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Barnes MetalCrafters
Recent Content on The Fabricator for Barnes MetalCrafters
- From The Fabricator
Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes on the shop floor
- By Nick Martin
- Feb 25, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Whether you’re an engineer, a marketing specialist, or the boss, stepping into a co-worker’s job can lead to eye-opening discoveries in any metalworking facility.
- From The Fabricator
Unexpected adventures in auto parts testing
- By Nick Martin
- Dec 22, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Nick Martin of Mountains2Metal shares how he tested a skid plate on his Bronco in a dramatic fashion he never saw coming.
- From The Fabricator
Use slowdown time to organize your job shop
- By Nick Martin
- Nov 30, 2023
- Assembly and Joining
- Blog Post
Job shop manager Nick Martin is using downtown at Barnes MetalCrafters to organize parts and clean up for improved productivity.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricating stainless kitchen countertops for a 200-year-old house
- By Nick Martin
- Aug 7, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Barnes MetalCrafters had some unique fit-up challenges when fabricating stainless kitchen countertops for a 200-year-old house.
- From The Fabricator
The ups and downs of organizing a Ford Bronco and aftermarket parts event
- By Nick Martin
- Jul 22, 2023
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
North Carolina-based Barnes MetalCrafters manager Nick Martin describes what it took for him and his Mountains2Metal team to organize and put on an event for Ford Bronco enthusiasts.
- From The Fabricator
Celebrating 100 days of school with a metal fabrication project
- By Nick Martin
- Mar 21, 2023
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Nick Martin of North Carolina job shop Barnes MetalCrafters helped his daughter celebrate the 100th day of school by using a laser cutter and etcher to make more than 100 necklace medallions for her and her classmates.
- From The Fabricator
A metal fabricator’s love of the Ford Bronco
- By Nick Martin
- Dec 4, 2021
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
A love of the Ford Bronco led Nick Martin of North Carolina job shop Barnes MetalCrafters to not only chase a lifelong passion of owning different generations of the classic truck, but also to start a side business focused on fabricating aftermarket parts.
- From The Fabricator
Welding robot saves the day
- By Nick Martin
- Sep 26, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
North Carolina job shop Barnes MetalCrafters doesn’t often need to use its welding robot. But when a project, no matter how few and far between, calls for repetitive welds, the automated process can be a lifesaver for the small metal fabrication business.
- From The Fabricator
Sign of the times: Fabricating fresh signage during a pandemic
- By Nick Martin
- Jul 24, 2020
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented some new project opportunities for Barnes MetalCrafters. Nick Martin writes how the North Carolina metal fabricator got into the sign game for its new shop and two local breweries.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricators, remember to take pride in your trade
- By Nick Martin
- Feb 19, 2020
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Nick Martin of Barnes MetalCrafters and Tom Zelickman of Inspiration Metalworks in North Carolina remind fellow metal fabricators that the work they do is important, and that it’s something you get to do, not have to do.
- From The Fabricator
New metal fabrication facility comes with sales, solicitation distractions
- By Nick Martin
- Jun 20, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
When Barnes MetalCrafters recently moved into its brand-new metal fabrication facility in North Carolina, a lot of excitement came with it. But that transition has also come with a heavy dose of solicitations from salesmen, robocalls, and telemarketers. Here’s how the job shop deals with that distraction.
- From The Fabricator
A metal fabricator’s dilemma: What to do about walk-in customers
- By Nick Martin
- Mar 21, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
As Barnes MetalCrafters in Wilson, N.C., gets ready to open its new facility, product designer Nick Martin discusses how his metal fabrication shop handles walk-in customers and the small, unscheduled projects that come along with them.
- From The Fabricator
A successful metal fabricating job shop requires employee commitment
- By Nick Martin
- Feb 20, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The level of employee commitment and adherence to a shop’s accepted culture can make or break a job shop. Uncommitted, complacent workers who cannot adapt need not apply.
- From The Fabricator
From a wooden level to a brand-new stainless steel sink
- By Nick Martin
- Nov 27, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Moving a job shop is an ordeal. Moving one that’s been in its current location for half a century is an adventure. You never know what will turn up when you begin to sort and clean up 50 years’ worth of stored materials and equipment.
- From The Fabricator
Work hard, play hard
- By Nick Martin
- Oct 29, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Work-related stress—we all have it. How do you deal with it? If you’re lucky, you have a positive method or activity for unwinding. For Barnes MetalCrafters’ Nick Martin, it’s playing a sport that many haven’t played since grade school. And it just so happens that the shop sponsors his team.