Welding Inverters: Turning Newbie Welders to Pros

In late 1979, a twenty-four-year-old entrepreneur paid a visit to a research center in Silicon Valley called Xerox Parc. He was the co-founder of a small computer startup down the road, in Cupertino. His name was Steve Jobs. Apple was already one of the hottest tech firms in the country. Everyone in the Valley wanted […]

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Welding Information Systems

Baseball fans love watching their favorite player hitting a home run. Of course, they prefer seeing a grand slam: the maximum number of runs (4) with 1 swing of the bat. If you’re doing those things on a consistent basis, there are certain people who’ll be lining up to pay you large sums of money. […]

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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Used Equipment

How To Get The Most Out Of Your Used Equipment: A chap sees an advert in a pet shop window for a talking centipede, priced at $1000. Thinking he’s found a bargain, he buys it and takes it home in a box. After about 30 minutes, he opens the box and politely asks if the […]

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Keys To Improving TIG Welding

When you start learning how to TIG weld, there are two things that are going to happen to you. One, you’re going to learn a big word: ambidextrous. Two, you’re going to take an eye examination with your welding hood on. In the latter, you must score high (“cheaters” are allowed – inside joke). And […]

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Welding Positioners

Some folks are having trouble finding love for their banks so possibly this story is for them: Bankers are nervously peering over the shoulder of the guys who are wearing T shirts to the office and spinning pencils between their fingers while staring into their computer screens. These modern day Robin Hoods are figuring out how they will […]

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Cylinder Carts

Cylinder Carts: Your Must-Have Trusty Workhorse The other day one of our salesmen was telling us about a project he had done in welding school: cut a small circle outof scrap steel. The test for determining how good you are at cutting is rolling your circle down the hallway. (That’s an exam a little child […]

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How to Make Your Engine Drive Last Longer

The farmer loved the amount of work his mule did for him. But, it was always irking him that his mule ate too much. He kept thinking about this problem until he came up with a good plan: reduce a little amount of his food and check it if affects the mule’s output of work. […]

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A Few Brands That We Are Proud To Carry

  • miller
  • victor
  • esab
  • avesta
  • hypertherm
  • hobart
  • walter
  • weldmark