BTC Welding Rodeo 2006

A Weekend of Welding Fun!

Once again the Wood Stone welders gathered for a weekend of fun. Creativity, talent and team work once again resulted in a wonderful sculpture. This year the team competed on May 20^th in the 5^th annual Bellingham Technical College's Welding Rodeo (BTC).

All sculptures this year were created from a scrap pile of metal using a "water" theme. The teams were required to finish in eight hours. Wood Stone's sculpture, "Neptune" had a long wiry beard and trident in hand. It was a fun challenge for the Wood Stone team.

At Wood Stone's first welding rodeo in 2004, the team took first place with their Ski to Sea sculpture and in 2005 the musically inspired, 'Me and Julio' took the people's choice award.

Wood Stone also sponsored a fundraiser by the BTC culinary arts chef's club at the rodeo.

This year's Welding Rodeo Team

	Tim Tracy attended the welding course at BTC back in 1975-1976. He has been a welder and fabricator ever since. Tim enjoys making welded sculpture and melting glass and metal in his forge. He also enjoys taking short walks out of high flying airplanes! Tim is an original Scrapcrafter.		Bart Ocheltree has been welding at Wood Stone for almost ten years. He has been creating welded sculpture for about four years. Bart is also an original Scrapcrafter.
	J. Mike Miller has been welding since he was 12 years old. (That's just a little over 30 years!) J. Mike started with Wood Stone in 1997. He enjoys restoring old cars in his free time and works in a variety of areas at Wood Stone.		Josh Johnson has been welding for 9 months. He brings with him experience from working at a machine shop and sheet metal shop. He also brings a heap of youthful experience.