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 ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 83 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we were joined with Sam Fisher to talk about Engine Drive Machine Maintenance. Sam reached out to us to see if he could add some insight into at topic of maintenance of these machines that always seem to go neglected. We were happy to have him on and hea ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 82 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this weeks episode we go Round 2 with JD Brewer. We wanted to catch up with JD to hear about all the changes he's had going on since we had him on last for episode 21. The week before recording was the first WorkbenchCon that JD attended along with hosting a get toge ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 81 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this weeks episode we had a great time chatting with Matt Brisson also known as @hatty_mattie on Instagram. It's always great to hear the stories behind the people we follow and Matt's is right up there with the rest! If you're not following Matt you're missing out! ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 80 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this weeks episode we had a great time chatting with Jonathan Douville again from Walter Surface Technologies about Grinding Abrasives. Jody wasn't able to join us for this episode so we asked Jason Hurst of Worksbyahurst on Instagram to join in in his place. We all ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 79 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! This episode we had a great time chatting with Jesse Srpan from Raw Iron Choppers! It was a lot of fun chatting with Jesse about how he got into welding and what lead him into building award winning Choppers. We also heard about how Jesse is a welding instructor passing ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 78 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we're doing something a little different because we had some major problems while we were trying to record. Then getting all of us together again during the week ended up being even harder so we thought it would be a good time to give our listeners a pre ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 77 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! Our guest for this episode is Wes Mishler aka @Wicked_Welding on Instagram! Wes has been a friend of ours long before the podcast started but we had never heard his story of what got him into welding and what was the push he had to go out on his own. Always great to hear ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 76 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we had a great time chatting with Jonathan Douville from Walter Surface Technologies. We focused on the world of Passivation. This is a very deep subject that is really a mystery to most people. We learned a lot from Jonathan that will really help us all ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 75 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode our guest is Dave Rubin also known as @FarmFabrication on Instagram. We had fun chatting with Dave hearing about how he got into welding and his road to running his own business. Also talked about his other passion in life Hot Rods. We hope you enjoy thi ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 74 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we had a great time chatting with Brad from Hour Glass Ingenuity on Instagram. If you have never looked at Hour Glass Ingenuity on Instagram you should take the time to check out his page and give him a follow. Brad has some come up with some really grea ...…

Thanks for listening to episode 73 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! For this episode we took some time to talk about what we like to do to stay motivated. Sometimes you run across a job that you just really don't like working on or going to, but still have to do it. This is something that effects everyone at some point so we wanted to sh ...…

Happy New Year Everyone! Thanks for listening to episode 72 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast. With starting a new year we wanted to see what we've go planned for this coming year. It's always a great time to chat about your thoughts and ideas in the hopes that it will help bring them to life in the coming months. We'd like to hear what yo ...…

Merry Christmas! Thanks for listening to episode 71 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! Can you believe 2017 is already coming to an end? This past year has been really great. Filled with lots of surprises and major changes. For this episode we reviewed 2017 and compared it to what we had said we wanted to do this past year. We hope you enj ...…