Mortfab Welding

10/17/2026

You have know idea!!.... Still counting my blessings every day.

10/17/2026

At the end of the day, we all come to work to do a job, make a living, and go home. We spend more time with the people we work with than we do with our own families sometimes, so why not make the best of it?
We're all different. We all have our own attitudes, opinions, and ways of doing things. We're not always going to agree, and that's fine. But there's no reason we can't respect each other and get along.
A good shop isn't just about getting the work done. It's about helping each other out, having each other's backs, and being able to joke around and have a good laugh once in a while. Just like in this video, sometimes it's the little things and the laughs that make the day go by a little easier.
Nobody needs to come to work dealing with drama, bad attitudes, or people trying to bring each other down. If someone needs help, help them. If someone screws up, help them fix it. Nobody's perfect, and nobody knows everything.
We can bust our asses, get the job done right, and still have a good time doing it.
We don't all have to be best friends, but we damn sure can treat each other with respect.
At the end of the day, a good welding shop isn't just about the welds we lay down or the steel we put together. It's about the crew you work beside and knowing everyone has each other's back.
Work hard, have some laughs, look out for each other, and leave the bu****it at the door. That's the kind of shop worth showing up for.

09/05/2026

Meet my new hire, its uncanny how much he looks like the guy who I interviewed yesterday .

09/03/2026

08/26/2026

There is something special about watching an apprentice who actually wants to learn the trade.
This young lady has been an inspiration to have as an apprentice welder. She doesn’t come to work looking for the easiest job or trying to figure out what she can get out of doing. She wants to learn. She wants to improve. And every time she gets better at something, she raises the bar for herself and goes after the next challenge.
She works overtime when she’s asked. She pays attention. She takes pride in what she does. Most importantly, she isn’t afraid of the work.
I’ve watched grown men look at certain jobs and decide they were too dirty, too difficult, too uncomfortable, or simply beneath them. Meanwhile, she steps up to the plate, grabs the tools, and gets after it.
These pictures say more than I ever could.
One minute she’s on the floor putting tire chains on because the job needs to get done. The next she’s under a welding hood learning the trade and becoming better at her craft. No excuses. No worrying about whether something is “her job.” Just a willingness to learn and a willingness to work.
That is what separates people.
You can teach someone how to MIG weld. You can teach them how to stick weld. You can teach fabrication, prints, equipment, and technique. But you cannot teach hunger. You cannot teach work ethic. And you cannot force someone to take pride in becoming better than they were yesterday.
She brings those things with her.
Being a great welder isn't about being the biggest or strongest person in the shop. It isn't about how many years you've been doing it or how many stories you can tell about what you did 20 years ago.
It's about what you're willing to do today.
Keep learning. Keep getting dirty. Keep volunteering for the jobs nobody else wants. Keep raising that bar.
Because eventually, the apprentice everyone was teaching becomes the person everyone else is learning from.
Stay hungry. Stay humble. Keep burning. Your future in this trade is yours to build.

08/26/2026

Still moving forward.... cant knock me down

08/25/2026

I recently deleted over 2,000 people from my personal page.

Not because I’m angry. Not because I think I’m better than anybody. And not because I’m trying to prove a point.

I simply reached a place in my life where I realized that access to my personal life should actually mean something.

I’ve bumped into people at local stores, restaurants, and pizza joints who were supposedly my “friends” online, yet they couldn’t even look in my direction or say hello. And it finally made me ask myself a very simple question:

Why am I giving people a front-row seat to my life who wouldn’t even acknowledge me in real life?

The last few years have changed the way I look at friendship, loyalty, and relationships.

My wife went through cancer, and in many ways we are still living with everything that came with it. That was one of the hardest periods our family has ever faced. When something like that happens, you find out very quickly who is really standing beside you.

Out of all those so-called friends, how many checked in? How many asked how she was doing? How many asked how I was holding up? How many were actually there when life wasn't pictures, jokes, hunting stories, work accomplishments, or good times?

I can count them on one hand.

When my wife was first diagnosed, I was given eight weeks of paid time off. Eight weeks to be with her and my family.

She went to stay with her mother in Boston so she could be closer to Dana-Farber for treatment.

And I never used a single day.

Not one.

I kept going to work.

I kept the business moving. I kept solving problems. I kept showing up every morning carrying things inside that most people around me probably never knew about.

Why?

Because I knew other people depended on that business too. They had families. They had mortgages. They had bills. They needed their paychecks. And even while my own family was fighting one of the biggest battles of our lives, I still felt a responsibility to make sure everything kept running smoothly for everybody else.

Looking back, I sometimes wonder what all that loyalty actually bought me.

In the end, it felt like a great big “f**k you — thanks for everything.”

That changes a person.

It doesn't mean I stopped caring about people. It means I finally learned that caring about people does not require giving everyone unlimited access to me.

So yes, my personal page has become exactly that:

Personal.

The circle is smaller now.

Access to my life isn't as easy as it once was. My family, my time, my loyalty, my friendship, and my peace mean more to me today than they did years ago.

I spent a lot of my life swimming across oceans for people who wouldn't jump across a puddle for me.

I don't regret being that person. I don't regret helping people. I don't regret being loyal. That's part of who I am, and I hope that part of me never completely disappears.

But I've finally learned there is a difference between having a good heart and leaving the door wide open for everyone who wants something from it.

Some people will notice they're no longer on my page.

Some won't.

And that's okay.

The people who truly know me don't need Facebook to prove we're friends. They were there when life got ugly. They picked up the phone. They showed up. They asked about my wife. They asked about my family. They remembered that there was a human being behind the job title, the favors, and everything I could do for them.

Those are my people.

The rest were simply people I knew.

And it took me a long time to understand the difference.

08/25/2026

There comes a point in life when a person starts realizing that some friendships were never really friendships at all. They were relationships built around access, opportunity, and what one person could provide for the other.
Sometimes it takes years to recognize it because these relationships can go back decades. They worked together. They laughed together. They respected each other's abilities. They called each other friends. But when the jobs changed and there was no longer anything connecting them professionally, the phone didn't ring. Nobody stopped by. Nobody made an effort to maintain the friendship.
Then another opportunity came along, and suddenly the friendship came back to life.
A job was needed. A door needed to be opened. A recommendation needed to be made. Someone needed to put their own reputation on the line and say, "Give this guy a chance."
And the door opened.
Sometimes more than once.
Better jobs. Better money. Better benefits. Better positions. Opportunities that might never have existed without somebody willing to stand behind another person's name.
There is nothing wrong with helping people. In fact, helping someone climb is one of the better things a person can do when they've worked hard enough to reach a position where they can open doors for others.
The painful lesson comes later.
Because eventually the giving stops.
Maybe there are no more doors to open. Maybe boundaries finally have to be established. Maybe friendship and business can no longer be mixed. Or maybe the person who has spent years helping others finally realizes that the relationship has become completely one-sided.
That's when the truth has a way of showing itself.
As long as the answer was yes, everything was good.
As long as there was another opportunity, another favor, another recommendation, another job, another chance, or another problem that could be fixed, the friendship remained intact.
But the first meaningful no changed everything.
Suddenly the person who had helped became the problem.
The same person who had opened doors was now arrogant. The person who had put their reputation on the line was now selfish. The person who had helped create opportunities was somehow the enemy because they were no longer willing—or able—to keep providing them.
That is when an uncomfortable question has to be asked:
Was the friendship ever really about the person, or was it about what that person could provide?
Real friendship survives a closed door.
Real friendship doesn't require a paycheck, a position, a favor, or an opportunity to keep it alive.
Real friends don't keep score based on what someone can do for them. And they certainly don't turn against someone because the favors eventually stop.
There is also a hard lesson for anyone who reaches a position where they can help others:
Be careful who gets carried through doors that took years of hard work to open.
Every recommendation carries someone's name with it. Every person brought into an organization on someone else's word is borrowing a piece of that person's reputation. Helping someone get ahead is not a small favor. It is putting years of credibility behind another human being and saying, "I believe in this person."
That should mean something.
Gratitude does not require lifelong repayment. Nobody owes another person their life because they were given an opportunity. But character shows in what happens after the opportunity has been received—especially when there is nothing left to gain.
Some people were friends.
Some were coworkers who became friends.
And some, unfortunately, were never really friends at all.
They were simply people standing close enough to benefit from someone else's climb.
The hardest part isn't losing those people.
The hardest part is realizing that the relationship may have ended the moment there was nothing left to give.

08/25/2026

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01/27/2026