Ross Brown, a blacksmith based in Cutler, Indiana has done numerous repairs to Indiana bridges. At Lansing he showed some forge welding skills by shaping and welding an eye in a wrought iron bar, and then upsetting and welding together two straight ends.

DDan Garijo of the National Bridge Company demonstrated National's specialty: heat straightening of large structural sections. Here he is putting a bend into a hefty I-section. The beam will go in the direction the chevron points.

Jeff Dever of Michigan Pneumatic Tool in Detroit driving a rivet with one of the rebuilt hammers that his company supplies to the trade.

Brazing with cast iron rod – gas torch and flux. Note the size of that vee. Looked good until the beginners got on the final passes.

Same bare cast iron rod, used with a TIG welder providing shielding gas.