Bring in the 2019 with a new episode of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  It's becoming a tradition for us to do a year end review and then a look ahead to the following year.  We really enjoy doing this and sharing it to the world to hear.  We would like to Challenge you to do something along the same lines!  Write down your goals for the year and seal it up to be read at the end of 2019!  Never know what might happen!  Have a great New Years Everyone!  

Thanks for listening to episode 121 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  Believe it or Not we're coming to the end of 2018!  This year has flown by and a lot of crazy things went on.  For this episode we take a look back at our year and also compare it to what we thought our year was going to be in our Looking Ahead at 2018 episode. We hope you had a great year and can look back at it to see forward progress in whatever your goals have been.  Have a great Holiday with your Family and Friends!  Enjoy!

Thank you for listening to episode 120 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  Have you ever heard of the saying All things that glitter are not Gold?  Well we thought it would be an fun topic to apply this to running a business.  Some jobs and customers are not what they seem to be and when is it a good time to wash your hands of them to concentrate on another job or customer that is Gold.  We hope you can come away from this episode with a few tips that might help you take a second look at your company and see what changes might need to happen.  Have a great week!  

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Thank you for listening to episode 119 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this episode we thought it would be fun to talk about setting up a Rig.  We asked Nick Bezates to join in to give his point of view on this and some of the do's and don'ts he's learned over the years.  If you're thinking of starting a Rig you'll really want to pay close attention to this one!  Lots of great information to set you on the right path!  Have a great week!  Enjoy!

Thank you for listening to episode 118 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this episode we had a great time chatting with Micheal Brandt from Garage Bound, LLC.  We had a chance to catch up with Micheal a little at Fabtech and asked him if he'd be interested in being on the show to share his story.  He was happy to join and really enjoyed hearing his story.  We hope that this one will light a fire in you to help get over any hurtles you might have in your life and start down the path of who you really want to be!  Enjoy 

Thank you for listening to episode 117 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  This weeks episode is a Recap of Fabtech 2018.  We had a blast meeting everyone and seeing all the great things the industry had to offer.  JD Brewer joined us for this one to share his experience, too.  Fabtech is really such a great shot in the arm for keeping things going and pushing past hard times.  We hope that if you're on the fence for 2019 you join us and GO!  Have a great week everyone!  Enjoy

Thank you for listening to episode 116 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this episode we thought it would be fun to talk about the Dreaded Spool Gun.  Roy has been working on a job for Jonathan for the past few weeks that has been nothing but Spool Gun Aluminium, so we thought the timing would be good to talk about our experiences we have with them.  What has worked and what has not.  They're not the most ideal way of welding aluminum but they really do get the job done and if you pay attention to the small details they're really not all bad.  Enjoy!

Thanks for listening to episode 115 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!   For this weeks topic we thought it would be fun to chat about a few of the different kinds of Super Alloys there are out there, that we know of, and how you can take the techniques welding them and apply them to more standard materials.  We hope that this episode will spark an interest in you to go do some research of your own on some different materials.  Never know when that extra information will be very handy!   

Thank you for listening to episode 114 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this episode we talk all about Hardfacing.  Because the three of us have very little experience with this process we reached out to Aaron Morgan from @Industrial_Ironworks to weigh in on this subject.  If you're thinking of getting into this type of work you'll really want to take some really good notes from this episode!  Aaron shared an amazing amount of information!  We hope you enjoy this episode.  

Thank you for listening to episode 113 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  With Fabtech just around the corner we thought it would be a good time to kick off a little count down to Fabtech.  Mainly to get our minds squared away on what we would like to accomplish this year at Fabtech and make the most of our time there.  We hope that if you're attending this episode will help kick start your thoughts about your time there too!  Enjoy!

Thanks for listening to episode 112 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this Topic episode we thought it would be fun to talk about a question we received in a DM.  It asked us what would be tell our younger selves about the welding world after many years of experience.  Jonathan wasn't able to join us so we reached out to ICWeld to give us his take on this topic.  We hope that if you're new to the trade that you can learn from our experience and start your path a little different, and if you've been in the game for a while take some time and think about what you'd tell yourself.  It's a fun experiment.  Enjoy!

Thank you for listening to episode 111 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast.  For this episode we thought it would be fun to have Mike Zanconato back on after Jody spent some time up at his shop filming.  If you haven't had a chance to watch these videos on YouTube you should stop now and go check them out.  For this episode we brake down those topics, Tig welding Aluminum, Silver Brazing, and Tig welding Titanium.  This episode is filled with great information!  We hope you enjoy it!  

Thanks for listening to episode 110 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this episode we talk all about Marketing yourself and your Company.  In today's digital world even if you do not run your own company you're still building your own personal Brand.  We're by not means experts on this topic but we are on the same level as you so we know a lot of this will relate to your own path.  For this episode we hope that there's a few good takeaways that you can start trying to build your brand into a future empire!  Enjoy!

Thanks for listening to episode 109 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this episode we started off talking about the different fields of welding and how they are to work in them, but the conversation kind of changed to keeping your eyes open for other opportunities.  Most of the time a good conversation just flows from one topic to the next and this one just did that on it's own.  We hope you have a great week and enjoy this conversation!  

Thanks for listening to episode 107 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this episode we had a chance to get to know Scott Thayer who works with Bug-O Systems.  Jonathan knows Scott very well and had fun talking about their past.  If you've never heard of Bug-O or never had a chance to run a mechanized welding system you're missing out on some interesting things.  These systems will never take over the welding industry but they do have their place.  When the job calls for it, it's handy to know what tools to look for!  We hope that this episode opens your eyes to other options that might be available to you or the companies you work for! Enjoy!

Thanks for listening to episode 104 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this episode we reached out to our Instagram Stories for some questions.  The response was really great!  We had questions all across the board.  We tried to answer as many as we could in the time we've got and also keep things rolling.  Hope you have fun listening to this one.  It's a little different not having a set topic but that's what makes it fun.  Enjoy everyone!  

Thanks for listening to episode 103 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this episode we reached out to April Wilkerson who you may know from her popular YouTube channel.  We wanted to talk with April because she is new to welding and wanted to hear her perspective.  A long with what got her into the maker community doing small odds and ends to building her own shop!  If you've been thinking about starting something this episode might take that spark and light that fire!  Enjoy!  

Thanks for listening to episode 102 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  For this Topic episode we wanted to continue the conversation Jody started with his video post last week of Welding Titanium.  All three of us have some experience welding Titanium but wanted a real expert so we asked Chris McQuay to join in on this conversion.  This episode is filled with golden nuggets and will leave you wanting to order some Titanium to start welding on!  Enjoy!  

Thanks for listening to episode 101 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  Our guest this week is Andrew Cardin.  Andrew competed in SkillsUSA and came in 5th place in World for welding.  We talked to Andrew about his time before, during, and after competing to see how it has shaped him for his his future career in welding.  

Thanks for listening to the 100th episode of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast!  Can you believe that this is the 100th all ready?  For this centennial episode we took a look back to some of the moments that left an impression on us or really dropped some great advise.  Thank You to all of you that listen to this podcast.  With out everyone of you we couldn't keep this going like we have.  Please keep sending us feedback and ideas for the next 100 episodes!  This podcast is for you!  Enjoy!

Thanks for listening to Episode 99 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! We reached out to Chris Burke, a friend of Roy's family, who is the owner of CBurke Customes that builds custom cursing bikes. These are not your run of the mill bikes though. Anyone that sees these turn their heads to watch them ride by and possibly stop them to take a closer look. Chris told us his story of how he got into building these bikes and where he's wanting to take his company. Hope this one can inspire any of you to take that first step and make whatever it is you have in your mind. Just takes that first push and you're off. Enjoy!

Thanks for listening to Episode 98 of the Welding Tips and Tricks Podcast! We received an email from a listener asking if we could do a topic on the issues you have running a small business out of your home garage. Things like noise problems and neighbors. We felt this could be something that a lot of people listening could relate to so we dove right in. As normal it took a few twists and turns but if you've been thinking of setting up your home shop you'll want to pay attention to this one for sure! Enjoy!