Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast

Thank you for listening to episode 241 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's episode we have a fun chat with our guest @LostSkills, aka Sam Hagan.  This episode goes all over the place with Sam's past, trucks, skill sets, and much more.  We hope you enjoy this chat and have a great week!  Thank you for all the support and be sure to share the show with others!  It really does help!  

Thank you for listening to episode 240 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week we answer another question and this one is all about Stick Electrodes.  We talk about amperage, uses, storage, and more.  We hope you get some great tips out of this one!  We apologize for the rough audio.  Tried several different things to get a better connection but the internet was not on our side the night of recording.  Have a great week!  

Thank you for listening to episode 240 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week we answer another question and this one is all about Stick Electrodes.  We talk about amperage, uses, storage, and more.  We hope you get some great tips out of this one!  We apologize for the rough audio.  Tried several different things to get a better connection but the internet was not on our side the night of recording.  Have a great week!  

Thank you for listening to episode 239 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's episode we answered another question we received from our DM's on Instagram.  What are some things that happen to us in our careers that made us a better welder or better person?  We thought this was an interesting question and just let it roll.  We hope this episode helps you think back over your career and remember the things that change you along the way.  Thank you for the support!  Enjoy

Thank you for listening to episode 238 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's episode we talked about Jody's most recent video about welding over Mill Scale.  This can be a very touchy subject depending on who you talk to and can be a rather deep topic, so we just started the conversation and let it go where it wanted.  Hope you're able to pick up a few good tips in this one that can help you along the way!   

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Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  This week we were not able to record a new episode but still wanted to post something fun for you to kick off the week.  We thought it would be good to dig out of the archive episode 43 where we talked to Barbie the Welder!  This was almost 200 episodes ago so the audio is... okay but the story is great!  We hope you're able to pull out a few good nuggets even if this is the second time you've heard it!  Thank you for all the support and understanding!  

Thank you for listening to episode 237 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's chat we answer/talk about a question we received over email.  The question was should they go to school before opening their own welding company.  This question has many different avenues that it could go down and we took a few.  If you're thinking of starting a company in the future we hope this ep might help you answer this question.  Have a great week everyone!  

Thank you for listening to episode 236 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's chat we had a question come in from a listener asking what was the hardest weld test we've ever taken or administered.  We thought this was an interesting question and ran with it.  Hopefully this will make you think back to your hardest tests or might give you a little insight to what you might run into when you get a new job.  Have a great week everyone!  

Thank you for listening to episode 235 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's chat we talk all about shop lighting.  We've all worked in dark dungeon shops and know it is not a good time.  To dive deeper into this subject we asked @Fireballtool, Jason Marburger, to join in to talk about how he is lighting his new shop!  Loads of great information was dropped in this episode!  Be sure to take some note!  Have a great week!

Thank you for listening to the episode 234 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  This week's topic we found in the Welding Tips and Tricks Forum and thought it was interesting.  1/2-13 or Through Hole Fixture Plates?  Which is the best option?  We talk a lot about Roy's Crummy plates but there are other options out there and sometimes even just a plate with no holes might be the way to go.  If you're on the fence on getting a fixture plate of some kind in your shop, we hope this episode helps give you that extra push either way.  

Thank you for listening to episode 233 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's chat with everything going on in the recent past few weeks we thought it would be a good idea to talk about being prepared.  This conversion went from being prepared in life to being prepared in business.  We hope this episode might help you think about some of the time you should do to prepare yourself or your business for those crazy times that seem to be coming up more often these days.  

Thank you for listening to episode 232 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's topic we talk about welding Pot Metal.  What is pot metal?  How to identify it?  Can you weld it?  These are a few items we talked about during this conversation.  We hope that this chat will help you next time someone brings you something to repair and you suspect it might just be pot metal.  Have a great week everyone and Thank you for the support!  

Thank you for listening to episode 231 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  Last week's ep we talked about defects in welds and at the end we brought up Cracks.  We thought this would be a good topic to have it's own episode.  To add into the chat we asked Tim Luskin to join in.  Tim, also known as @TimWelds, has an interesting background when it comes to cracks.  We hope that this chat helps you dive a little deep into why your weldments might be having some issues and also might help with identifying issues before you even start your parts!  Enjoy! 

Thank you for listening to episode 230 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's episode we're talking about common defects and discontinuities seen in welds.  This chat was sparked from a post Roy put up on Instagram of a Lack of Fusion in one of his test pieces.  There are many reasons why you might get one of these defects we talk about in this episode and this is a very deep topic.  We hope this episode sparks something within you to do some testing and see if you're getting any common defects in your welds that you might not know of.  Thank you for all the support and have a great week!  Enjoy! 

Thank you for listening to episode 229 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's episode we talk about @overkillracingandchassis aka Joel Bushmann's 4130 cluster joint kits.  We think this is a great learning tool and wanted to touch on some of the common topics discussed while welding 4130.  If you have never had a chance to weld this material, here is your chance!  We hope this episode helps answer a few questions and pushes you to try something a little different!  Have a great week!  

Thank you for listening to episode 228 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's episode we talk about Short Circuit Mig vs Spray Mig.  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.  This is a very broad topic but as always we're trying to open the conversation and see where it might lead.  Hopefully this will make you ask yourself or your employer a few questions about why and or how you could improve your processes.  Thank you for all the support and have a great week!  Enjoy! 

Thank you for listening to episode 227 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's episode we talk about something we are asked often and have been wanting to do for a long time, Fusion vs Depth of Fusion.  This is a deep subject that can get a little heated at times, similar to Push vs Pull.  We hope that this conversation helps you think more about what is really going on under the puddle and maybe makes you want to do some testing to really see.  A simple cut and etch test can really open your eyes to what is going on.  Thank you for all the support and have a great week!!  

Thank you for listening to episode 226 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this week's episode we had a listener call our voicemail box and asked if we could talk about Consumables you might need to have on hand when starting a new side gig or setting up a small shop at home.  We thought this was an interesting question and ran with it.  We hope that this episode helps you if you're working on your home shop or starting a small side hustle!  Thank you for all the support!!  Have a great week! 

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Thank you for listening to Episode 225 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  Happy New Year!  Today is the first day of 2021 and sticking with tradition we're talking about what we would like to see happen in the upcoming year.  We hope this episode helps you take a few minutes to stop and think about what you'd like to see happen in your year!  Thank you for all the support and we're looking forward to what this year holds for us and the podcast!  Have a great week!