Smoker Craft adopted a robotic tube-welding system about two years ago to automate its entire pontoon assembly process. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) A welder’s flame fuses a pontoon tube at Smoker Craft ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Megan Smith, 43, of Buffalo, is the first woman to graduate from a welding program at the Craft Technical Institute. "I needed a career change. I always liked working with my hands and ...

Last month, we presented the basics on setting up a TIG welder as the groundwork for the next few write-ups on actually making things with TIG welding. These TIG welding techniques aren't difficult—it ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend wants to help you fast track your career journey with their new four-week program. The month-long fast track offers classes five ...

We hear a lot these days about how, with building and manufacturing becoming national priorities again, we need more workers in the skilled trades. And we do. But in one key trade — welding — we’re ...