BenNorth

Beautiful.

Yep. I work with a guy who lost an eye 20 years ago. He was stretching a chalkline real tight and sighting down the line. The 16d nail pulled out and slammed straight into his left eye. When he described the feeling of eye jelly running down his cheek... Yeah. Safety glasses are important.

Nice! I'm jealous.

My father-in-law taught me, before he was my father-in-law. I was around 19 years old at the time and worked at it till I was about 23. First was O/A welding with and without filler rod. Then stick welding, flat, overhead, vertical down, vertical up, horizontal. Then he made me do it all with my left hand. Then it was mig welding light and heavy material, and finally we worked on air arc gouging on huge logging equipment (I grew up in N. Michigan). We even did a bit of cast iron work. I got a great education and had a great time working with with Joe. I love that guy!

Thanks for the welcome. I'm looking up that link as I write. Ben

Hello all, Glad to find a great site like this! I was heavily into welding, fabricating, and blacksmithing up to about 12 years ago and then just... stopped. I've been a builder/carpenter full time since then and am really feeling the urge to return to my roots. The amount of information available now compared to 12 years ago is just staggering. I'm looking forward to getting to know the folks here and learning more about the trade! Ben North