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Talking art, AI, 3D printing, welding, and more with Metal Shop Masters

In this special episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Josh Welton takes over as host and sits down with Luis Varela-Rico, Ivan Iler, and Frank Ledbetter. These three wildly different artists from the hit Netflix show Metal Shop Masters talk with Josh about metal art, artificial intelligence (AI), laser welding, 3D printing, and mixing old and new technologies in art.

They delve deeper into discussions about the 3D-printed stainless steel bridge in Amsterdam built by Dutch additive manufacturing company MX3D, legendary metalworker and custom automotive fabricator Ron Covell, and using LiDAR technology to take a 3D scan of Frank's head. Cast Iron Floor Bed Plate

Talking art, AI, 3D printing, welding, and more with Metal Shop Masters

Jump to 8:38 to get to our talk with Josh, Luis, Frank, and Ivan.

At the top, Dan, Jim, and Gareth talk about how AI was used to turn Family Guy into an 1980s sitcom and highlight a kinetic metal sculptor from Argentina named Guillermo Galetti.

Email us at podcast@thefabricator.com with any comments, questions, or suggestions.

Check out more conversations about metal art with Ivan Iler, Luis Varela-Rico, and Josh Welton.

Every Tuesday, The Fabricator Podcast, presented by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, brings you conversations with people who make things with metal. We speak with manufacturers, metal fabricators, welders, job shop owners, artists, marketers, educators, engineers, and more. Hosts Dan Davis and Jim Gorzek also go beyond discussing just manufacturing and the skilled trades, chatting about pop culture, current events, food, music, movies, comedy, and, of course, robots.

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Talking art, AI, 3D printing, welding, and more with Metal Shop Masters

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