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Metal is Better Than Selling Pantyhose to Truckers
Meet Naomi Buechman Naomi is a new Facebook Friend (you can never have too many Facebook Friends!), and when we put out a call for women welders, she was one of the first to answer. Here’s what she has to say about welding, working as a woman welder, and life: My name is Naomi Buechman. I am [...]
Mascots R Us
Welding and school spirit come together for the students of Colorado’s Hayden School District.  Each of the schools are welding a mascot — and get this — they’re welding it for one of the other schools! Hayden welding students design steel pieces depicting school mascots By Jack Weinstein Sunday, January 31, 2010 Hayden — Kevin Kleckler, director of the Babson-Carpenter [...]
Carissa Love Wins AWS Professional Welder Contest
Yes, we’re a little in posting this…. but a belated CONGRATS to Carissa!
What to Wear in the Shipyards
I thought you all might find this interesting — what were the original Rosies recommended to wear to work?  Well, now you know!
Metal Church
What are you doing this Sunday? Planning on going to church? How about Metal Church, with your favorite preacher, Jesse James?!?
Student Bike Build
It must be a dream come true for students at the Western Dakota Technical Institute.  I mean, since when do you get to custom build a motorcycle during class, and get credit for it?!? WDTI students gear up for bike build Barbara Soderlin Journal staff Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:15 am Western Dakota Technical Institute welding students will [...]
Graveyard Shift Welding Classes
Clackamas Community College offers welding classes seven days a week.  Their most popular time slot?  The “graveyard shift”. Welding school offers night shift to fit busy schedules Story Published: Feb 3, 2010 at 4:30 AM PST By Chris Parker for KVAL.com OREGON CITY, Ore. — The sun isn’t necessary for students welding at midnight: the blinding electric arcs provide [...]
After High School
College isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.  In fact, if you’re looking for a career in welding, a technical school might just be the place to go. Technical schools give students a leg up on a career By FARAH TAMIZUDDIN/VOICE CORRESPONDENT THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER Posted Jan 25, 2010 @ 11:00 PM Seventeen-year-old Konner Fenwick doesn’t want to go to [...]
After All, It Isn’t Rocket Science!
Through the wonderful social medium that is Facebook, we have been fortunate enough to meet a variety of dedicated and uniquely talented women welders who are working their way through life with a torch in hand. Here’s what Karine Maynard says about welding, and life: My name is Karine Maynard, and I live in central Kentucky. [...]
A Place to Rest
In one of the most original, sad, and, therefore, daunting tasks I’ve ever heard of, Natascha Whitehurst is using her talent for welding to fabricate her own parents’ tombstones. Instead of the usual headstones, Natascha is crafting two oak stumps (made from a water heater tank), connected by a root (made from an exhaust pipe), bearing [...]

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