Why welding.

[Sberry]

I cant seem to do a brake job without welding,, the other day I had to weld to change a fuel filter. Fixing trucks and the second welding job of the day. I weld because the salvage rate is so hi and saves so much time, work and money. Here is a brake backing plate that had worn spots and was going to let the shoe run crooked. Ready to grind flush and finish now.

[Arc Burn]

I don't know why but i'm glad i have the tools and know how when things start to go wrong.There's no better feeling than to know you can warp the **** out of something to get it off and know you can just weld it up or make another one

[mcstu]

She now thinks its handy

i have spent $,$$$ dollars (count them) on my tools for the shop. Its makes me so happy to have to weld something or loosen something with the torch or bend some metal with heat. She doesnt appreciate the fun I get out of working in the shop.

Our computer chair snapped off recently, right off and fell to the floor. Its a good chair, and she likes it a lot. She dragged it to the front of the house and was prepping it to throw out. I said I would take care of it for her.

Cleaned it all up, welded it so nice with nice smooth crisp 7018 beads. Painted it and put it back in the office.

Welding is now popular.

[INTP]

Before I could weld, I just threw stuff away and bought replacements. Now I put things back together, often better than new. It's just easier to see opportunities now.


Funny, I fixed my computer chair with my welder also.

[Arc Burn]

LOL,I fixed the neighbors computer chair last year ,**** computer chairs

[vwguy3]

I have a standing order at work --anything steel is inspected by me before it is thrown in the dumpster. I have scored lots of good project steel this way.

Mike.

[reedfish]

I welded my computer chair too........must be some wire welder that doesn't know how to get base metal penetration, His weld was just a caulking joint. Grabbed it with a pair of vice grips and pulled it off like bubble gum.

[Scott V]

Re: Why welding.

Originally posted by Sberry27
I cant seem to do a brake job without welding,, the other day I had to weld to change a fuel filter. Fixing trucks and the second welding job of the day. I weld because the salvage rate is so hi and saves so much time, work and money. Here is a brake backing plate that had worn spots and was going to let the shoe run crooked. Ready to grind flush and finish now.

Do you save your front-end parts also?

[Sberry]

No,,, absolutely not! That stuff goes in the trash can,,,, but if Franz wants them I will leave in a little pile outside the door,,, ha just teasing him.

[Sberry]

Here is a pic from my job last night just for my bud. We can make a mess too.

[Franz]

Sberry, yer heartless, I can recognize a staged mess, after all, I'm a professional slob.
As far as those front end parts go, my blacksmith buddy would stop by or send me, but the price of gas would have to drop considerably. There's some fine forging steel in the front ends of vehicles, and he's made many tools from tie rod ends.
Come to think of it, since you need to take that little Froggy Renault on a test drive, just load it up with good steel and swing over and drop it off. Should be about a 4 hour drive if you come thru Canada.
Now as far as welding up that brake backer plate, you ought to be ashamed of yourself, with all the poor autoworkers in Michigan out of work, you shouldn't be salvaging parts and building them up, you should be bleeding thru the eyeballs to buy new. What do you want to do, get a reputation for being a mechanic instead of a part changer?
Don't even bother reminding me most of the crap we get for brake parts now is made in Mexico or China.

[Old Man Stick]

Originally posted by Franz
Sberry, yer heartless, I can recognize a staged mess, after all, I'm a professional slob.

LOL I was thinking that same thought! I have made huge messes working on stuff here... and now that I think about it I have yet to clean this place up! LOL but that looked pretty Staged to me!

OMS