Next-Gen Metal Fab
Hosted by Tim Heston and Caleb Chamberlain and Tim and Caleb and Lance Thrailkill · Fabricators and Manufacturers Association
5.0from 5 ratings
- 23
- Episodes
- 23
- Transcribed
- 5
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Next-Gen Metal Fab
Next-Gen Metal Fab explores where metal fabrication and manufacturing are headed. Hosted by The Fabricator’s Tim Heston alongside rotating industry co-hosts, the podcast examines the impact of automation, software, and emerging technologies across today’s fab shops. Part of the FMA Podcast Network.
- Publisher
- Fabricators and Manufacturers Association
- Category
- business · business · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Jun 2024
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
23 of 23 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Developing better managers and leaders in metal fabrication
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Where does venture capital see investment opportunity in metal fabrication?
16 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Estimating and quoting for competitive advantage with Jason Ray
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Developing better managers and leaders in metal fabrication
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I didn't want to bother him when I wanted to weld a muffler cam or something small. So he told me where to set the heat, what thing to use. He taught me how to strike an arc. He taught me how to make a bead. And I could do that. If I answered a job for a welder and said, this is what I can do, they would laugh. I mean, rightly so, because far from being a welder. But I look at it when you promote the welder to being a manager, do they manage like I weld? It's a whole different skill set. And that's where companies got to start saying, if we're going to have people manage, We have to give them the tools to do it. […]
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- Mark Ernst
- Jason Ray
- Jonathan Sessa
- Jay Phillips
- Cody Lee
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- 4 ratings
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Who hosts Next-Gen Metal Fab?
Tim Heston and Caleb Chamberlain and Tim and Caleb and Lance Thrailkill host the show. Published by Fabricators and Manufacturers Association.
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