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!!

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!!


Do you two have email accounts?

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..

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.

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?

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 .

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.

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.

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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 to http://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.

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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
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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.