Where Metalworkers Talk Shop

  • Sign up for Shop Talk with TJ to keep your head in the game and your nose to the grindstone. You'll get time-saving tips and process recommendations to help you work more efficiently — knowledge that TJ and his team of metalworking experts have picked up from decades around the shop. Here's a sampling of what you can expect when you sign up for Shop Talk:

    • How to choose the right abrasive for the job
    • Tips for unique grinding challenges
    • Time-saving paint prep techniques
    • Opportunities to receive abrasive samples
    • Access to 3M Abrasives experts
    Sign up for Shop Talk with TJ to keep your head in the game and your nose to the grindstone.

    Meet TJ, Your 3M Abrasives Expert

    Hi, I'm TJ, Abrasives Training Manager at 3M. Ever since I made my first abrasives sales call in 2000, on a stainless steel metfab shop in Des Moines, Iowa, I've been hooked on metalworking.

    In the decades since, I've picked up a few tricks around the shop — and I love sharing them with other "metal heads" like you.

    Sign up for Shop Talk to get my metalworking tips and tricks right to your inbox!

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