‘14-‘15 AWS Officers:

Chairman: Bill Wenzel

916-660-8082

1st Vice-Chairman: Dan Turner

530-953-8413

2nd Vice-Chairman: Steve Grant

Secretary: Brandon Beattie

916-642-2484

Treasurer/Technical: Carlos Shelton

209-481-7172

Newsletter Editor: Chelsey Morris

530-209-7792

Publicity Chair: Steve Byrd

Program Committee

Chairman: Jerry Wentland

530-613-6729

Education Chairman: Alex Taddei

Certification Chairman: Mark Reese

916-484-8235

Membership Committee

Chairman: Abel Gutierrez

916-468-2118

Collegiate Liaison: Brad Gasaway

Executive Committee:

Rob Purvis

916-985-2561

Ext. 4539

Kerry Shatell

916-203-5717

Dale Flood

916-288-6100

Pat Linggi

916-201-3118

AWS is a Non-Profit Organization.

Sacramento Valley September Newsletter

Torchmate Demonstration at

Yuba College

Meeting Location: Yuba College– Room 608 2088 N Beale Rd, Marysville, CA 95901 Date and time: September 17, 2014 6:00PM – 8:30 PM http://www.awssection.org/sacramentovalley

October 30th Joint Meeting with San Francisco Section:

-AWS President Dean Wilson to give presentation- -Pipe Fitters Hall Concord, CA-

The September 17th AWS Meeting will be at Yuba College in Marysville, CA. The

meeting will take place in room 608 (Welding Shop) at 6pm. Dinner is available for $4

and will include a hamburger with your choice of soda or water. This month we are fo-

cusing on the ever growing topic of Plasma Torch cutting. This process has seen leaps

and bounds in development and Torchmate has really fine tuned the art.

The demonstration will be presented by a long time veteran of Torchmate, Jason

Schohn.

Joshua Schohn has been selling Torchmate CNC products for over a decade. Hired on

as the 5th employee for Torchmate, he had the opportunity of selling thousands of CNC

tables to every kind of business imaginable. While growing the Torchmate business

20% annually, this success eventually caught the eye of a much larger and much older

company in need of a cutting business. 3 years ago Torchmate was purchased by Lin-

coln Electric as the solution to their plate and pipe cutting segment. Josh’s current role is

Director of Sales for Lincoln Electric Cutting Systems and is responsible for the Vernon

Tool and Torchmate product lines. Based out of Reno, Nevada, Lincoln Cutting Systems

employs 100 locals in a 118,000 sq./ft. facility serving customers’ cutting needs world-

wide.

Everyone is invited to this state of the art discussion and presentation. While viewing

this presentation safety is paramount. We ask that all participants wear closed toed

shoes, Shade 3 to 5 safety glasses, and ear plugs. If you have any questions regarding

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The Sacramento Valley AWS Section thanks the following companies for their financial support during the 2014-15 season. Please show your appreciation by

considering them when making your next purchase.

American Welding Society

Accredited Testing Facility

Since 2001

American River College

Welding Classes

Day, Evening & Weekend

Classes Available!!!

Now Offering Welding Equipment Maintenance

(916) 484-8354

www.arc.losrios.edu/~welding/

LIBRARY OF AWS CODE BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR SECTION MEMBERS! Over 25 different AWS code and specification manuals available to answer your welding questions.

Books are located in American River College Library at 4700 College Oak Drive Sac. Ca. 95841. The librarian’s name is Linda Shoemake. The link is

http://www.arc.losrios.edu/arclibrary.htm.

location, directions, or anything else contact Dan Turner, Yuba College Welding Instructor by email:

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UPCOMING AWS EVENTS

September 17, 2014 Yuba College– Torchmate Presentation

October 30. 2014 Pipe Fitters Hall Concord, CA– AWS President Dean Wilson

To advance the science, technology, and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes, including brazing, soldering, and thermal spraying.

The American Welding Society

Sacramento Valley Section Bill Wenzel

916-660-8082 AWS Sacramento Valley Chairman

www.awssection.org/sacramentovalley