I’m not a huge fan of either Carrie Underwood (though she has a great voice) or country music (although I totally respect some of the storytelling lyrics) but I noticed this the other day, and had to say whooo hooo!
Check it out, right at minute 2:22 on the All American Girl video. It shows up again at 2:49, flames and everything!
Probably too late to register for the Spitfire Forge June 8-14, 2008 Women’s Welding Workshop (in Taos, NM one of the most beautiful places on our planet) but there is still time to sign up for the October 26- November 1, 2008 workshop.
The class is taught by metal artist Christina Sprongg, originally from Stockholm, Sweden. She now works as a blacksmith and fabricator in New Mexico. She has been teaching since 1996, advocating metal as a “tangible medium for all to tackle.”
The class is a “non-competitive and comfortable environment where students can familiarize themselves with welding and forging tools at their own pace.”
Taos is a wonderful place, and this week long workshop includes instruction, all materials, field trips, lodging… and more! Register Today…
Another great tip from Weldcraft®
Maintaining good electrical contact between your tungsten and collet helps improve current transfer and weld quality. Keep your TIG torch components tightened and check regularly for worn parts.
Why do boys get to have all the fun?
This just in from Lincoln Electric’s iWeld newsletter (if you’re not signed up yet, go do it now! they send lots of great articles and my favorite, the How I Did It section showcasing different projects submitted by real life welders.)
Project Go Cart was submitted by Martin Ziskind and his son and built in 9 days…. would have been a great mother/daughter project too!
For some great how-to pics to stimulate your imagination, visit the Lincoln Electric site.
This one caught my eye…. the Vision Award seems similar to the Image of Welding Award, and Tomboy Tools — what can I say. It’s the new tupperware! Check it out.
NAWIC’s Crystal Vision Awards celebrate the achievements of individuals with vision who help promote, expand and encourage the role of womenin the construction industry.
Janet Rickstrew (left), co-founder and CEO of Tomboy Tools, and Nancy A. Eaton (right), CCA, CDS, CIT, CFO of Par 3 Landscape and Maintenance Inc., help pave the way for women in the construction industry.
Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) May 16, 2008 — The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is pleased to announce the winners of its 14th annual Crystal Vision Awards. The mission of the Crystal Vision Awards is to recognize individuals who promote, expand and encourage the role of women in the construction industry. Janet Rickstrew is the recipient of the Crystal Vision Award, which is awarded to a nonmember of NAWIC, and Nancy A. Eaton, CCA, CDS, CIT, is the recipient of the Crystal Achievement Award, which is awarded to a NAWIC member.
Janet Rickstrew is the co-founder and CEO of Tomboy Tools. Rickstrew, with the help of a friend, founded the company in 2000 in an effort to provide hands-on training and high-quality tools for women around the world. The mission of Tomboy Tools is to build confidence and empower women through education, quality tools and an independent business opportunity. In order to fulfill her mission to teach women the needed skills to make simple home repairs, she designed Tomboy Tools as a “party-plan” company. This structure encourages women to join the company as consultants who then reach out to their communities and teach other women the hands-on approach. Rickstrew has initiated educational processes of teaching women and promoting the idea that women can and should consider a career in the construction industry. (more…)
A common thread among many women welders is that they were first introduced to welding by a man in their lives. Laura Knight is no exception. “I started welding copper water lines with a plumber and then married an air conditioning technician who welds steel…. and I learned wire feed welding from him,” she says.
Rather than welding as a trade, Laura moved into a more creative endeavor with her new found skill, working with metal to create “paintings” and sculptures. With a painter for a father and a mother who works in jewelry, it was a natural move. “Artistic welding is my career now,” she says, and with over 300 paintings sold has chosen her career well.
She first tried to learn welding when she was in her twenties but found the process frustrating and the helmets uncomfortable. She couldn’t do the designs that she wanted and soon gave up. “I had to wait until the technology caught up with me,” she says, referring to the auto-darkening helmets.
Ideas come to Laura as full-scale, full-color, three-dimensional pictures in her head. She then draws her idea, “Then it’s out to my outdoors-under-the-awning-workshop to put it all together.”
Over at JoeWelder.com we’re running a contest of sorts. A way to get a Free T-shirt:
We’re starting a new regular feature: Ask Joe.
Each week we’ll feature real questions from real customers, and answers from our own Joe Welder.
Joe, aka Jim Watson, doesn’t like to toot his own horn, but he has a tremendous amount of expertise in TIG, MIG and Plasma Arc Welding and Cutting products– you can read the details over at Arc-Zone.com or read some of the About Joe Welder posts.
And, if you have a welding question you’d like answered, go ahead and Click on the Contact Joe link.
If your question is featured on an Ask Joe post, we’ll send you a t-shirt!
Just in time to celebrate the fact that Arc-Zone.com has added a few Stick / SMAW Welding Electrode Holders to the webstore…..
Hobart Brothers Offers the Cure to Common Stick Welding Troubles (for free!)
TROY, Ohio. May 6, 2008—Hobart Brothers has created the fourth in an ongoing series of free educational welding posters, addressing the 10 most common welding problems and their likely causes and solutions. Using diagrams and concisely written explanations, the poster is a handy reference tool for both professional and educational welding environments.
The problems discussed apply to SMAW welding.
I cover TIG welding more than MIG welding on this site because I know a lot more about TIG. I’m learning about MIG, however, especially automated MIG and I came across this great article in Welding Magazine
Robotic GMAW Torch Maintenance
Robots are helping companies become more competitive by reducing costs and cycle times, but they are increasing one vital shop function: maintenance.
Effective maintenance is critical to consistent performance of robotic systems, Tom Jaeger, engineering manager for research and development and new product development for Tregaskiss (www.tregaskiss.com), said. Tregaskiss manufactures MIG welding equipment and consumables, including robotic MIG welding guns.
“Seconds count in this industry, and a slow-down, stoppage, or weld re-work on a line or in a cell can result in costly downtime and lost production. The welding industry is very competitive and all manufacturers work diligently to maintain productivity and get a good return on their investment in their automation,” Jaeger said…..CONTINUE READING ONLINE–>
Of course this got me to thinkin’ How many of you read the trade magazines? Did you know that many of them have online editions? and/or newsletters? They are a great resource for basic and very technical information. Here’s a list of my favorites:
Do you have favorite sites or magazines that you frequent?
You are currently browsing the Tig Welder Pro weblog archives for May, 2008.
Copyright 2008 Arc-Zone.com®,Inc. All Rights Reserved.