This video about the history of Rosie the Riveter features video clips of real Rosies at their posts during WWII.

Enjoy!

The projected shortage of welders… it’s been talked to death in every circle.  But have you yet heard the figures?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has stated that in order to fill the gap after a generation of baby boomers retires, the industry will need a total of 240,000 new recruits every year, a projected total of 450,000 by 2014 in the U.S. alone.

But how to attract new welders?

Welding Magazine has a couple of ideas…

The Importance of Welding Education

By WILLIAM P. HITE, General President, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumb | Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Welding, in one form or another, has been an integral part of the work performed by the United Association for nearly 100 years. While the technology of welding has evolved dramatically during that period of time, the need for skilled welders in our industry is greater than ever.

Today’s welder must be proficient in multiple welding processes. At the very minimum, he or she must be able to weld all manner of piping using the manual SMAW and GTAW processes, but the necessary skills sets do not stop there.

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Ignore the statue of a woman bursting into flame… Although that is intersting, this video is primarily about a welder helping some kids to do a bit of welding themselves at the San Mateo Maker Faire this last year.

In English, “blech” is a word often used to describe something distasteful.  This makes the phrase EuroBLECH sound like an event that one would would wish to avoid participating in.  In German, however, the word “Blech” simply means “sheet metal”, making EuroBLECH quite the appropriate title for a conference on metal fabrication.

EuroBLECH 2008: A celebration of metal fabricating and forming

A visit to Hannover, Germany, for the world’s largest sheet metal manufacturing exhibition reveals a European taste for automation and efficiency

By Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief

January 13, 2009

EuroBLECH is a celebration more than anything. Most of the booths have plenty of tables and, usually, a bar for customers, distributors, business partners, and friends to swing by, chat, have a drink, and talk about life both in and out of the industry. In fact, unlike shows in North America, a visitor will find materials suppliers—the folks that make the metal sheet, plate, and tube—among the exhibitors. Everyone comes together for this global event.

What does a European metal fabricating and forming tradeshow mean for a U.S. fabricator? Apparently, a whole lot.

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Our friends over at JoeWelder.com have decided that their awesomeness simply cannot be expressed in words.

So they made a video…

You can see more Arc-Zone.com videos HERE and HERE.