The Talent Tank

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EP 09 Adam Woodlee Nov 04, 2019

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A play on the triumph and losses in performance and life. The Talent Tank podcast will navigate the inner workings of lifestyle, lives, family, teams, careers, programs, and technology in and around the offroad motorsports industry. What breeds success with your Talent Tank on full, failures when its on empty. From the journey to the Starting Line to take that Green Flag, on to exploring trials and tribulations on and off the track in pursuit of victorious achievement and the Checkered Flag.
Episode 9 brings world renowned four-wheel drive offroad racecar fabricating phenom, and offroad businessman Adam Woodlee @wideopendesign for a short dip in the deep end of The Talent Tank. Adam and his southern style pull you in as he discusses, growing up immersing himself in everything offroad from trail riding, southern style rock bouncing and his exploits racing King of the Hammers with a touch of donuts, and suicidal bunnies thrown in for good measure. Before discussion turns starting a family later in life after making offroad motorsports his business, job creation in small town America, building his brand, product line failures, and the successes in innovation that have dominated his trajectory in life the past near 20 years.
Check him, Wide Open Design, or Crane Axle out on the web at https://www.wideopendesign.com/
https://craneaxle.com/
After the Checkered Flag-
Sand casting, also known as sand molded casting, is a metal casting process characterized by using sand as the mold material. The term "sand casting" can also refer to an object produced via the sand casting process. Sand castings are produced in specialized factories called foundries. Over 60% of all metal castings are produced via sand casting process.
Molds made of sand are relatively cheap, and sufficiently refractory even for steel foundry use. In addition to the sand, a suitable bonding agent (usually clay) is mixed or occurs with the sand. The mixture is moistened, typically with water, but sometimes with other substances, to develop the strength and plasticity of the clay and to make the aggregate suitable for molding. The sand is typically contained in a system of frames or mold boxes known as a flask. The mold cavities and gate system are created by compacting the sand around models called patterns, by carving directly into the sand, or by 3D printing.
There are 7 basic steps in this process:
1. Place a pattern in sand to create a mold.
2. Incorporate the pattern and sand in a gating system.
3. Remove the pattern.
4. Fill the mold cavity with molten metal.
5. Allow the metal to cool.
6. Break away the sand mold and remove the casting.
7. Machine casting for final product fit an finish

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EP 08 Cody Addington Oct 28, 2019

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EP 07 Rob Bender Park Oct 21, 2019

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A play on the triumph and losses in performance and life. The Talent Tank podcast will navigate the inner workings of lifestyle, lives, family, teams, careers, programs, and technology in and around the offroad motorsports industry. What breeds success with your Talent Tank on full, failures when its on empty. From the journey to the Starting Line to take that Green Flag, on to exploring trials and tribulations on and off the track in pursuit of victorious achievement and the Checkered Flag.
Episode 7 throws Rob Bender Park @robbenderpark current head of fabrication at Motobilt, and host of the hit TV series Truck Night in America into the mix. Rob walks us down history lane of the Tin Benders, Pirates of the Rubicon, King of the Hammers, numerous welding projects, Enron, California, Alabama, terrible humidity, the difference between 13" & 15" Dickies, and whats going on at Motobilt with their new 10kW Fiber Laser Cutter and shop move, and what it means to be tasked with innovation.
After the Checkered Flag-
As mentioned here's the link to Pirate4X4 Bendin' Tube 101 By Rob Park https://www.pirate4x4.com/articles2/tech/bendin_tube
Truck Night in America wiki, is a History Channel program that debuted in 2018. In the show, contestants compete through a series of elimination events, and the final two remaining members race independently against each other on a three-mile course known as "The Green Hell." Whoever completes the course fastest, or, in the event that neither finishes, gets the farthest wins a $10,000 prize. After the first elimination round, when one loser reduces the group to four contestants, a selection process teams an expert coach to each driver. The coaches had been desert racing champion and truck builder "Pistol" Pete Sohren, extreme sports pioneer and dirt track racer Glen Plake, truck builder and master fabricator Abe Wine, and rock crawling champion and master fabricator Rob "Bender" Park, but "Pistol" Pete Sohren was killed in January 2019 in a UTV accident in Mexico, leaving a vacancy in the show. His replacement has not been announced.Some events change between episodes, while others remain the same. Drivers get a one-hour opportunity to make repairs or modifications to their trucks twice during the competition.

EP 06 Shannon Welch Oct 14, 2019

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A play on the triumph and losses in performance and life. The Talent Tank podcast will navigate the inner workings of lifestyle, lives, family, teams, careers, programs, and technology in and around the offroad motorsports industry. What breeds success with your Talent Tank on full, failures when its on empty. From the journey to the Starting Line to take that Green Flag, on to exploring trials and tribulations on and off the track in pursuit of victorious achievement and the Checkered Flag.
Episode 6 brings retired from Hammerking Productions, social media specialist, and Associate Producer for this show, Shannon Welch @theshannonwelch, to the Tank. How the east coast found its way to California, and behind the curtain with her hand in managing and growing of the beast of the ULTRA4 Racing series that it is today. On to now, what she's been up to, and how your business and race efforts could benefit from her expertise.
After the Checkered Flag-
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EP 05 Nate Gesse Oct 07, 2019

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EP 04 Loren Healy Sep 30, 2019

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The term "slickrock" was used by early settlers of the west to describe the sandstone because of the low traction between horses' metal shoes, as well as the metal hoops of wagon wheels and the rock's sloping surfaces. Making traversing it very difficult and dangerous as horses would slip and fall, or wagons would slide down slopes injuring the horses or the settlers riding in the wagons.

EP 03 Casey Gilbert Sep 23, 2019

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EP 02 Terry Madden Sep 15, 2019

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After the Checkered Flag-
Sadly the day after this episode left editing, Terry’s long term girlfriend Jessi Combs @thejessicombs was called home to her maker while attempting to set a Landspeed record over 500mph in the Alvord Desert of Oregon. Godspeed Jessi, July 27, 1980 - August 27, 2019
Wyatt & Terry discussed PTSD, Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer @dakotameyer0317 and his manta and business Own The Dash @ownthedash is brought up, unfortunately discussed as "Live the Dash". We apologize for the misquoted name. Please visit https://ownthedash.us for more info on that veteran owned business.
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EP 01 Miles Hasselquist Sep 08, 2019

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