Dan: much of what you say is absolutely correct IF the builder is doing =
one
plane, has no other hobbies or home projects or anything. Welding is an =
art
but unlike painting this art is fairly easy to pick up and become very =
good
at as long as one is willing to spend the time perfecting their craft.
Composite construction is to me at least a lot harder to perfect if you =
will
than welding whether gas or stick. How many builders have managed to =
knock
off a perfect composition part first time out? If anything like myself, =
not
many.
On the other hand I have been welding for years, those pesky little
problems that crop up around the farm. Machinery, trucks, automobiles, =
stair
railings and the list goes on. The only welder not presently in the
inventory is a tig and that won't be far behind. If I had it to do all =
over
again there would only be a cutting torch and a tig welder sitting here =
as
most welding projects that the every day user would need can be =
accomplished
with just the tig which is the Cadillac of welds and believe it or not =
one
of the easiest to do. Myself, I need to keep the big Lincoln stick =
welder
due to all the heavy machinery around here that needs to be repaired and
can't be transported to a welding shop or cost me at least $65 bucks an =
hour
for the guy to come out and do when he gets around to it.
In the end it's up to the individual to decide what works best for
them and again if you're just building one or two pieces, farm it out to =
a
pro.
Doug Rupert
drup...@sympatico.ca
I often had illusions of welding my own stuff and then one day, I found =
a
guy who has been welding aluminum irrigation pipe and many other such =
things
for many years of his life. I recently had him weld the stainless bung =
to
my steel exhaust pipe, and fill the old hole that I had put in the wrong
place, for my EGT probe. $12. =20
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