding Titanium. All three of us have some experience welding Titanium but wanted a real expert so we asked Chris McQuay to join in on this conversion. This epis ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 101 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! Our guest this week is Andrew Cardin. Andrew competed in SkillsUSA and came in 5th place in World for welding. We talked to Andrew about his time before, during, and after competing to see how it has shaped him for his his future career in welding. If you're liking what ...…

Thanks for listening to the 100th episode of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! Can you believe that this is the 100th all ready? For this centennial episode we took a look back to some of the moments that left an impression on us or really dropped some great advise. Thank You to all of you that listen to this podcast. With out everyone of yo ...…

Thanks for listening to Episode 99 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! We reached out to Chris Burke, a friend of Roy's family, who is the owner of CBurke Customes that builds custom cursing bikes. These are not your run of the mill bikes though. Anyone that sees these turn their heads to watch them ride by and possibly stop them to take a ...…

Thanks for listening to Episode 98 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! We received an email from a listener asking if we could do a topic on the issues you have running a small business out of your home garage. Things like noise problems and neighbors. We felt this could be something that a lot of people listening could relate to so we dove ...…

Thanks for listening to Episode 97 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we had a great time chatting with Nick Bezates from Bezates Construction and @Bezatesn on Instagram. If you're not following Nick on Instagram you're really missing out! In this episode Nick really drops some great information about planning for jobs and ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 96 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast. For this episode we thought it would be fun to continue the conversion we started during a bonus After Show episode for our Patreon members. We were talking about Material Prep and how important these simple steps can be. Their very easily stepped over and as soon as you ...…

Thanks of listening to episode 95 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we thought it would be fun to tie into Jody's 2 part 6G videos presently posted. If you're wanting to take a 6G test or think you might have one coming up at some point you'll want to pay close attention to this one! Jody and Jonathan really drop a lot of ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 94 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we had a great time chatting with Jason Marburber owner of Fireball Tool. We've been wanting to chat with Jason for awhile now about his great tools so we figured now was the time. Jonathan was out of town during this recording so we thought it would be ...…

Thanks for listenting to episode 93 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we had a great chat with Chris Reader owner and operator of Veteran Welding Company in Alberta Canada! Chris reached out to us to help spread the word about the mission of helping other Veterans get back into civilian life using some of the training rec ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 92 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we thought it would be fun to talk about all the different types of welding machines we've used or would like to use. These range from the super cheap machines up to the high end machines we all dream of. If you're wanting to buy a machine for your home ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 91 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we try to answer we get often. What type of work should you do now that you've started a business or wanting to start a business. We hope that this episode will answer a few questions that you might be having and help you take that step to being self emp ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 90 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we thought it would be fun to talk about Clamps! We all know that you can never have too many and always on the search for new ones! In this episode we chat about the different types of clamps we like to use and the different kinds we would like to have. ...…

Thanks for listening to Episode 89 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! Jody wasn't able to join us for this recording so we asked Bentley Garner to join us again for this weeks topic. He was happy to and boy did he add some insight. This weeks topic is about overworking and getting burnt out. We've all been there and it's really just apart ...…

Thanks for listening to Episode 88 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! We've had a bunch of requests for a topic episode about welding tables so we figured it would be a good time to chat about just that. This topic is like many others, very deep, so we may touch on things we've mentioned in the past but it's all good. As we grow as welders ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 87 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! This week we have a special guest from Lincoln Electric's training facility Karl Hoes. Karl has been been with Lincoln for a long time and has taught countless young and old welders this great trade. We dive into what got Karl into this trade and how he ended up as an in ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 86 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! We have been asked many times to do a topic episode about Welding Certifications, so here it is. We may have touched on this in past episode but the subject is very large. In this episode we just scrape the surface of the different kinds and types of certifications. We h ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 85 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we had a great conversation with Mike Brown aka AZMiketheWelder on Instagram. If you have been listening to this podcast for awhile you've heard Mike's name a few times. Roy worked with Mike for a few years and was one of his mentors. We dive into Mike's ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 84 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this weeks episode we thought it would be a good time to talk about Starting a New Job! Everyone at some point will leave one job and start at a new one. We talk about a few different things that we like to do when we start a new job and also go into some signs that ...…