If you’ve ever walked through a busy metal fabrication shop on a Monday morning, you know the rhythm—grinders humming, welders sparking, everyone moving fast because deadlines don’t care that Friday’s shift ran late. A few months ago, I visited a metal shop where a senior welder, Mark, was mentoring a new apprentice through a run of thick structural brackets. Classic Monday. The kind where you’re chasing precision, speed, and consistency all at once. Mark laughed as he wiped