Episode #112 – Happy Screw Year!

Eric Dudas

With the onset of a new year, the fastener industry seems primed for action. The latest season of online fastener talk radio begins with a conversation with Link Magazine publisher, Mr. Leo Coar, who notes that forty years are just the start, and things are looking good for the little guy as far as he can tell (18:55). Andy Pels, of ScrewCrew.com and Mike Topolewski, of Perigee Manufacturing, look back at the previous year, then shift focus to their positive feelings for 2017 (1:15:34). The FDI numbers for December tell of similar positive sentiment throughout the screw business, as Fastener Technology International editor, Mike McNulty and R.W. Baird analyst, Dave Manthey, explain during the Fastener News Report (43:39). Plus, industry virtuoso Carmen Vertullo explains the finer points of wedge tensile testing, on the Fastener Training Minute (1:09:03). Brian and Eric consider the right time of year to eat crawfish, and urge listeners to become part of their favorite online fastener sourcing network. Run time: 02:04:38

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About the Hosts

Brian Musker

Brian Musker

Known as the “hardest working man in the online thread game”, Brian Musker earned his advanced engineering degree with a thesis on fastening technology many years before entering the fastener industry with the launch of the FCH Sourcing Network in 2006. Today, he is known as the developer of the industry renowned “FCH Scrubber” software that cleans and cross-matches fastener inventory for distributors across the industry. He is also a strong advocate for his beloved breakfast spread, Vegemite.

Eric Dudas

Eric Dudas

Eric Dudas got the idea of launching Fully Threaded Radio in the early days of podcasting as he pondered how to promote the FCH Sourcing Network to an industry that wasn’t doing much with traditional social media. Fifteen years later, the show has a life of its own and has opened more doors than he could have imagined. More recently, he’s been working to build the NFBBQA (National Fastener BBQ Association) to help fastener professionals better enjoy cooking meat over fire. He also enjoys chicken ranching at his small farm in semi-rural northeast Ohio.