Welding Again

Yes, the fall session of welding class has begun. The majority of the first class was spent refreshing my memory on safety and methods. I also learned to TIG weld, at least just a few passes. It takes a lot of coordination, because your heating the metal with the torch in one hand, and feeding [...]

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Sugar House Chicken Sign Done!

I finished my sign a few weeks ago – there are a couple of photos on flickr.  Here’s a quick shot my friend took, which gets the general idea across.  It’s a little hard to read the chicken with the silver car behind it. It’s a heavy bugger between the weight of the 3/16″ steel [...]

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Welding Class Project

I started my welding class on April 1st, and we’re already down to the last two classes.  I decided to work on a sign for our chicken coop.  I came up with a design and put it into cad so I could scale it as I needed and make revisions easily.  After tracing the individual [...]

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I love welding, I think

Welding has been yet another one of those activities that has been hovering around in the back of my mind for many years.  I love some of the beautiful kinetic wind sculptures I have seen in small Southern Utah towns like Springdale and Moab, and would love to be able to make some custom metal [...]

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