Page 17 - Hobart Institute Fall 2019 World of Welding

The most beautiful precision welds are those made by creating an welds you will find on a well-made mountain bike. These welds
arc with a tungsten electrode and then precisely dabbing a filler rod have a distinctive sheen. When students get feed and speed just
to create your weld. These GTAW welds, mostly made on aluminum right, they can hardly wait to lift their helmets to see their art.
or stainless steel, are the kind of precise and uniformly rippled Last Semester five of our Welding 2 students competed at the New
York State Skills USA Competition. One student did a stunning
sculpture of a mythological creature, art being another creative
use for welding skills. One student placed high in the individual
competition and our three-student team took the Bronze by welding
a hexagonal fire pit.

Before they graduate each student creates a welded name plate
which is placed high on our shop’s Wall of Fame. They have acquired
a skill that they worked hard for and that they will never lose. They
take with them, too, the lessons I learned from my uncle Danni, who
died last year: self-discipline, pride in hard work, the dignity of a
skilled trade, and a keen appreciation for a beautiful bead.

Mario Meier , Nov 2019
Previously published by the Plough Magazine Quarterly Fall 2019
Hexagonal fire pit https://www.plough.com/en/topics/life/work/oh-to-weld

Names on the Wall of Fame

https://www.bwxt.com/careers