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SHARING
ARTISTIC ABILITY
Welding Instructor, Frank Roberts of the Tennessee
Technology Center in Morristown was in Troy in October 2003
for the Preparation
for the American Welding Society Certified Welding
Inspector/Educator (AWS-CWI/CWE) Examination course.
Previously, Frank had taken the Welding
Instructor Course at the Hobart Institute, but this time
he brought with him a picture and a story to share.
A couple years ago, Frank was
looking for some doorstops for the Tennessee Technology facility
and presented the challenge to then-student Brent Hartness.
Working from a paper copy of the logo of the Hobart
Institute of Welding Technology, Brent set to work with a ½-inch
plate of carbon steel and an oxyacetylene cutting torch.
Using the shielded metal arc welding process, Brent then
welded the silhouette of a welder to the base.
“He made several of these for
the shop,” says Frank. “Brent
also made the Welding
sign on the wall using an oxyacetylene cutting torch on ¼-inch
carbon steel and finishing it with gas tungsten arc welding.”
Brent graduated from the Tennessee
Technology Center with a Combination
Welder diploma.
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