In this episode, Michael Bennett, a welder and metal artist based in Wadsworth, Ill., joins The Fabricator Podcast to discuss how an unfortunate car accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down reignited his passion for working with metal, particularly scrap metal.
Michael talks about how attending mechanic school helped instill a mindset of continuous learning and adapting to new technologies, which he says inspired him to relearn how use his tools after he lost strength in his preferred left hand. It also gave him the skills to build robots to help assist him around his farm.
He also goes into detail about his love of creating metal sculptures from recycled materials and how it led him creating Michael Bennett Designs and participating in an annual event in Lansing, Mich., called ScrapFest.
At the top, a mention of a now-banned plastic toy welder that Michael said he played with as a child, sparked a conversation about other banned toys made out of metal, like sharp-tipped lawn darts and a belt buckle revolver.
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