About this episode

This episode highlights the Mini Mayhem event, showcasing how welding fuels creativity and problem-solving in motorsports.

Mini Mayhem brings out the kind of builds that show what welding is really good for: making weird ideas work, fixing what breaks, and learning by doing.If you’re a welder, fabricator, student, or garage builder looking for real-world inspiration beyond the booth, this episode shows how mini bikes, go-karts, electric builds, and trackside repairs can sharpen your skills.More about Mini MayhemMini Mayhem is a yearly event at Busco Beach where builders bring mini bikes, four-wheelers, dirt bikes, go-karts, electric machines, and homemade creations to ride, race, test, and break. John describes it as a free-for-all event built around camping, group rides, a drag strip takeover, night rides, and seeing what people built in the off-season.This episode features builders including Scuba Man, Brad from Big Nasty Bikes, Zach from Cars and Cameras, Brandon and Russ from Mini Metal Fab, and several other garage fabricators showing how welding connects directly to creativity, problem-solving, and motorsports.Special thanks to ESAB for making our repair station possible - https://esab.com/us Check Out The Builders We Talked WithBig Nasty Bikes - https://bignastybikes.com/ Rattle Can Customs…

People in this episode

Host: Beau Wigington

Guests: Scuba Man, Brad from Big Nasty Bikes, Zach from Cars and Cameras, Brandon and Russ from Mini Metal Fab

Topics covered

• welding
• fabrication
• motorsports
• mini bikes
• event spotlight

Keywords

• welding
• mini bikes
• go-karts
• fabrication
• motorsports
• Mini Mayhem
• event

Sponsors

ESAB

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Busco Beach

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