Blake Mouser

Building something new. Tradesman / Startup Founder

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

It's time to build

[Jakob Diepenbrock @jakobdiepen]

Autofac Industries (https://t.co/6uZVm6IuiS) — Automated fluid line manufacturing

@BlakeaMouser led fluid lines as an engineer at SpaceX, Tesla, and Blue Origin. 5 years of welding experience. Already working with Applied Atomics and Oklo.

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[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

@codyaims Been thinking about this a lot. Spent ten years as a tradesmen in these new tech companies, now building a startup of my own.. The trades built a lot of these companies and get the least amount of equity. IMO the answer is probably an equity based guild of sorts.

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

@JulianFried I'll call a few people. You looking for structural or pipe TIG welders?

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

Great article Riley. I started my career as a welder and now building a manufacturing company rebuilding one of these fragile finishing lines you talked about. This biggest issue is the workforce development and the "shame" in becoming a skilled tradesman over the past few decades. How is government working to fix this?

[American Affairs @AmericanAffrs]

Fall 2026 issue online:
-Rep. Riley Moore on Industrial Deterrence
-Agencies without Agency
-Biotech's Deepseek Moment
-The New Newark
-Texas vs California
-Funding National Resilience
-Failing Like a State
-Global Islamism after Unipolarity
& more
https://t.co/7Sqw89HNks

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

@maahirpanchal TIG, orbital, and laser. If want to follow D 17.1 then they would have to be

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

What's everyone's opinions on unions, specially trades and manufacturing unions?

Been doing a lot of research in the lately.

In 1983 about 20% of workers were union and by 2024 it's was down to 10% but support for them is the highest it's been in the past 60 years.

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

Just talked to my friend I was a welder with at Spacex a decade ago.

His stocks are worth over $100,000,000 now. Never sold his whole time there. Wild

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

Toured some potential facilities for my startup today. We really need a space just dedicated for early stage startups in every major city.

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

Haven't welded professionally in a few years. Starting a manufacturing company has me getting recertified in everything. Forgot how fun it was.

Posting my progression. 6061 aluminum TIG. Root and cap pass on 1/4inch plate.

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

Machines that replace a tradesperson don't scale. Capex kills them. Tools and tech that make a tradesperson more efficient do scale.

Who is building that right now? Everything I see is just another AI project management tool.

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

@DustinWalper Have you tried doing it with activing flux like a-TIG? Seen some interestind studies on it

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

Been reading a biography of Leonardo da Vinci.

No university.
Apprenticed in a workshop under Andrea del Verrocchio, where art, metal, mechanics, and design all lived in the same room.
Renaissance minds were forged on shop floors.

Feels like that cycle is starting again.

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

@DustinWalper @jimbelosic Impressive!

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

@William_Blake Always wanted to build a github for craftsmen

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

@DeveloperHarris @zanehengsperger Would be surprised if McMaster didn't have something similar next day

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

@KennethCassel These are pretty sick to use. https://t.co/xCLrnmEMMQ

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

@DustinWalper Nothing more satisfying than smacking metal with a mallet

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

When machines are cheap, iteration is fast and risk is lower.
If the US wants to compete, we need more American machine manufacturers to pop up

[Blake Mouser @BlakeaMouser]

Talked to a manufacturer recently who built multiple factories in China and in America.
He said the biggest advantage is not wages.
Industrial machines are often 50 to 60 percent cheaper to buy and deploy.