EP 188: Learn More Skills To Get More Jobs with Lucas D’Angelo

In this episode, Beau sits down with Lucas D’Angelo—better known as “MannMadeInMA”—to explore his one-of-a-kind path in fabrication, welding, and machinery rebuilding. Lucas operates a full-blown machine and fabrication shop right in the basement of his home in Massachusetts, turning small-run and often overlooked jobs into his specialty. He reveals how he got hooked on metalworking and why he never shies away from a new challenge—even if it means rebuilding massive vintage machines and hoisting a Bridgeport mill into his basement with a DIY crane setup.

Join us as Lucas shares his best tips for:

• Building a Personal Brand: How social media helped him showcase his range of skills—and why being genuine and excited on camera can make all the difference.

• Taking on “Odd Jobs”: Why small-scale fabrication and custom repair work is surprisingly lucrative, and how your most valuable tool might just be a simple bracket or weld-on trailer part.

• Vintage Machine Rebuilds: How Lucas scores old industrial machinery on the cheap, then breathes new life into it with a little elbow grease (and sometimes a bucket of sand for welding cast iron!).

• Embracing the Side Hustle: Balancing a full-time day job with a thriving “second shift” business—and the freedom that comes from being able to say “no” when he needs a break.

• Dealing with Haters: Why he posts his mistakes just as often as his wins, and the surprising upside to going viral for a shop-fail video.

Connect With Lucas D’Angelo

Instagram @mannmadeinma https://www.instagram.com/mannmadeinma/ 

TikTok - @mannmadeinma https://www.tiktok.com/@mannmadeinma 

YouTube - @MannMadeinMA https://www.youtube.com/@MannMadeinMA/videos 

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mannmadeinma?mibextid=LQQJ4d 

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