Recent content by A-one

Newbie advice to newbie welders. Tuck in the strings on your hooded sweatshirt. One wrong move and it will get caught. Wear leather boots that are laced tight. Spatter will find its way into shoes. No holes in your pants (preferably jeans). Spatter will find the hole and make its way into your...

Ebay prices on various brands of E71T-11 look very reasonable. Since that's a formal specification they should all weld about the same, no? You made me look, and now my curiosity is getting the best of me. Ten pounds for less than $40 looks very interesting. I might have to try a small spool...

I would be swapping packets every other day.

I've found that the ammo box from Harbor Freight and moisture absorbers from Dollar Tree work wonderfully. I bought the ammo box with a tray and storage in the lid. It has a rubber seal on the lid that seals pretty good from what I can tell. I can fit a couple of 10 pound spools of flux core...

Congratulations winners.

My wife doesn't have a clue what I have or what I paid for it. It'll never make it in the house. I come in the front door, go out the side door, and into the garage it goes!!! If it's an online order, I beat her to the mailbox!!!

Believe me, once word gets out, you'll retire.

It was the husband that sold it. He said he bought the house and power outages were the norm. They stopped after he bought the generator. He was just getting rid of a lot of items that he had around the house. Basically cleaning out a storage shed. It was such a good deal that i decided to help...

Get off your butt. Use every avenue available to you. Take on a few small projects of your own to sell. That showcases your skill. I didn't have a clue how to weld anything 2 years ago. I started with a bunch of scraps making bar-b-q grills when I got my first welder in 2018. Now people buy...

I don't have a sign up and I get small jobs here and there. It's just word of mouth. If you have a sign out, you'll be swamped before you know it. It'll make you pull that sign down. The one thing I have discovered though, is that it doesn't make sense to pay anybody to do some things. By the...

I might have found some trouble. I ran across a Briggs and Stratton generator. 6250 running watts and 8500 starting for $150. I get it home and drain the sweet tea (gas) that was in it, and put in a little fresh petrol. The engine started on the third pull and purred like a kitten. The hour...

I'll buy used Everlast. That way I have a chance of the previous owner having the bugs worked out!!!

I think I'll stick with second hand. I usually get by pretty good like that. Welding is just a hobby to me.