American Welding and Fabrication is owned and operated by Richard Hetherington who has more than 15 years of welding experience in many different settings. Starting out as a boy working in his father’s own auto repair business in Orange County, CA. He gained many years experience in the auto repair field. Although highly skilled at auto repair, his interests grew to incorporate welding and fabrication in many more areas than simply automotive. Which later lead to becoming trained and certified in various types of welding.