About this podcast
WELD is the show that opens real doors in the welding world. From first arc to six-figure specialty work, host Beau Wigington talks with industry professionals as they share wins, mistakes, and the various pathways available in the welding industry. Whether you are in school or on the tools, guests will share practical steps, safety-first habits, and career plays to help you master the trade. MIG, TIG, stick, flux-core, pipe, fabrication, repair, inspection, and business growth all live here. New episodes each week.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 265 episodes
- Making The Most Of Your First Fabtech · 13 min · Episode 264Heading to FABTECH for the first time? Think of it as Comic-Con for welders. From meeting the people you follow online to trying equipment you might never get your hands on back…
- From Self Taught Welder to TIG Artist · 17 min · Episode 263TIG Devil Diesel (Diesel D'Souza) known online as TIG Devil, is a self-taught welder and TIG welding artist whose work turns stainless steel into detailed, colorful artwork and…
- Why One Conversation Can Change a Welding Career · 25 min · Episode 262Daniela Torelli didn’t take the traditional path into welding. After realizing a career as a veterinary technician would not give her the financial independence she wanted, she…
- The Welding Problems Most Shops Overlook · 23 min · Episode 261Michael Klee’s path into welding started with a skateboard rail. After growing up around his father’s machine shop, Michael learned to stick weld so he could build his own…
- Why Welding Engineers Need to Listen to Welders · 21 min · Episode 260Milena Stevanov is one of the owners of GS Engineering, a structural consulting firm supporting fabrication, welding quality programs, structural design, and more. In this…
- New to Welding? How to Get Hired, Upskill, and Find Your Niche · 21 min · Episode 259Montana Woolley’s welding career has taken her from a first-day beginner in the booth to shop work, inspection, supervision, and now education with CWB Education. In this…
- Let Your Work Speak For Itself with Al Theriault · 36 min · Episode 258Al Theriault built 575 Custom Fabrications the hard way: first as a welder, then as an inspector, then in sales, and finally by turning a garage shop into a full-time fabrication…
- Bringing Metal Animals To Life with Sarah Stork · 17 min · Episode 257Sarah Stork has built a name for herself by creating strikingly realistic metal animal sculptures that blend welding skill, texture work, and artistic vision. If you’ve ever…
- Don't Wait For Welding Opportunities, Make Them! · 28 min · Episode 256Trent Konrad didn’t start in an office, he started in the welding industry, grinding mill scale, learning the trade, and working his way up from the shop floor. In this episode…
- Why This Steamfitter Left Welding for Manufacturing Stories · 13 min · Episode 255Brook Laing started in the trades as a steam-fitter welder and eventually found her way into industry media, where she now helps tell the stories behind manufacturing and…
- How to Build Real Skill in Stick Welding · 22 min · Episode 254In this episode of the WELD Podcast, we sit down with Guy Seguin, program coordinator and welding professor at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario, to talk about what it really…
- The #1 Thing Holding Welders Back Isn’t Skill… It’s This · 23 min · Episode 251Kayla Vander Molen is a pressure welder, welding examiner, and senior instructor with the Boilermakers in Canada, and in this episode she breaks down what it really takes to…
- Welding Innovation Has A New Home · 14 min · Episode 252The welding industry is changing fast, and if you want to keep up, it is not about learning one process anymore. In this episode of WELD, Beau Wigington takes a look inside the…
- More Than Just Handrails | Ian Mehlenbacher · 25 min · Episode 251Ian Mehlenbacher is a Red Seal Welder for the Niagara Parks Commission, and his job is anything but ordinary. If you're a welder who wants to see what it looks like to work on…
- Aerospace Welding Is Really About This... · 34 min · Episode 250Mohamed Amer has spent 15 years climbing every rung of the aerospace welding world, from the shop floor to engineering, inspection, sales, and management, and now he helps…
- How Welders Can Build a Career Without a College Degree · 16 min · Episode 249Justin LaFond built a welding career the hard way — through shop work, sales, field experience, and learning how to solve problems most people overlook. If you’re a welder trying…
- The Fabrication Lessons You Only Learn Once You’re on the Clock · 24 min · Episode 248EJ Naegeli moved across the country for a welding job, and two years later she’s building custom hot rods, race cars, and a whole new level of confidence. If you’re a welder…
- If You Can Dream It, You Can Drive It | Mini Mayhem Event Spotlight · 24 min · Episode 248Mini Mayhem brings out the kind of builds that show what welding is really good for: making weird ideas work, fixing what breaks, and learning by doing.If you’re a welder…
- Turning Old Car Parts Into Cold Hard Art With Tom Patsis · 12 min · Episode 247Tom Patsis turns old license plates, flywheels, camshafts, rims, and swap meet finds into custom trophies with real racing history built into every piece. If you’re a welder…
- Gotta Start Somewhere: First Welding Job Stories · 28 min · Episode 246Your first welding job might not be the cleanest, highest-paying, or most glamorous job, but it can teach you more than school ever could. If you’re fresh out of welding school…
