How'd it go today?

[stikine]

Yeah, and the dude can't weld for shit.

 

[flushcut]

I didn’t go that far! That’s just spiteful and mean. You be messin with a man’s livelihood. Shit could go south, real quick, with a comment like that.

 

[stikine]

I'm sorry Kyle! Wish I could weld...

 

[Tree09]

How can you not weld? You live in Alaska, i thought everyone there could weld!

 

[stikine]

Heh, heh, I did sign up for a course many years ago but had a job conflict come up which screwed me.

 

[Tree09]

Never too late to learn.

 

[stikine]

That's so true friend.

 

[treebilly]

Made it back from camping. I’m undecided on liking this campground. Lots for the kids to do and it’s close to the house but the spots are a bit crammed together. They also had a campground corn roast and cook out this weekend. It was nice enough I guess. Probably end up there a few weekends next year. Now for cleaning out the camper and getting it ready for the next time

 

[flushcut]

Maybe it will be quieter if there isn’t a “function” going on.

 

[Bodean]

My uncle loves to camp…. Him and my aunt are nudists.

I asked him, so you guys just lay around the campfire and roast marshmallows nude?
He said, Hot dogs and wieners too.

 

[Bodean]

I really want to learn to weld…. I just watched YouTubes on bending, cutting, notching and wire welding Tacoma Bumpers.
Bumpers are crazy expensive.. and there are about a billion Tacoma’s out here I could start a side gig that’s not Tree Work.
Though probably a 2-3k ante….

 

[CurSedVoyce]

There really are some cool bumper kits these days, weld your own. If I get good enough, i might try my hand at it for one of the trucks.

 

[flushcut]

My uncle loves to camp…. Him and my aunt are nudists.

I asked him, so you guys just lay around the campfire and roast marshmallows nude?
He said, Hot dogs and wieners too.

LOL

 

[Tree09]

There really are some cool bumper kits these days, weld your own. If I get good enough, i might try my hand at it for one of the trucks.

You are good enough. Most of the store bought ones look so bad a squirrel would tear one apart.

 

[pigwot]

Deva,
Perhaps a community college that has night courses?
I think you said it rains a lot where you are, so you must be on the windward side of the big island?

Career and Community Education

Career and community education

windwardcce.org

Kyle,
It does seem like a lot of those store-bought ones are designed using least-cost planning, - intermittent weld bead to hold the sheet metal together at a minimum, and gaps filled with cheap paint. One nudge and they bend.

 

[flushcut]

I really want to learn to weld…. I just watched YouTubes on bending, cutting, notching and wire welding Tacoma Bumpers.
Bumpers are crazy expensive.. and there are about a billion Tacoma’s out here I could start a side gig that’s not Tree Work.
Though probably a 2-3k ante….

Buy a cheap machine and get some scrap metal. Learn by doing. Maybe have a person with some experience guide you. It’s not rocket science.

 

[Tree09]

And go with a stick welder, so you can use said rusty scrap. Remember relatively untrained people in every corner of the world do it more or less successfully, and if i can do it anyone can. Burn a bunch of rods and get some burns on your arms, next thing you know it's easy. Some classes at a local community college or the backyard of a buddy who does it for money and you'll be good to go. Hit up Craigslist, eBay, marketplace, etc for a used machine, the transformer buzz boxes last forever. Won't be the prettiest or the smoothest running welder obviously, but it will join steel together very well, and will work well on the painted rusty stuff you will be welding on.

Try to get one with dc if possible, it'll run much smoother, is much safer, and run more rods including the ones used in construction which can often be found cheap. If you come across a good deal on a generator type it'll run much smoother because of being bigger and being a higher end unit, and then you can do it in different places than your house. By adding an argon bottle and manual tig torch you have a tig welder. Remember you can roughly cut with a stick welder too, and it's usually the cheapest way to do so. Very handy hacking stuck bolts off, hacking stuff up/off, punching holes for bolts or weep holes, cutting very thick sections, etc. A few seconds with a grinder and you can't even tell. If you have a good size air compressor you can even run a gouging setup to wipe metal away, greatly speeding up certain jobs like repairing welds or replacing parts on equipment buckets.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Teaching Levi some felling, limbing and bucking skills on a dead, head leaning 20" DBH gray pine today.

 

[vharrison]

Love the chaps, so important for safety.

 

[pigwot]

Usually start my day with coffee and listening to a podcast or two before life gets busy.
This story was a good one today:
Find it here:

The Magic of Maggie

 

[Patrick A]

Insulating a shipping container to make a cooler. Fun change of pace and staying dry.

 

[lxskllr]

What are you gonna cool?

 

[Tree09]

Surprised they didn't start with an insulated one......

 

[Treeaddict]

Forget the cooler idea……. Make a lumber kiln instead 😁

 

[flushcut]

Could be both a kiln and cooler for storing bare root stock and other plants.