{"id":6,"date":"2007-02-21T11:52:06","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T19:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joewelder.com\/about-this-blog\/"},"modified":"2020-05-22T18:03:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T01:03:59","slug":"about-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/about-joe-welder\/about-this-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"About this Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Watson, a master fabricator, welding equipment designer &amp; Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\">Arc-Zone.com\u00ae<\/a>, created the Joe Welder\u2122 blog to share his perspective from both sides of the helmet in the welding industry.\u00a0 It features industry news, reviews of innovative products &amp; profiles of those who are making an impact in the metal fabrication industry.<\/p>\n<p>What we hope you&#8217;ll find are tips, tidbits, perspectives you wouldn&#8217;t find elsewhere, as well as insights, original interviews &amp; more that should be of interest to the metal fabrication market worldwide. 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