Organizers of a new job recruiting program hope to have more than a dozen unemployed but newly trained welders in new manufacturing jobs by Christmas. This year, South Central Michigan Works and the ...

We’ve been aware of the shortage of skilled welders due to retirements for some time. In recent years the shortage has been exacerbated by furloughing or the early retirement of workers during the ...

When I first started tinkering with cars, one of the first big hurdles was how to complete certain tasks without the ability to weld. Shaving trim holes, repairing rusty panels, or fabricating custom ...

Times change. It wasn't that long ago that if you owned a set of oxy-acetylene gas bottles for welding and cutting you would be considered to have a pretty well-equipped home shop. Maybe you ...

Black Hawk College is offering Production MIG welding and Stick/TIG welding classes beginning Tuesday. Classes will run through Feb. 22, with Saturday classes on Feb. 4 and 11. Day and evening classes ...