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1 MAY TECHNICAL MEETING 2 COMMITTEE CHAIRS2 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE2 COMING EVENTS3 WOMEN WHO WELD5 MAY HOTLINE6 & 7 HIGH SCHOOL WELDING
CONTEST THANK YOU9 MEET OUR MEMBERS10 QUIZ THE EXPERTS10 ELECTION RESULTS12 ASK THE WELDING
ENGINEER12 SAVE THE DATE FOR GOLF!13 AWS STUDENT CHAPTER
TOUR14 STATE CHAMAPIONS15 EDITOR’S NOTE
May 2016
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Tech Meeting: Awards Night and Old-Timer’sThursday, May 12, 2016
“Structural Steel Fabrication Challenges”Casadei Steel
40675 Mound Road Sterling Heights, MI 48310586.698-2898
Bruno Casadei will discuss the experience he has in thestructural steel fabrication industry and some of the challengesfaced today by people doing steel construction. Who: Bruno Casadei – 46 years of experience started Casadei Steel in 2001 with
Robert Casadei – they now employ over 80 employees between their office and fieldstaff. Casadei is one of Michigan’s fastest growing Structural Steel fabricators and erectors.
AGENDA5:30-6:00pm – Welcome and Networking6:00-7:00pm – Dinner– Awards – Presentation 7:00-8:00pm – Facility Tour
Please RSVP by Monday, May 9, 2016 to JohnSutter – [email protected]
AWS Technical Nights are opento everyone! We encourage thatmembers bring students and non-members to learn more about ourorganization and industry.
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Well, the year flew by, just as I expected it would.May is a busy month as we wrap things up and transitionto another Chairman. I want to congratulate Tyler andknow he will do a great job. I would also like to thankall the Executive Committee members who offered somuch support over the last 10-12 months and made this
look easy. I have had the opportunity to be involved with so many great thingsfrom our Golf Outing last year to Ladies’ Night that just occurred, to our AnnualHigh School Welding Competition. One of my most memorable was meetingwith Samantha Farr, the founder of Women Who Weld in Detroit. I have spentmost of my career in and around welding but never met someone so dedicatedto helping people make a difference in their lives by enabling them to get accessto training in a skill that can provide meaningful work and earn a living. Iknow I have made the suggestion before but please take a minute and thinkabout the tasks you do every day. Do you know a young person who may benefitlearning about the industry you work in? Can you donate some of your timeto encourage them and help them grow? I recently had a discussion with aneducator at a community college who I have known for many years. I expressedmy concerns about companies complaining about not finding any qualifiedcandidates for the jobs they have. I told him my immediate response is, “Well,have you invested the time trying to develop them?” I believe AWS’ greateststrength is our commitment to educating and encouraging the next generationof skilled trades, engineers and welding professionals.
Have a great summer!Wes
Wesley DonethChairman’s Message
ALAC 2016 (Advanced LaserApplications Conference &Exposition),www.gamcinc.orgMay 9-10, 2016Sheraton Detroit Novi HotelContact Details: Dr. M. NasimUddin, Phone: 734-997-9249,[email protected]
Great Designs in SteelMay 11, 2016; Livonia, MI
Smart Manufacturing SeriesThe Digital TransformationMay 25, 2016; NextEnergyDetroit, MI 48202
Additive Manufacturing & 3DPrinting: Transition to ProductionJune 1 – tutorialJune 2nd ConferenceNextEnergyDetroit, MI 48202
ALAW 2016 (Advanced LaserApplications Workshop)http://alaw.fmanet.org/June 6-8, 2016The Inn at St. John’s, Plymouth, MI
Welding Inspection & QualityControlJuly 11-14, 2016ASM Headquarters, Novelty, OH
Coming Events To view more events, please visit theawsdetroit.org website, EVENTS page.
WomenWho WeldSubmitted by Wes Doneth
I visited Addison IronFabricator’s on April 13, 2016 tosee the latest Women Who Weldclass in progress. Samanthaand Ralph had 7 students whowere there to complete the 3week class. The class is intendedto be an introduction to weldingand fabrication so that theladies who attend can gainsome fundamental skills thatwould open the door toemployment or furthereducation. The AWS DetroitSection donated many itemson short notice such as helmets,jackets, gloves and otheressential tools. Tom Viggiano,from Roy Smith Companyassisted with the supplies alongwith Steve Smith from Weld-Aid. A Metro Detroit companywas planning a visit to the classlater the same day to discusssome employment opportun -ities for manual welding. I haveto say the students, SamanthaFarr and Ralph Taylor left alasting impression on me thatthe real work at AWS takes placeat the grass roots level engagingpeople trying to make adifference in their lives.If you would like more
information about how you cansupport this program pleasecontact me directly –[email protected] 810-844-2800.
Promotions!Dr. Mark Gugel,who is a member of the AWSDetroit Section Executive Committee, wasrecently promoted at General Motors to theposition Subject Matter Expert – Welding /Joining. In his new position Mark has respon-sibility in managing GM Global Welding andJoining Standards. Congratulations, Mark!
Acquisitions and Additions!Dengensha America Adds NewTechnical Service EngineerBedford, Ohio… Dengensha Amer-ica recently added Jack Zhang asTechnical Service Engineer. Zhang
will have responsibility for providing customerservice and support assistance for new andexisting resistance welding customers in theUnited States and Canada. He will also trou-bleshoot new product applications.
Jack Zhang comes to Dengensha with a back-ground in process engineering and research.He has both a B.S. in Electrical Engineeringand a B.S. in Systems Science and Engineer-ing from Washington University in St. Louis,Missouri. Along with English, Zhang speaksfluent Mandarin Chinese and has languageskills in Japanese. He is married and currentlyresides in Parma, Ohio.
According to Donald Grisez, DengenshaPresident, “With our growing customer basein the United States and Canada, and an arrayof recently introduced new products andbreakthrough technology, Zhang is a neededand necessary addition to our customer servicesupport staff.”
Dengensha America Corporation offers auto-motive, agricultural and general manufactur-ers the most complete line of resistance weld-ing equipment in the world. DengenshaAmerica’s resistance welding product lineincludes projection and spot welders; weldguns, feeders and controls with consumables,and spare parts. Training and field service com-plete a single source capability.
For more information about Jack Zhang’s newposition as Technical Service Engineer forDengensha America customers in the UnitedStates and Canada, contact Maiko Robison atDengensha America/ 7647 First Place Drive,Bedford, Ohio 44146/ Phone: 1-440-439-8081/ Fax: 1-440-439-8217/ Email:[email protected]/ Or visit us:www.dengensha.com
Wangfen Techology acquires PaslinWARREN, MI (March 23, 2016) – WanfengTechnology, a robotic manufacturer and sys-tem integrator headquartered in Xinchang
China serving the die cast automation mar-ket, announced today that it has acquiredPaslin, a privately held system integration busi-ness headquartered in Warren, Michigan.
New Products, Processes!New Matuschek SPATZ+MFDC Resistance WeldingControlThe new Matuschek 1,000 Hz MFDC SPATZ+is a modular resistance welding power supplyand timer that can be configured for differentpurposes. It can be used as a single weld guncontroller, a multi-gun controller, a servo guncontroller, a master/slave high current con-troller for aluminum; all by just changing oradding plug-in circuit boards. And it featuresall of the proven Matuschek MFDC program-ming capabilities including constant currentcontrol (CCC), constant power control (CPC),constant voltage control (CVC), constanttrigger angle control (CTC) and the success-ful MASTER adaptive control.
In combination with an appropriate externalMFDC transformer, the SPATZ+ is a cost efficientpower supply with a weld current range up to60 kA. The units are air cooled and can haveup to 1024 weld schedules. The SPATZ+weldcontroller provides extended data recording,online quality monitoring possibilities, and aUSB interface. Extension cards with differentfield buses are available for connecting to arobot controller or a line PLC. Tip dressermanagement, ELK test and NUGGETIndex areall available with the SPATZ+.
Fronius PresentsA New Generation of theTransPocket Stick (SMAW)Welding MachineMore Practical and Energy-Efficient ThanEver Before With TransPocket 150 andTransPocket 180, Welding Technology specialistsFronius are now launching a new generationof single-phase stick welding machines on themarket. This new development has resultedin an impressive mix of outstanding weldingresults and increased range of functions. Adigital resonance inverter also ensures a largenumber of stick electrode types can be used
with perfect welding results. Thanks to theirinnovative PFC (Power Factor Correction)technology, the devices are very energy-efficient.
TheTransPocket150
A single-phase 180
The TransPocket is suitable for use in allareas of application.
The TransPocket's current consumptionnow automatically adjusts to thesinusoidal grid voltage.
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May Hotline
Matuschek Welding Products, Inc.
The following suppliers made generous donations this year.
Air Gas USA Contractors Steel Grossel Tool Co.Genesis Systems Lube Power Inc. Fronius USA
COR-MET Lincoln Electric Co RE Automated SystemsObara USA Miller Electric Co Roy Smith Co.Praxair Fusion Welding Solutions Weld- Aid Products
Robo Vent Products Technical Welding Services Hobart BrothersCrown Alloys Co. ARO Welding Technologies Eureka Welding Alloys
The following individuals had a direct impact on the contest:
Wesley Doneth- Fronius USA Glenn Kay II – Washtenaw Community CollegeTim Hurley – Lincoln Electric Glen Knight –AWS Past Chair
Jeffry Hill – ARO Welding Technologies Ray Roberts – GM – AWS Past ChairJim Osborne – AWS Past Chair Tom Sparschu – AWS Past ChairDon Maatz – AWS Past Chair Bruce Kelly – AWS Past ChairDan Wellman – Obara USA Mark Rotary – AWS Past Chair
Ashley Webel – RE Automated Systems
The High School Welding Contest is made possible bythe tremendous support of our welding suppliers andmembers. This is shown by their generous donation of time,resources, and gifts. We thank all of you who havecontributed in the past and especially our host WashtenawCommunity College.
The top five winners in this contest were awardedscholarships totaling $9,000. Welding equipment, tools,accessories, and other gifts were randomly given out toparticipating high school welding contestants as doorprizes. Monetary gifts were added to existing scholarshipfunds.
43th ANNUALHIGH SCHOOL WELDING CONTEST
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, April 15, 2016
High School Welding Contest! Results and Re-capBelow are the top 5 winners, the school attended and the scholarship awarded to each. We had 10 schools participate
and 34 contestants overall. The contest included multiple segments over a 6.5 hour period, which included: a weldingknowledge written exam, an aluminum GTAW project, a cutting project and a pressure vessel which include the GMAW,SMAW and the FCAW welding processes.
High School Student Place ScholarshipAwarded
South & West Washtenaw Ian Schwenke 1 $2,500 Consortium Matt Nyrkkanen 4 $1,500William D. Ford Career James Bedzyk 2 $2,000 Technical CenterFlat Rock CommunityHigh School Jared Lambrix 3 $2,000
Oakland Schools TechnicalCampus Northeast Christopher Flores 5 $1,000
Hello and wel-come, Richard!Thank you fortaking some timeout of yourschedule to inter-view with us!If you would,please tell us a
little bit about yourself?Thank you! My name is Richard Randall.Most everyone calls me “Rick.” I am aWelding teacher (TA – Teaching Assistant)Welding Instructor at William D. Ford,CTC.
That’s great, Rick. I believe you maybe the first interviewee that specifi-cally works in the high school careertech center. Would you be willing toshare a little about what you like ordislike about your position?I love working with the young peopleand helping them learn about welding.The only thing I’d say I dislike is the “pay”because I’m paid a TA’s pay.
Rick, please tell us, why did you jointhe AWS Detroit Section?I joined the AWS Detroit Section becausemy welding instructor in high school gotme interested. I attended some of themeetings and I liked it very much!
Do you have a favorite AWS event?Well, if I was still living in greaterCincinnati, I would have said the planttour that we got to go on once a year. But,since being in the greater Detroit area, Iwould have to say that most of themeetings are very interesting and we getto go on tours at most of the meetings. Ofall the AWS Sections that I have been amember of, I have to say I like the Detroitsection the best! I joined the CentralMichigan chapter back in 1986, then wasa member at the Cincinnati section from1990 until 2002. I let my membershiplapse while attending college from 2002to 2009. For some reason, I just neverthought about becoming a studentmember all over again. I moved back toMichigan in 2009 and re-joined as astudent member in 2009 while attendingFerris State University. I became active inthe Detroit section when I becameemployed at William D. Ford, CTC.
That’s quite a history! So, outside ofworking with the students at theCTC, what kind of things do you liketo do when you are not at work?Well, I love music! I collect vinyl records,and have a pretty extensive collection ofmostly rock’n’roll records from all over theworld. I have imports from many differentcountries. I also enjoy going to rockconcerts – as many as I can afford.Another hobby I enjoy is coin and tokencollecting. I enjoy grading and collectingcoins.
Is there anything you considernear/dear to your heart?What’s dearest to my heart is workingwith young people. I just enjoy workingwith the students. I feel I learn so muchfrom them, and it’s really cool to see themlearn things from me, as well. The thingis, I enjoy working with students of allages, not just high school age students.I’ve learned so much from students mostof my life.
That’s great! Let me ask you aboutmentoring. Have you had the chanceto mentor others, or has there beenanyone who has mentored you thatyou’d like to share some of thatexperience?Wow, this is something that I have somehistory in as well. Back in the 1990’s, Iestablished a mentoring program in mychurch. We paired young people witholder adults. We had a program trainingand teaching students to become leadersin their churches and communities. Weworked with them, teaching them publicspeaking, public song leading, and Biblereading among other life skills. This wasone of the areas that I became involvedin that lead me to thinking I would liketo work with students for the rest of mylife. At the time, I never thought that Iwould eventually become a teacher.
Excellent! We don’t always knowwhat our experiences will prepare usfor, but it seems your experience inmentoring led to a career choice,which has given you the opportunityto mentor others.Rick, how did you get your start inwelding?Well, my start in welding began when I
was in high school. I took a welding classand loved it. My welding teacher (JeffGrossmen) was my favorite teacher whilein high school. He had a huge impact onme, and as a matter of fact, he’s stillteaching today after 42 years. Hecontinues to work with young peopleteaching them welding skills. I attendedCapital Area Career Center which islocated in Mason, Michigan. I graduatedfrom CACC in 1980.
As a welding instructor, what do yousee as the biggest challenge facingthe welding community and it’sfuture? I think one of the biggest challenges in thewelding trade is finding students that cansee there are a lot of choices for careersin welding. They need to understand thatit’s not just about running welds and jobsthat do welding all day. There are a verywide and diverse amount of choices in thewelding field. Careers within weldinginclude anything from welding engineers,to Certified Welding Inspectors, to peoplewho study metals such as Metallurgists,to those people who sell the weldingproducts and supplies. All of these areasare good careers in the welding field. Wejust have to inform our students thatthere is a lot out there!
What would be your advice to some-one who may be “on the fence” aboutgetting into welding as a career?I guess I would tell them that yes, it is adirty job, and yes, it sometimes can be adangerous career to pursue, but youreceive good pay, steady work, and acareer that offers many choices. It’s aconsistently changing industry that offersyou many diverse paths to pursue futureopportunities.
Would you encourage more schools(both high school and junior high) toencourage more young people to lookinto technical schools and jobs andnot just degreed positions?Yes, I would. For many years (and, it’s stillgoing on today), academic education hasalways looked at hands-on education asless important, and have used career techas somewhat of a dumping ground forstudents that don’t achieve as wellacademically. The fact is, hands-on
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education is very important! To assume that astudent cannot go on to higher education becausehe/she struggles in school is the wrong way to lookat a situation. Personally, I believe we need morestudents that learn by using their hands to continueon to levels of higher education, so that we aseducators may learn from them as well.
Ok, final question of our interview. If youweren’t involved in the welding industry, whatwould be your dream job?I guess, for me, it would have to be a Rock ‘n’ Rolldrummer, or maybe a radio disc-jockey.
Thank you, Rick, for spending some time withus and sharing some of your view points andexperiences. I think I can speak for our read-ers, it’s nice to have so many diverse back-grounds and careers involved in our section! Itkeeps our section interesting and alive withnew ideas and visions!
If YOU’d like to be featured in our MEET ourMEMBERS article, please contact Daniel Galihervia email at mailto:[email protected].
Meet Our Members (continued from page 9)
Quiz theExperts!The Detroit section isexcited to state thatwe took the “Quiz theExperts” challengeand ran with it!
Our “QTE” team didan excellent job inrepresenting theDetroit Section. Thankyou, Gentlemen foryour participation!
Pictured L to R: Wesley Doneth, Robert Wilcox and Bruce Kelley
2016/2017 Executive CommitteeElection ResultsApril 15, 2016We would like to thank the 15 Detroit Section members who
accepted nomination for the 2016/2017 Executive Committeeelection and those members who made the effort to vote for them.The AWS-Detroit Executive Committee consists of 25 voting and12 non-voting members who enthusiastically donate their time toensure more than 1,160 members of the Detroit Section haveopportunities for networking and education. Their efforts andyour participation and support will ensure the Detroit Section willbuild on its 92 year history of leadership in the American WeldingSociety.We welcome any comments or suggestions you have to improve
the online voting process and participation rate for next year. Pleasesend an email to [email protected] contact the Sectionoffice.The following members have been elected to the 2016/2017
Executive Committee by the Detroit Section membership:Chair: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Alexander1st Vice Chair: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wesley Doneth2nd Vice Chair: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Gugel1st Assistant to the Chair: . . . . . . . . . . John Sutter2nd Assistant to the Chair: . . . . . . . . . . Russ Webster3rd Assistant to the Chair: . . . . . . . . . . Ashley WebelMember-At-Large (alphabetical): . . . . Donnie Crist
Mark Harris Robin Michon Amanda Scherzer WeiJie Zhang
The AWS-Detroit Bylaws revision proposal was approved.
Co-op Welding Students,Summer Interns andPart-time Welders
Contact Pat Bell:[email protected] (313) 282-8171 in Detroit
“We were looking at changing our steel source for severalof the parts we produce. However, one of the new materi-als is not approved by the automotive OEM. Whatapproval process are they talking about as the proposedreplacement appears to be the same as our existing one?”
“The process of joining two materials together issomething that never really crosses your mind when youpurchase a motor vehicle. In fact, it is almost somethingthat is assumed since your driving of the final product isproof that it can be done. However, as with many things,a little digging reveals that there can be much more to thisprocess than meets the eye. In fact, the idea behind tryingto determine how weldable a material is begins to makereal good sense once you understand what it entails andits potential impact on the assembly of the final product.In actuality, the determination of a material’s weldabilityis really a subset of a much broader characterizationprocess that is employed by the automotive OEM to ensurethat the material in question is suitable for the intendedapplication. In other words, material characterization isreally a methodology used to classify or describe a materialthat is based on an objective analysis of measurablecharacteristics.While this discussion will eventually focus on weldability
in subsequent columns, with the engagement of the rightpersonnel, it could just as easily be a conversation aboutdetermining corrosion resistance, formability, or any of adozen or more other manufacturing traits that need to beaccounted for and addressed in order to successfullyassemble the final product. An analogy for the process ofmaterial characterization is that of a building inspector.The building inspector works behind the scenes and theirexistence never really crosses your mind. But once youunderstand that they are looking at the structure beforethe drywall goes up to ensure that all of the other supportingelements of the building (electrical, plumbing, ventilation,network, etc.) are in place and functional, you begin to
understand why their role is so important from the pointof view of protecting the eventual final customer. Thewelding characterization process works in much the sameway as it affords the automotive OEM an opportunity toverify if the material is truly capable of being processedin their manufacturing environment, thus protecting you,their customer, and helping to ensure that they havemade, and you are purchasing, a quality product.
Characterization MethodologyThe predominate method utilized by all of the
automotive OEM manufacturers for weldingcharacterization is resistance spot welding (RSW). Forcompleteness, Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Arc BrazeWelding (ABW) and Laser Beam Welding (LBW) are nowalso being considered or utilized for OEM characterization.Additionally, and as one would expect, each OEM typicallywants the weldability characterization performed in amanner that is consistent with their processes andstandards. As a result, the weldability characterizationprocess is often performed on specific types of equipmentand process parameters so as to replicate the uniquemanufacturing environment the material is to be used in.We will touch on some those elements in an upcomingcolumn.”
If you have more questions about this topic, Don canbe reached at:
R&E Engineering ServicesA subsidiary of R&E Automated Systems, LLC17500 23 Mile Road – Suite B, Macomb, MI 48044(586) 228-1900 – Office(734) 793-2304 – [email protected]
References:1) AWS D8.9:2012
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Ask the Welding EngineerBy Donald F. Maatz, Jr.
These are pictures from our last AWS Student ChapterTour. We toured Matheson’s Welding Supply. We wereeducated in the filling and emptying of cylinders used inwelding. Mr. Mendlik was our tour guide and he was veryinformative on his knowledge of the process used to emptyand fill cylinders. The students were able to witness what
liquid nitrogen does when poured onto various objects, andwhat it does when it is poured onto concrete. We had atotal of 14 students in attendance. All students enjoyed thetour and were educated on welding gases and cylinders.Mr. Mendlik was very informative and gave us a veryinteresting tour.
AWS Student Chapter - William D. Ford, CTCSubmitted by Richard Randall, welding instructor
Our group from left to right:Abdul Abed, Adam Guajardo,Nik Cadaret, Ryan Sherman,
Wesley Pringle, Danny Thacker,Rick Laurence, Brennan
Lindemann, Gerald Tator, JakeLonguski, Nikki Owens,
Richard Randall, John Savage,Eric Cassidy, James Bedzyk,Chase Larsen, Tyler Braun.
Our group from left to right: Abdul Abed, Adam Guajardo, NikCadaret, Ryan Sherman, Wesley Pringle, Danny Thacker, RickLaurence, Brennan Lindemann, Gerald Tator, Jake Longuski, NikkiOwens, Richard Randall, John Savage, Eric Cassidy, James Bedzyk,Chase Larsen, Tyler Braun.
Chase Larsengrowling at thecamera.
Eric Cassidy inturmoil.
Ryan Shermanhaving a goodtime.
Our group contently listening.
Mr. Pavel Mendlikexplaining to our
group aboutcylinders. How they
are date stamped,how old cylinders
are, how thickcylinders are, how
much cylindersweigh, and variousother educational
facts about weldingcylinders.
Mr. Mendlik giving us ademonstration in thepouring of liquidnitrogen and the affectsis has on various objectssuch as a writing pencil,a roll of electrical tape,and what it does whenpoured onto concrete.
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Editor’s NotesCongratulations! We’ve come to the end of another
successful year with the AWS Detroit Section E-bulletin! Thisabsolutely cannot be a possibility without the help of ourmembers and dedicated volunteer executive committee.I’d like to give you all a big SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU!Also, a Thank you to our publisher, Dianne Macut.Whether you’ve submitted a picture, a question, come
to one of our events, or just taken the time to open thebulletin and scan through it, THANK YOU!I think this has been a great season for the e-bulletin!
We’ve had some really interesting interviews in the Meetour Members section, some great student participation aswe’ve gotten to see more of what some of our studentchapters are doing, and as always, some excellent questionsand answer in our Ask the Welder column.As we come to a close before the summer months,
there’s a few things I would like to remind you of.May is our last technical meeting until next September.
So, if you still haven’t gotten out to a tech meeting, you
have this one last opportunity to see what it’s all about.We welcome everyone, so no excuses!If you haven’t had a chance to, check out the golf
outing scheduled for July of this year. Andre Young doesan excellent job of setting this up for us every year! Also,I know we haven’t hit summer yet, much less want to thinkabout fall, but this October, AWS Detroit holds the SheetMetal Welding Conference. It’s at a new venue this year,and the keynote speakers have been chosen, so you maywant to start looking at those dates and the registrationon the SMWC website.We’ll be back in the fall, so enjoy your summer! Stop
by our website once in a while to check out the pics fromLadies Night, the May technical night, along with the GolfOuting in July. Plus, it’s a great way to keep up with thecoming events!Until next season! Keep on Welding!
KEEP ON WELDING!Robin