Winning and fabricating trophies with Tom Patsis of Cold Hard Art

Tom Patsis of Cold Hard Art joins the podcast to talk about the never-ending business of designing, fabricating, and building trophies for motorsports events. Tom sits down with hosts Josh Welton and Dan Davis at FABTECH 2023 in Chicago, and opens up about how he left his job at Don Schumacher Racing as a fabricator to start his own business, as well as the pros and cons of starting a small business. He also talks about winning the first season of Metal Shop Masters on Netflix and partnering with companies like Miller Electric, Starrett, FastCut CNC, PFERD North America, Trick-Tools, and others. Tom also discusses running a business with his wife, being father, the rewards of being a metal artist, and how he would fabricate an alien space craft. Email us at podcast@fmamfg.org with any comments, questions, or suggestions.

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The Fabricator Podcast brings you conversations with people who make things out of metal. We speak with manufacturing leaders, metal fabricators, welders, job shop owners, small business entrepreneurs, artists, marketers, educators, and more. Host Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief of The Fabricator, and a rotating co-hosts also go beyond discussing just manufacturing and the skilled trades, and chats about pop culture, current events, food, music, movies, comedy, and, of course, robots. Episodes drop on Tuesdays. The Fabricator Podcast is presented by the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association and part of the FMA Podcast Network.