Boy Scout Welding Merit Badge Clinic

Put on by Ben Newcomb, Section Chair, and David Diljak, Section Secretary.

The 33 scouts from 7 different troops (Troops 38, 113, 724, 736, 760, 838, and 6724) gathered to earn their Welding Merit Badge. In addition to learning the classroom portion from Ben Newcomb and David Diljak, and being able to complete their MIG welding project required to earn the merit badge, the scouts were exposed to live demonstrations from 17 industry representatives or Madison College student volunteers in: OFC, SMAW, PAC, GTAW, and water jet cutting. Each scout also received a Boy Scout logo that was cut on donated stainless (from Sub-Zero) on the water jet, and they were treated to lunch thanks to a donation from Endres Manufacturing.

: Madison College Metal Fabrication Instructor Al Weishoff discussing the water jet cutting process with a group of troops. Notice the skeleton sheet of Boy Scout logo cut outs on the water jet table.

: Madison College part-time Instructor and Section Secretary Bill Dawson speaks with troops before performing an oxy/fuel cutting demonstration.

: Madison College Welding Program student Abbey Bachim speaks with troops before performing a SMAW demonstration.

: Madison College Welding Instructor Shaun Walker performs a GTAW demonstration for a group of scouts.

: Madison College Welding student Abbey Bachim guides scout Braydon Newcomb (son of Chair Ben Newcomb) while he performs a 2G SMAW stringer bead.

: Kneeling in front (L to R): David Diljak (M-B Section Secretary), Evan Blaskowski, Ben Newcomb (M-B Section Chair) Row #2 (L to R): James Elliott, Colin Wernsing, Noah Switzer, Gavin McCauley, Braydon Newcomb, Bevin Schessow, Ariana Fields, Alanar Fields Row #3 (L to R): Tyler Norton, Jacob Bindl, Ryan Norton, Brett Bindl, Cole Schaffer, Miles Bosch, Jackson Sauer, John Zenk, Nolan Cargen, Gabe Henriksen, Andy Hoefs Row #4 (L to R): Zach Steele, Mathias Seufzer, Vaughn Sauer, Noah Haberkorn, Lillian Bryant, Quentin Skroch