
The Fabricator Podcast
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The Fabricator Podcast brings you conversations with people in manufacturing who make things out of metal. We speak with metal fabricators, welders, job shop owners, small business entrepreneurs, artists, marketers, educators, and more.
Host Dan Davis also goes beyond discussing just manufacturing and the skilled trades, and chats about pop culture, current events, food, music, movies,..
The Fabricator Podcast
1d ago
Mike Finnegan joins The Fabricator Podcast live from the PRI Show in Indianapolis. The long-time host of Motor Trend's Roadkill series on YouTube, discusses his background in journalism and media, how he taught himself welding and fabrication skills, and his current focus on his Finnegan's Garage YouTube channel. The conversation also includes insights from guest co-host Tom Patsis of Cold Hard Art on his experience working with specialized materials like titanium and the time he build a trophy that Finnegan won in a drag race against Jon Chase of Hoonigan.
The episode covers topics ranging fr ..read more
The Fabricator Podcast
2w ago
On this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Aaron Montello of Jet Edge Waterjet Systems joins us with Paxton Shantz of Beckhoff to talk about water jet cutting machines in the sheet metal fabrication industry and how automation is helping drive the technology.
This episode was recorded at FABTECH 2024 in Orlando, Fla. Learn more about our sponsor Beckhoff.
Email us at podcast@fmamfg.org with any comments, questions, or suggestions ..read more
The Fabricator Podcast
3w ago
This episode of The Fabricator Podcast features a conversation with Dustin De Haan of Trick-Tools, a company that distributes tube benders and other metal fabrication tools. The discussion covers Trick-Tools' experience serving a wide range of customers from hobbyists to large manufacturers, and the role of tube bending and fabrication in the racing and automotive industries. The podcast also touches on Trick-Tools' history, the growing demand for in-house fabrication capabilities, and how the company works with small shops, race teams, and large corporations.
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The Fabricator Podcast
1M ago
Chris Zeppieri of Make Everything joins us on this episode of The Fabricator Podcast to talk about his fabrication shop in New York, his popular YouTube channel, and educating people interested in working with their hands.
He goes into detail about his early days working in construction and how that led to growing his business with creating how-to videos, social media, digital marketing, and becoming a respected brand ambassador. He also talks about his growing vise collection and his appearance on the short-lived show Assembly Required with Tim Allen with Richard Karn.
At the top, Josh Welton ..read more
The Fabricator Podcast
1M ago
Demi Knight Clark join us on The Fabricator Podcast to talk about her efforts to open career pathways in the welding and manufacturing industries to people of all backgrounds and genders.
She talks about how her grandmother's work as a Rosie the Riveter during World War II fueled Clark's own interest in the trades, pivoting from a career in construction, focusing on workforce development initiatives that engage underrepresented populations, and partnering with welder Nate Bowman on initiatives with Lincoln Electric, Goodwill Industries, Marketing Metal, and more.
Clark emphasizes the need for ..read more
The Fabricator Podcast
2M ago
On this episode of the Fabricator Podcast, Blake Hamar, the founder of Cali Raised LED and Apex Fabworks, joins us to talk about starting a manufacturing business in high school, growing it into a successful aftermarket and job shop operation, and implementing an unconventional management structure.
Hamar started his business in high school while attending boarding school in California, selling LED light bars for trucks. He then expanded into manufacturing brackets and other truck accessories, eventually moving the operation to Texas. Hamar's company, which has an average employee age of 23, h ..read more
The Fabricator Podcast
2M ago
Seth Feldman of Iowa-based Wertzbaugher Services joins The Fabricator Podcast to offer his take as a Gen Zer working in metal fabrication, why he turned to the skilled trades instead of the traditional college path, and thoughts on representing what's been dubbed the "toolbelt generation." Feldman explains how after high school, he pursued a traditional college route by attending University of Iowa, where his parents and siblings attended, but quickly realized that wasn't for him. He talks about how Lisa Wertzbaugher recruited him to work for her fabrication business, which put him on a 10-yea ..read more
The Fabricator Podcast
2M ago
Emma Sauve of Mobsteel and Detroit Steel Wheel brings the energy as she joins host Dan Davis and Josh Welton on this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, in partnership with Miller Electric at SEMA 2023 in Las Vegas. Emma talks about the history of Mobsteel and how its focus on customizing Lincoln Continentals from the 1960s led to the creation of Detroit Steel Wheel in 2012, which specializes in fabricating and designing custom wheels for big-body styled cars.
Emma also talks about her job as the digital creative force behind both efforts and her love of telling the stories of customers in the ..read more
The Fabricator Podcast
2M ago
Tom Patsis of Cold Hard Art joins the podcast to talk about the never-ending business of designing, fabricating, and building trophies for motorsports events.
Tom sits down with hosts Josh Welton and Dan Davis at FABTECH 2023 in Chicago, and opens up about how he left his job at Don Schumacher Racing as a fabricator to start his own business, as well as the pros and cons of starting a small business.
He also talks about winning the first season of Metal Shop Masters on Netflix and partnering with companies like Miller Electric, Starrett, FastCut CNC, PFERD North America, Trick-Tools, and other ..read more
The Fabricator Podcast
3M ago
Metal artist Sarah Stork joins The Fabricator Podcast to talk about creating intricate, lifelike sculptures using welding techniques.
The Texas-based artist discusses how she stumbled into sculpting through a welding class and has since honed her skills to produce detailed dozens of works like a blue heron with thousands of individually welded feathers, large intimidating cassowary, endless amounts of stingrays. Stork also chats about how she relies on hand tools, hammers, and welding processes like MIG and TIG to capture the organic forms of her animal subjects.
Stork expresses her passion fo ..read more