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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:25:04 -0400, HK wrote:

If there is a worse place to be during hot weather than Atlanta, I
don't know where it might be.

Third floor of the Woodstock Middle School yesterday at 11 AM.

Mrs. Wave told me it reached 106 degrees before they dismissed school.
Three kids in her home room passed out.

If you compare the temp along the east coast there is very little
difference in temp. If you want cool temp. you need to do what JohnH
did and go to Seattle.


Didn't Seattle already have its one day of bathing suit weather?

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JimH wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:19 pm, "Mike" wrote:
Cool Jimmy, you just made the plonk list. Too bad... I had hope for you.
Well done.

--Mike

"JimH" wrote in message

...

On Jun 10, 6:24 pm, HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Jun 10, 3:04 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jun 10, 1:53 pm, wrote:
On Jun 10, 1:10 pm, wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:44 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 10:42 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 10:29 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 8:50 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 7:58 am, wrote:
On Jun 9, 5:12 pm, wrote:
On Jun 9, 2:25 pm, wrote:
Hey, my daughter just called (I'm away from the house for
awhile) and
said a Rowdy Mouse T-shirt came! She really, really likes
it!! She's
very thankful to have it, so thanks, dude!
The mouse says "whatever..." ;)
So she asked if you owned a race car, told her it was MX
racing. Now,
here she is with both arms in casts up to her pits, and her
response
was, "can we go to Conn. to go MXing?!!! That's my girl!
Tell here, anytime.! But tell here I require full pads, even
a 96
degrees like sunday afternoon.. It's not reaally that bad,
unless you
slow down;) And of course there are two websites she can visit
in the
meantime.
RowdyMouseRacing.com is where we have a couple of vids
Some pics here
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/t...s.php?album=10
and this is one of the tracks we ride is
ctmotocross.com
Have fun, hurry up before we tear up all the equipment;)
She's got a lot of her dad in her, she loves speed. I've done my
share
of MXing, I had a Suzuki TM250 among others. Of course my first
was a
Honda Super 90, made for street but we used them in the woods.-
Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Well, hurry up, the new brake hub will be here thursday.. man, If
it
ain't gas in the boat, it's parts on the bikes... yikes! Heeeeere
comes summer!- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
I like wrenching on them as much as running them. Same with cars.
When
we had old beater bikes for the woods, man did we cobble some
stuff
up!!- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Wrenching on these is the easy part. Finding parts that can be
modified to fit is another. We don't ride red, yellow, blue, green,
or
$$orange$$, so parts require some r+d;) Actually the only new skill
I
think I will require is welding, or just find a cheap local shop
that
is willing to barter..- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Stick welding is pretty easy to learn, but if you are going to weld
aluminum and such, things get harder! I grew up in the country on a
farm, so when things broke down you didn't take it to a shop, you
fixed it yourself. We had everything but a machine shop, so that's
the
only outside sort of work we had anybody else do.- Hide quoted
text -
- Show quoted text -
I would just like to be able to lay on metal, re-enforce frames,
stick
steel to steel, etc... Aluminum and other alloy work I knew was a
little more complicated. Stick welding? Is that gas, like torches?
If you are going to put your kid on a motorcycle on which you did
welding, I suggest you get some real, formal training in the art. It's
very easy to learn how to do bad welds. Your kid could be killed
because
a weld failed.
Aluminum and other alloy work a *little* more complicated?
snerk
You shouldn't be getting welding advice from an abject idiot like
Loogy.
I doubt he can tie his shoelaces properly .
Hey Harry, how is the weather in your area? We are getting a new
furnace and AC unit installed tomorrow. My wife planted 2 ornamental
grasses today.
Let me know how things are going with you and your wife.
It's hot as hell here. I know that for a fact because Dick Cheney just
returned from his future retirement home and reported that it was 98F
there, just like here! :)
Mrs. Harry is doing well, thank you. :)
Oh...my neighbor's kid skinned his knee when he fell off his skateboard.
Sorry to hear about your neighbor's son..........a skinned knee can
become infected.
Did I ever show you the picture of the 1916 Victrola I restored?
Hey.......how often are you cutting your grass now? I cut mine once/
week with a fairly new John Deere lawn tractor. I grew up in the
suburbs and the lot was about an acre.......I had to cut it with a
push mower. We could not afford to have someone come over to fix it
so my Dad fixed it himself. It was usually just a spark plug though.
What did you have to eat last weekend?

Cool.


Mike. A horse's ass. I can't recall one post of his that added anything
but insults to rec.boats.

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On Jun 11, 7:33 am, HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:19 pm, "Mike" wrote:
Cool Jimmy, you just made the plonk list. Too bad... I had hope for you.
Well done.

--Mike

"JimH" wrote in message

...

On Jun 10, 6:24 pm, HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Jun 10, 3:04 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jun 10, 1:53 pm, wrote:
On Jun 10, 1:10 pm, wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:44 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 10:42 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 10:29 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 8:50 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 7:58 am, wrote:
On Jun 9, 5:12 pm, wrote:
On Jun 9, 2:25 pm, wrote:
Hey, my daughter just called (I'm away from the house for
awhile) and
said a Rowdy Mouse T-shirt came! She really, really likes
it!! She's
very thankful to have it, so thanks, dude!
The mouse says "whatever..." ;)
So she asked if you owned a race car, told her it was MX
racing. Now,
here she is with both arms in casts up to her pits, and her
response
was, "can we go to Conn. to go MXing?!!! That's my girl!
Tell here, anytime.! But tell here I require full pads, even
a 96
degrees like sunday afternoon.. It's not reaally that bad,
unless you
slow down;) And of course there are two websites she can visit
in the
meantime.
RowdyMouseRacing.com is where we have a couple of vids
Some pics here
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/t...s.php?album=10
and this is one of the tracks we ride is
ctmotocross.com
Have fun, hurry up before we tear up all the equipment;)
She's got a lot of her dad in her, she loves speed. I've done my
share
of MXing, I had a Suzuki TM250 among others. Of course my first
was a
Honda Super 90, made for street but we used them in the woods.-
Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Well, hurry up, the new brake hub will be here thursday.. man, If
it
ain't gas in the boat, it's parts on the bikes... yikes! Heeeeere
comes summer!- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
I like wrenching on them as much as running them. Same with cars.
When
we had old beater bikes for the woods, man did we cobble some
stuff
up!!- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Wrenching on these is the easy part. Finding parts that can be
modified to fit is another. We don't ride red, yellow, blue, green,
or
$$orange$$, so parts require some r+d;) Actually the only new skill
I
think I will require is welding, or just find a cheap local shop
that
is willing to barter..- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Stick welding is pretty easy to learn, but if you are going to weld
aluminum and such, things get harder! I grew up in the country on a
farm, so when things broke down you didn't take it to a shop, you
fixed it yourself. We had everything but a machine shop, so that's
the
only outside sort of work we had anybody else do.- Hide quoted
text -
- Show quoted text -
I would just like to be able to lay on metal, re-enforce frames,
stick
steel to steel, etc... Aluminum and other alloy work I knew was a
little more complicated. Stick welding? Is that gas, like torches?
If you are going to put your kid on a motorcycle on which you did
welding, I suggest you get some real, formal training in the art. It's
very easy to learn how to do bad welds. Your kid could be killed
because
a weld failed.
Aluminum and other alloy work a *little* more complicated?
snerk
You shouldn't be getting welding advice from an abject idiot like
Loogy.
I doubt he can tie his shoelaces properly .
Hey Harry, how is the weather in your area? We are getting a new
furnace and AC unit installed tomorrow. My wife planted 2 ornamental
grasses today.
Let me know how things are going with you and your wife.
It's hot as hell here. I know that for a fact because Dick Cheney just
returned from his future retirement home and reported that it was 98F
there, just like here! :)
Mrs. Harry is doing well, thank you. :)
Oh...my neighbor's kid skinned his knee when he fell off his skateboard.
Sorry to hear about your neighbor's son..........a skinned knee can
become infected.
Did I ever show you the picture of the 1916 Victrola I restored?
Hey.......how often are you cutting your grass now? I cut mine once/
week with a fairly new John Deere lawn tractor. I grew up in the
suburbs and the lot was about an acre.......I had to cut it with a
push mower. We could not afford to have someone come over to fix it
so my Dad fixed it himself. It was usually just a spark plug though.
What did you have to eat last weekend?

Cool.

Mike. A horse's ass. I can't recall one post of his that added anything
but insults to rec.boats.

I guess the point I was trying to make with my posts to this thread
was a bit too subtle for him to understand.

I wonder if he is related to Reggie.

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On Jun 11, 5:30*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Jun 10, 3:04 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jun 10, 1:53 pm, wrote:
On Jun 10, 1:10 pm, wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:44 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 10:42 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 10:29 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 8:50 am, wrote:
On Jun 10, 7:58 am, wrote:
On Jun 9, 5:12 pm, wrote:
On Jun 9, 2:25 pm, wrote:
Hey, my daughter just called (I'm away from the house for
awhile) and
said a Rowdy Mouse T-shirt came! She really, really likes
it!! She's
very thankful to have it, so thanks, dude!
The mouse says *"whatever..." * * * ;)
So she asked if you owned a race car, told her it was MX
racing. Now,
here she is with both arms in casts up to her pits, and her
response
was, "can we go to Conn. to go MXing?!!! That's my girl!
Tell here, anytime.! * But tell here I require full pads, even
a 96
degrees like sunday afternoon.. It's not reaally that bad,
unless you
slow down;) And of course there are two websites she can visit
in the
meantime.
RowdyMouseRacing.com is where we have a couple of vids
Some pics here *
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/t...s.php?album=10
and this is one of the tracks we ride is
ctmotocross.com
Have fun, hurry up before we tear up all the equipment;)
She's got a lot of her dad in her, she loves speed. I've done
my share
of MXing, I had a Suzuki TM250 among others. Of course my first
was a
Honda Super 90, made for street but we used them in the woods.-
Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Well, hurry up, the new brake hub will be here thursday.. man,
If it
ain't gas in the boat, it's parts on the bikes... yikes! Heeeeere
comes summer!- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
I like wrenching on them as much as running them. Same with cars.
When
we had old beater bikes for the woods, man did we cobble some stuff
up!!- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Wrenching on these is the easy part. Finding parts that can be
modified to fit is another. We don't ride red, yellow, blue,
green, or
$$orange$$, so parts require some r+d;) Actually the only new skill I
think I will require is welding, or just find a cheap local shop that
is willing to barter..- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Stick welding is pretty easy to learn, but if you are going to weld
aluminum and such, things get harder! I grew up in the country on a
farm, so when things broke down you didn't take it to a shop, you
fixed it yourself. We had everything but a machine shop, so that's the
only outside sort of work we had anybody else do.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
I would just like to be able to lay on metal, re-enforce frames, stick
steel to steel, etc... Aluminum and other alloy work I knew was a
little more complicated. Stick welding? Is that gas, like torches?
If you are going to put your kid on a motorcycle on which you did
welding, I suggest you get some real, formal training in the art. It's
very easy to learn how to do bad welds. Your kid could be killed because
a weld failed.

Aluminum and other alloy work a *little* more complicated?

*snerk

You shouldn't be getting welding advice from an abject idiot like Loogy.
I doubt he can tie his shoelaces properly .

Hey Harry, how is the weather in your area? *We are getting a new
furnace and AC unit installed tomorrow. *My wife planted 2 ornamental
grasses today.

Let me know how things are going with you and your wife.

It's hot as hell here. I know that for a fact because Dick Cheney just
returned from his future retirement home and reported that it was 98F
there, just like here! *:)

Mrs. Harry is doing well, thank you. *:)

Oh...my neighbor's kid skinned his knee when he fell off his skateboard.

Harry,

Can you take some photos of your driveway, new basement kitchen and
septic tank. *Make sure you keep us posted on the routing and delivery
of every product you order online? *You two are too funny making fun of
someone else's banter.

Maybe JimH can tell us about his new tractor and his new "herloin" knife
set or whine about all of his problems on his boat and basement, caused
by lack of basic maintenance. I certainly hope he posts when it is too
hot to go boating, and keeps us up to date why he only uses his boat 2
or 3 times a year.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ignore the three trolling idiots, please! ANY person who would say
nasty untrue things about someone's children and spouse needs to be
ignored. They are nothing but low lifes.

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On Jun 11, 12:36*am, "Calif Bill" wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Jun 10, 1:53 pm, wrote:





On Jun 10, 1:10 pm, wrote:

On Jun 10, 11:44 am, wrote:

On Jun 10, 10:42 am, wrote:

On Jun 10, 10:29 am, wrote:

On Jun 10, 8:50 am, wrote:

On Jun 10, 7:58 am, wrote:

On Jun 9, 5:12 pm, wrote:

On Jun 9, 2:25 pm, wrote:

Hey, my daughter just called (I'm away from the house for
awhile) and
said a Rowdy Mouse T-shirt came! She really, really likes
it!! She's
very thankful to have it, so thanks, dude!

The mouse says "whatever..." ;)

So she asked if you owned a race car, told her it was MX
racing. Now,
here she is with both arms in casts up to her pits, and her
response
was, "can we go to Conn. to go MXing?!!! That's my girl!

Tell here, anytime.! But tell here I require full pads, even a
96
degrees like sunday afternoon.. It's not reaally that bad,
unless you
slow down;) And of course there are two websites she can visit
in the
meantime.

RowdyMouseRacing.com is where we have a couple of vids

Some pics here
http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/t...s.php?album=10

and this is one of the tracks we ride is

ctmotocross.com

Have fun, hurry up before we tear up all the equipment;)

She's got a lot of her dad in her, she loves speed. I've done my
share
of MXing, I had a Suzuki TM250 among others. Of course my first
was a
Honda Super 90, made for street but we used them in the woods.-
Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, hurry up, the new brake hub will be here thursday.. man, If it
ain't gas in the boat, it's parts on the bikes... yikes! Heeeeere
comes summer!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I like wrenching on them as much as running them. Same with cars. When
we had old beater bikes for the woods, man did we cobble some stuff
up!!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Wrenching on these is the easy part. Finding parts that can be
modified to fit is another. We don't ride red, yellow, blue, green, or
$$orange$$, so parts require some r+d;) Actually the only new skill I
think I will require is welding, or just find a cheap local shop that
is willing to barter..- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Stick welding is pretty easy to learn, but if you are going to weld
aluminum and such, things get harder! I grew up in the country on a
farm, so when things broke down you didn't take it to a shop, you
fixed it yourself. We had everything but a machine shop, so that's the
only outside sort of work we had anybody else do.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I would just like to be able to lay on metal, re-enforce frames, stick
steel to steel, etc... Aluminum and other alloy work I knew was a
little more complicated. Stick welding? Is that gas, like torches?

Wire feed is actually easier to learn than stick welding. *Also you can get
nicer welds, especially if using inert gas as opposed to flux cored wire.
Go tohttp://www.lincolnelectric.com/*And peruse the site. *Take a course
at the local community college. *If they have a welding for artists look at
that one. *Is a more condensed one than the ones for professional
certification. *Plus the correct wire feed welder will also support going to
a MIG spool gun for aluminum. *My wire feed is a Lincoln 180C. *Will weld up
to about 3/16 aluminum.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I agree that in welding mild steel, wire feed is much easier than
stick. I've done a lot of both. I've also taken classes to get
certified for welding inspection.

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On Jun 10, 2:54*pm, wrote:
On Jun 10, 1:53*pm, wrote:





On Jun 10, 1:10*pm, wrote:

On Jun 10, 11:44*am, wrote:

On Jun 10, 10:42*am, wrote:

On Jun 10, 10:29*am, wrote:

On Jun 10, 8:50*am, wrote:

On Jun 10, 7:58*am, wrote:

On Jun 9, 5:12*pm, wrote:

On Jun 9, 2:25*pm, wrote:

Hey, my daughter just called (I'm away from the house for awhile) and
said a Rowdy Mouse T-shirt came! She really, really likes it!! She's
very thankful to have it, so thanks, dude!

The mouse says *"whatever..." * * * ;)

So she asked if you owned a race car, told her it was MX racing. Now,
here she is with both arms in casts up to her pits, and her response
was, "can we go to Conn. to go MXing?!!! That's my girl!

Tell here, anytime.! * But tell here I require full pads, even a 96
degrees like sunday afternoon.. It's not reaally that bad, unless you
slow down;) And of course there are two websites she can visit in the
meantime.

RowdyMouseRacing.com is where we have a couple of vids

Some pics here *http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/t...s.php?album=10

and this is one of the tracks we ride is

ctmotocross.com

Have fun, hurry up before we tear up all the equipment;)

She's got a lot of her dad in her, she loves speed. I've done my share
of MXing, I had a Suzuki TM250 among others. Of course my first was a
Honda Super 90, made for street but we used them in the woods.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, hurry up, the new brake hub will be here thursday.. man, If it
ain't gas in the boat, it's parts on the bikes... yikes! Heeeeere
comes summer!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I like wrenching on them as much as running them. Same with cars. When
we had old beater bikes for the woods, man did we cobble some stuff
up!!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Wrenching on these is the easy part. Finding parts that can be
modified to fit is another. We don't ride red, yellow, blue, green, or
$$orange$$, so parts require some r+d;) Actually the only new skill I
think I will require is welding, or just find a cheap local shop that
is willing to barter..- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Stick welding is pretty easy to learn, but if you are going to weld
aluminum and such, things get harder! I grew up in the country on a
farm, so when things broke down you didn't take it to a shop, you
fixed it yourself. We had everything but a machine shop, so that's the
only outside sort of work we had anybody else do.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I would just like to be able to lay on metal, re-enforce frames, stick
steel to steel, etc... Aluminum and other alloy work I knew was a
little more complicated. Stick welding? Is that gas, like torches?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

No, arc welding. I like AC myself:

http://tinyurl.com/43pe42

Now my uncle the aviation machinist, was a gas welding god! He could
do anything with an acetylene torch set!

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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:06:10 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:45:15 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:25:04 -0400, HK wrote:

If there is a worse place to be during hot weather than Atlanta, I don't
know where it might be.
Third floor of the Woodstock Middle School yesterday at 11 AM.

Mrs. Wave told me it reached 106 degrees before they dismissed school.
Three kids in her home room passed out.
If you compare the temp along the east coast there is very little
difference in temp. If you want cool temp. you need to do what JohnH
did and go to Seattle.

Why would I want to go to Seattle for anything? The only thing
remotely interesting in Seattle is Starbucks and rain.

I didn't say anything about wanting to go to Seattle (and starbucks
sucks), I said if you wanted to get away from the heat, you need to go
to Seattle. It is HOT up and down the entire east coast.

IT is HOT, DAMN HOT.

My Tilley and Kool Tie, was actually very kewl.

I'm sure you looked very precious in your Tilley and Kool Tie.

Not to mention gay.

~~ did he just say what I thought I saw he said? ~~

YES HE DID!!! :)

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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:30:11 -0400, HK wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:25:04 -0400, HK wrote:

If there is a worse place to be during hot weather than Atlanta, I
don't know where it might be.

Third floor of the Woodstock Middle School yesterday at 11 AM.

Mrs. Wave told me it reached 106 degrees before they dismissed school.
Three kids in her home room passed out.

If you compare the temp along the east coast there is very little
difference in temp. If you want cool temp. you need to do what JohnH
did and go to Seattle.

Didn't Seattle already have its one day of bathing suit weather?

Seattle has bathing suit weather?

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On Jun 11, 7:59 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:06:10 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:



Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:45:15 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:25:04 -0400, HK wrote:

If there is a worse place to be during hot weather than Atlanta, I don't
know where it might be.
Third floor of the Woodstock Middle School yesterday at 11 AM.

Mrs. Wave told me it reached 106 degrees before they dismissed school.
Three kids in her home room passed out.
If you compare the temp along the east coast there is very little
difference in temp. If you want cool temp. you need to do what JohnH
did and go to Seattle.

Why would I want to go to Seattle for anything? The only thing
remotely interesting in Seattle is Starbucks and rain.

I didn't say anything about wanting to go to Seattle (and starbucks
sucks), I said if you wanted to get away from the heat, you need to go
to Seattle. It is HOT up and down the entire east coast.

IT is HOT, DAMN HOT.

My Tilley and Kool Tie, was actually very kewl.

I'm sure you looked very precious in your Tilley and Kool Tie.

Not to mention gay.

~~ did he just say what I thought I saw he said? ~~

YES HE DID!!! :)

Hey, with those pink 'crocks' he wears I bet he looks
very,,,,,,,,,,,umm...........errrrr............yea h, I guess you are
correct.

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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:52:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 11, 12:36*am, "Calif Bill" wrote:
wrote in message

Wire feed is actually easier to learn than stick welding. *Also you can get
nicer welds, especially if using inert gas as opposed to flux cored wire.
Go tohttp://www.lincolnelectric.com/*And peruse the site. *Take a course
at the local community college. *If they have a welding for artists look at
that one. *Is a more condensed one than the ones for professional
certification. *Plus the correct wire feed welder will also support going to
a MIG spool gun for aluminum. *My wire feed is a Lincoln 180C. *Will weld up
to about 3/16 aluminum.- Hide quoted text -

I agree that in welding mild steel, wire feed is much easier than
stick. I've done a lot of both. I've also taken classes to get
certified for welding inspection.

When I was a Freshman in high school, the shop teacher, Manny Decastro
(who was also my football and baseball coach) wouldn't let me anywhere
near the woodshop - things happened in wood shop when I was in there
(which is odd because I have a complete wood shop which Mrs. Wave
won't let me use for many of the same reasons).

Anyway in a moment of weakness, Manny allowed me to take metal shop
under direct supervision of a Teacher's Aide for one week as an
experiment. During metal shop, I was introduced to gas welding.

I WAS GOD OF THE METAL SHOP!!!

I took to welding like a duck to water - I love it. Got so good at
gas welding that Manny purchased an AC/DC stick welder for my
sophomore year and that was it - I could weld anything. I got into
all the different sticks/coatings/substrates/voltages/amperages/types
of anodes and clamps, yada, yada, yada.

By the time my Junior year rolled around, I was teaching welding in
Metal Shop and Manny had purchased a used MIG welder in good
condition.

I used to have a Lincoln/Miller MIG machine that could use different
gases for shielding the electrode, but I sold it to a guy who does
farm equipment restoration. Still have a Lincoln AC/DC variable
output stick machine, but I havne't done any serious welding in years.

Love to weld things.