{"id":270,"date":"2024-09-28T18:08:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T18:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/?p=270"},"modified":"2025-02-24T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T18:19:41","slug":"recap-fabricator-olympics-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/2024\/09\/28\/recap-fabricator-olympics-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Fabricator Olympics 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"270\" class=\"elementor elementor-270\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c7c34f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c7c34f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97c6dd1\" data-id=\"97c6dd1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91792f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91792f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 09\/28\/2024<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 100+<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Jason Becker of Arc Junkies\/Social Media<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>A unique competition for welders and fabricators to demonstrate their skills. The first round of events were timed utilizing various skills. The first round of events narrowed the competition from 35 competitors down to 5 competitors who competed in a welding and cutting project. The event ran from 8AM until 6:30PM. 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From Left to Right Chris Martinelli (Middle Bucks Instructor), Landon York (Lackawanna Instructor), Brad Brandmeir (Lehigh Career &amp; Tech Instructor), Josh Kosak (Upper Bucks Instructor), Kurtis Samson (Bethlehem Instructor) and James Haimovitz (Middle Bucks Instructor)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1418664 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1418664\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2024\/09\/image4-2-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"image4 (2)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjI4MyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9sZWhpZ2h2YWxsZXlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8xMjFcLzIwMjRcLzA5XC9pbWFnZTQtMi1zY2FsZWQuanBlZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2024\/09\/image4-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-283\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2024\/09\/image4-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2024\/09\/image4-2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">One of many welding rigs that showed up for the competition and welding rig show\/contest.  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