Regarding visitors to my shop

[Matt@RFR]

Due to this (https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14729) thread, I've gotten 2 PM's and 4 phone calls about coming to my shop to learn how to weld or do machine work. Well, I reckognize the compliment and I certainly appreciate it, but I'm WAY too busy to have 7 guys in my shop for any length of time, especially given the fact that I only have one MIG and one TIG.

I'm more than happy to have guys visit on the weekends to maybe pick up a few tricks or to just ask questions about the industry, but I'm going to limit it to 2 guys at a time, and I won't be teaching anyone to TIG unless they have some prior experience. Too much time is involved there.

If you want to do some welding, I'll ask that you bring your own scrap, and chip in a couple bucks towards shielding gas and filler.

Beyond that, if need be, room and board is free. :)

[Bill Howell]

I wish I lived closer Matt, I would take you up on the offer, you are a master at what you do. It would be like watching Smoky Yunick build a motor.
One thing though, your sig makes me a bit nervous. Does watching novices catch on fire make you laugh too? lol

Matt-->:hah: :attn: <--- me on fire.

[Matt@RFR]

Does watching novices catch on fire make you laugh too?

New guy catching on fire: How bad they freak out = how hard I laugh. :)

[CAMAROBOY69]

I wish I lived closer Matt, I would take you up on the offer, you are a master at what you do. It would be like watching Smoky Yunick build a motor.
One thing though, your sig makes me a bit nervous. Does watching novices catch on fire make you laugh too? lol

Matt-->:hah: :attn: <--- me on fire.
Bill,
That reply made me laugh soo hard this morning. :lmao:
Matt thats sure is a very generous offer for everyone. Its too bad im in Michigan because I would love to learn proper welding skills. I guess it would help if I had a good welder. I looked at a couple this weekend. I am trying to decide if I should convert my welder to gas, buy an arc welder, or just eventually get a really good mig welder.

[camcojb]

I have a Miller Mig and a 180SD tig; never used the tig, haven't a clue! Some day I'm going to take a class and figure it out.

Jody

[RaceMan]

I hope all those people Really appreciate what you are doing , That is one nice thing , I 'm sure they will get alot out of just alittle time with you . NICE GOING:yeah:

[Matt@RFR]

What I'm not telling them is that I'm gonna eat 6 cans of extra spicey chilli a couple hours before they show up. :ssst:

[MoeBawlz]

haha... Now if only transportation was free for us guys out in the Midwest.

[Derek69SS]

New guy catching on fire: How bad they freak out = how hard I laugh. :)
When I was a welder, I made my co-workers laugh a few times :thankyou: (I did production welding - not much fab, just 8' long beads for 10-hours a day = worst job ever)

...worst was when you'd catch fire, and didn't want to have any starts/stops in a long bead that you were half done with :crying: :pat:

[AAW]

What I'm not telling them is that I'm gonna eat 6 cans of extra spicey chilli a couple hours before they show up. :ssst:
I really wanted to come out & try welding...but um...I think I changed my mind.
~Theresa~

[CAMAROBOY69]

You guys should see my ankles right now. While I was welding the rear exhaust set up I was sitting indian style and the sparks were absolutely destroying my ankles. I dont have any non flamable material to cover up with so I just sit and sweat it out. After a while it becomes a rush. :drive2:
It just wouldnt be a complete day if I didnt catch on fire while welding.

[CarlC]

1982, sitting on a pallet 8' in the air stick-welding a 16" diameter oil tool. My lovely brown corduroy pants caught fire, dead-center in the crotch. Burning cord's and pubes is not a good mix. My coworkers thought is was pretty funny, and now that I look back on it, it was funny, and dumb!

[Modo Innovations]

This happened to me when I was 18. I was trying out a welder that a friend wound ( we worked at a transformer shop that rebuilt home style transformers) We used vise grips as a ground clamp and as the rod stinger. I was wearing a flannel shirt. Can you say FLASH FIRE. It got real hot real quick. In my helmet I saw the fire come up under it like a seen in the movie "Back Draft". My flannel shirt was slick like a regular cotton shirt after that. I was lucky, no loss of any eyebrows. I laugh about it now but at the time I thought I had de-hydrated myself instantly.

[Kenova]

During the early '70s, I worked for a company building travel trailers. Some how, I got stuck out in the chassis shop where the frames where welded up. It wasn't real welding, just typical production welding, like welding 16 ga. to 1/8" channel with a stick at 200 amps.
The first thing I was told was "If you hear someone yelling FIRE, stop whatever you are doing and check your pant legs (coveralls)". Sure enough, not even a week later, I look up to see one of the other guys lit up like the Human Torch. He had a flame running from his pant's cuff all the way up to his arm pit. It's amazing how that one little word (FIRE) can bring a shop to a standstill.
Ken

[Damn True]

During the early '70s, I worked for a company building travel trailers. Some how, I got stuck out in the chassis shop where the frames where welded up. It wasn't real welding, just typical production welding, like welding 16 ga. to 1/8" channel with a stick at 200 amps.
The first thing I was told was "If you hear someone yelling FIRE, stop whatever you are doing and check your pant legs (coveralls)". Sure enough, not even a week later, I look up to see one of the other guys lit up like the Human Torch. He had a flame running from his pant's cuff all the way up to his arm pit. It's amazing how that one little word (FIRE) can bring a shop to a standstill.
Ken



Matt is laughing while reading this.

[ACEFOOTER]

Five years I spent in Chico drinking beer, chasing skirts, oh yeah there was getting that college BS degree, but I could of been learning to weld and fabricate.

[Jim Nilsen]

Careful with the chili Matt you could get a backdraft :drive2: if one of those guys catches fire while you watch!!!

I learned in the beginning to never were new flannel shirts to weld in because they flash fire at a spark and it looks cool but isn't what I call fun.

Jim Nilsen

[Rick Dorion]

My lovely brown corduroy pants caught fire, dead-center in the crotch. Burning cord's and pubes is not a good mix.
Too much information :)

A real character builder!

[Larry Callahan]

Want to talk about catching fire! A few years ago we made a large vibration test fixture from magnesium and it was welded together. Now there is a chance for a fire. lol!

Our welder looked more like a pod racer.

[Patrick]

While laying on my side welding my subframe connectors, I had piece of slag somehow find its way into my ear canal. I could actually hear my ear burning (sizzling to be exact!). The following week was incredibly painful as the blister healed.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Our welder looked more like a pod racer.

LOL, Anakin!

[TRILOGYZ28]

While laying on my side welding my subframe connectors, I had piece of slag somehow find its way into my ear canal. I could actually hear my ear burning (sizzling to be exact!). The following week was incredibly painful as the blister healed.

been there, done that !

[Bill68fbrd]

Tell you what aneyone comes to my shop Ill help you with Stick,Mig,Tig & gas. One small thing Shop is in Auckland New Zealand. Hell Ill even buy you a beer.

Learnt to weld 1980 General Dynamics EB Groten Con. on the USS Ohio
26 years and LOTTS of burns later we do pipework (ASME 9 standard tig root stick cap) on steel-SS mostley in the gas (LPG) and industral gas filed.

Matt As we say down under

GOOD ON YA MATE

BILL

[CraigMorrison]

One small thing Shop is in Auckland New Zealand. Hell Ill even buy you a beer.


If its Lion Red or anything from the Monteith's brewerey, I'll be there!

[Bill68fbrd]

If its Lion Red or anything from the Monteith's brewerey, I'll be there!


DB Export Dry

Or A Bud at Mitzel"s American Kitchen on Pacific Hwy E

(Goodle Earth)

Craig on your travels if you are comming to NZ Email me and your on

Bill