I was hoping to get 2 of your posters for display here at General Motors Proving Grounds.  I teach welding at the Powertrain shops here in Milford.  The students could use the reminder after the  excitement of learning has worn off.

I appreciate your magazine "The World of Welding" and look forward to each edition. I have 29 years in at GM and am contemplating taking classes to become a welding inspector. I've enjoyed welding since I was 14 yrs. old. I weld a lot of 304 exhaust pipe and many other special jobs here at GM.

I also started my own company at home called Gemini Welding. Since we've been working 7 days a week since summer, I haven't been doing a lot of projects at home. But my shop is almost completed and I am looking forward to working there after retirement.
 
Thank you for your excellent publication and for teaching a much needed skill to folks. I've learned a lot from just reading the magazine you publish. I also pass it around to try and motivate some young individuals to perhaps further their studies into a profession. So far I haven't heard of anyone attending your school from here. I will just have to set the example and attend a class soon, perhaps next year.

Thank you again.                                
~ Sincerely, Dave Warsow,
Michigan

I really enjoy the magazine.  It gives me new ideas and good info on projects that I’m working with.  Thanx!                                              

                                                                                   ~ Jason Lundy,
Roanoke, Virginia

I have over thirty-five years of diversified welding experience that includes twenty years as a welding educator in secondary and postsecondary levels, and field work experiences in structural frame construction, piping installation, pressure vessels welding, petrochemical plants, coal-fire power plants, nuclear power plants, specialized industrial consulting, training of in-service pipelines, and robotic training.  During these years, I have had the opportunity to review many welding training facilities and   the students that have completed their training from many of them.

As a welding educator, I feel that I only send my students to the very best training facilities in the country.  After reviewing many training facilities from coast-to-coast, I feel that Hobart’s training program is the very best.  Being a welding instructor in Indiana at this time, I am sure there is not a better welding training program in this region at this time than Hobart’s training facility. 

My reasoning for this is the welding facility and training staff.  Hobart has a training building that is second to none, and with the latest welding equipment on the market, it provides a good start.  The staff at Hobart includes certified welding inspectors and instructors that care about the students and realize what will be needed to achieve skillful employment; not just employment but skilled employment. 

Last, but not least, is that Hobart is not just a welding school, it is a fraternity of men and women that have learned a skill for life, not just a place that a person has come to practice something.  Long after completing courses at Hobart, a student can call them and ask for assistance of any type.  This is a place that will continue to serve the student.  You are not just a number, you are part of a legend… you are family.

                                                                                                            ~ Russell Durham, Versailles, Indiana

What a wonderful improvement providing “The World of Welding” as a digital document, as Hobart improves in its services, so do we.  That is why we send our guys to you.  One is there for the next 5 days and I know he will come back to Connecticut a wiser QA/QC Inspector.

~ Dean Applegreen, Owner;
Standardized Steel;
www.standardizedsteel.com

EDITORIAL NOTE:  If you are interested in receiving the electronic edition of The World of Welding (WOW), please send an e-mail to hiwt@welding.org and request the electronic WOW.  Thank you!

I enjoy your magazine greatly.  As a former ASE certified master auto technician, welding was a very small part of my job.  I currently work as a mechanical technician at…a fire truck manufacturer in … Florida.  Welding has become a much larger part of my job.  I took classes at Central Florida Community College and, at age 57, passed my GMAW 3G test.  My instructor, Mike Bannester, deserves a lot of credit.  Thanks, Mike, for all your help!                                                                           

~ Robert H. Bruni,
Ocala, Florida