Welders

[Will In Tx]

Awh....I must have hit a home run with ya'll

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Ok, off stick welders now and to a place I am not sure of....Wire Feed???
Tig and Mig jobbers???

 

[handyman]

Trying to give a old man a heart attack looking at that thought it was going to be a tig or mig welder. Dont let dusty see it . handy

 

[traildust]

Dont let dusty see it .

HA HA! She might be one of dusty's sisters again



Scott

 

[handyman]

Tig welders are great you can weld anything with them but they are the hardest to master. They are great for thin material then change over to stick when it gets thick. I also like gas welding I use to do a lot of that especially brazing and would use propane and oxygen for cutting back in the old days it was cheaper. lincoln tig is what I have. handy

 

[dusty-t]

Brazing I haven't even thought of brazing in years. I used to be half decent at it too. Oh and I am ever ever so thankfull that none of my sisters or their husbands or their children own a Kubota. I would be dead meat so fast. Dusty

 

[traildust]

HA HA! Dusty, the internet is a smal place after all. You never know who's watching you

Every family gathering at the dinner table you will be sitting on edge just hoping none of them googled "kubota" to help you out

 

[Wildfire]

Welding machines. Good lord now you've asked something. I'll list them for you

Miller Dynasty 200DX tig welding unit with custom built cart
Millermatic 350P with 30 amp spoolamatic
Millermatic 252
Miller 875 Sprctrum plasma
Miller 302 Trailblazer with custom built trailer.
Welding positioner

Why. Cause I love blue and I'm a tool whore

You like video's? Here's some of the welding items I've built.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uLBlSThbJ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceFXtSEypnY

 

[traildust]

WOW - Paul, now that was some great welding porn

 

[Wildfire]

WOW - Paul, now that was some great welding porn

Crap. Now I got drools all over the keyboard We replaced a few mig units for some up comming work. The new 350P is a pulsed spray unit and I just love the thing. The 252 is our general use mig. The old plasma which was a Miller Spectrum 701 and the Millermatic 251 was sold and replaced with the newer stuff.

 

[traildust]

Crap. Now I got drools all over the keyboard We replaced a few mig units for some up comming work. The new 350P is a pulsed spray unit and I just love the thing. The 252 is our general use mig. The old plasma which was a Miller Spectrum 701 and the Millermatic 251 was sold and replaced with the newer stuff.

Paul, I always enjoy hearing about how well you are doing for yourself. You are a hard working man looking to squeeze 25 hours out of a 24 hour day.

When I was looking at the picture of your truck, it seems as if there is an iceberg just above your tail gate out in the distance. Is that really an iceberg? I don't see any snow so I don't think it's a snow covered peak

 

[Will In Tx]

Welding machines. Good lord now you've asked something. I'll list them for you

Miller Dynasty 200DX tig welding unit with custom built cart
Millermatic 350P with 30 amp spoolamatic
Millermatic 252
Miller 875 Sprctrum plasma
Miller 302 Trailblazer with custom built trailer.
Welding positioner

Why. Cause I love blue and I'm a tool whore

You like video's? Here's some of the welding items I've built.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uLBlSThbJ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceFXtSEypnY

Might I ask if these are company machines or personal?
I am just a ole cowboy and don't have that deep of pockets.

 

[Wildfire]

Might I ask if these are company machines or personal?
I am just a ole cowboy and don't have that deep of pockets.

Will that's a bit of a tough question to answer but I'll say there company machines. The thing is the company consists of two employees which happens to me and my wife. My wife (the boss) takes care of the office stuff while I do the grunt work.

We do automotive, welding, machining,fabricating and even some restoration work and that's why we need the vast amount of tooling around. A slow working week for me is a 60 hour work week and there are weeks that we work much more but it do help pay the bills

Here's a few articles that IF you read you'll have a better understanding what we're about.

As for the welder. If I was going to buy and inexpensive stick welder I would look for a ac/dc unit and if I were looking for a mig I would go for a small Miller unit or one of those red ones.

Handyman would be the best here to advise on that topic. I'm more an occasional weldor.

http://weldingdesign.com/processes/news/wdf_22589/

http://www.forkliftaction.com/news/forklifts_news_international/Specialty_Repairs_7183.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t41VdsrEiQ0

 

[Wildfire]

When I was looking at the picture of your truck, it seems as if there is an iceberg just above your tail gate out in the distance. Is that really an iceberg? I don't see any snow so I don't think it's a snow covered peak

Yes my buddy that's an iceberg. It's off about three miles from the picture and was over a 1/2 mile long. We can have icebergs here long after the snow has gone. It's a real attraction for everyone including the tourists. Here's another shot of another burg while I was out on the wing. This one was over one mile long.I included a few pics of the surroundings as well.

 

[Will In Tx]

Well, don't have that much $$$ unless I win the lotto....

 

[Wildfire]

Well, don't have that much $$$ unless I win the lotto....

You had it. It's just that you spent it on Orange stuff

 

[handyman]

Wildfire you are a frabricator machinist welder mechanic stop trying to play yourself down AINT GONA WORK WITH ME. Your everybit a professional Ive read nearly all if not all and I agree with all you have had to say except for 1 thing and that is you say you are a ocassional welder. You can BS some of the guys part of the time but on welding and fabricating YOU cant BS handy any of the time. GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK .handy

 

[Will In Tx]

You had it. It's just that you spent it on Orange stuff

thing is, I did not spend a dime.......

 

[Will In Tx]

Wildfire you are a frabricator machinist welder mechanic stop trying to play yourself down AINT GONA WORK WITH ME. Your everybit a professional Ive read nearly all if not all and I agree with all you have had to say except for 1 thing and that is you say you are a ocassional welder. You can BS some of the guys part of the time but on welding and fabricating YOU cant BS handy any of the time. GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK .handy

2nd agreement to this statement.......

 

[Wildfire]

Wildfire you are a frabricator machinist welder mechanic stop trying to play yourself down AINT GONA WORK WITH ME. Your everybit a professional Ive read nearly all if not all and I agree with all you have had to say except for 1 thing and that is you say you are a ocassional welder. You can BS some of the guys part of the time but on welding and fabricating YOU cant BS handy any of the time. GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK .handy

2nd agreement to this statement.......

Na I just do what needs to get done. I'm kind of a jack of all trades and master of none you guys are to kind and I appreciate what you said but your both wrong

thing is, I did not spend a dime.......

Good on ya buddy. Don't know how you did it but I'm happy to see your enjoying it. You got some nice gear there. Your either very lucky or someone is really looking out to you.

I'm kind of like a cat chasing it's tail. I buy tools to do more work to buy more tools to do more work and all I'm getting out of it is more tools and more work

 

[traildust]

Wildfire you are a frabricator machinist welder mechanic stop trying to play yourself down AINT GONA WORK WITH ME. Your everybit a professional Ive read nearly all if not all and I agree with all you have had to say except for 1 thing and that is you say you are a ocassional welder. You can BS some of the guys part of the time but on welding and fabricating YOU cant BS handy any of the time. GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK .handy

Ditto on what handy said. Seems to really hold more weight from him