Anymetal idiot
08-07-2005, 10:46 PM
I was crusin the net and landed here seen WeldingWeb™ - Professional
Welding Forum must have been the hook :laugh:
I don't know if i fall in that catigory or not but here i am any how i have
been self employed for the last ten years of my twenty year welding
career.
IM not a brager or blow hard but i will let you know a bit about
where im comeing from so not to offend any one
for the first five years i worked in the heavy equipment ind.
got my ONT. welder fitter CERT. (multi process) during a three year
stint at a structural fab shop then floated in and out of different shops
for a few years before i realized the guy welding 7 days aweek and not
spending any time at home while the boss was always at the cottage or
on the boat wase'nt the winner :angry:
So i went out on my own with a new ranger 8 a tig moduale and a old
toyota 4x4 with a box full of tools.
over the years my income needs have risen (three children)
more income = higher production so i up graded to a ranger 300 DLX
with a LN-25 there has been alot of ups and downs over the last 10
years but weve survived.
Now due to riseing income needs :blob4: iv been forced to grow again
and also specielize in some aspect of this industry :confused: instead
of running around dabeling in every thing.
i would like to say i choose heavy equipment but i think it would be fair
to say it choose me. there is alot of truth to the old saying you return to
your roots
So last spring i out fitted an old 81 INT S1900 DT 466 with a
decomissioned wilcox service body i picked up at the scrap yard with a
2 ton boom and hydralic gate for 2 grand :cool2:
my 300 DLX blew the main board ( 5 years old) 3200 hrs. in the middle
of a contract and they told me 6 weeks for the part and a 2000.oo bill
so i sent it in to be fixed and ordered a VANTAGE 500 , another LN-
25 and the new LN-35. got the welder and LN-25 in three days
but was told the 35 was custom order 4 months just got it the other day
nice unit but did i mention LINCOLN CANADA sucks some how the wire
i ordered for it never came with it :realmad:
know that iv told you a bit about myself i have a question has any one out there used the NS-3m 1\8 or NR- 311 7\64 with sucsess as i believe
it will suit my process needs?
thank you all and sorry about the grammer spent to much time in the shop.
Welding Forum must have been the hook :laugh:
I don't know if i fall in that catigory or not but here i am any how i have
been self employed for the last ten years of my twenty year welding
career.
IM not a brager or blow hard but i will let you know a bit about
where im comeing from so not to offend any one
for the first five years i worked in the heavy equipment ind.
got my ONT. welder fitter CERT. (multi process) during a three year
stint at a structural fab shop then floated in and out of different shops
for a few years before i realized the guy welding 7 days aweek and not
spending any time at home while the boss was always at the cottage or
on the boat wase'nt the winner :angry:
So i went out on my own with a new ranger 8 a tig moduale and a old
toyota 4x4 with a box full of tools.
over the years my income needs have risen (three children)
more income = higher production so i up graded to a ranger 300 DLX
with a LN-25 there has been alot of ups and downs over the last 10
years but weve survived.
Now due to riseing income needs :blob4: iv been forced to grow again
and also specielize in some aspect of this industry :confused: instead
of running around dabeling in every thing.
i would like to say i choose heavy equipment but i think it would be fair
to say it choose me. there is alot of truth to the old saying you return to
your roots
So last spring i out fitted an old 81 INT S1900 DT 466 with a
decomissioned wilcox service body i picked up at the scrap yard with a
2 ton boom and hydralic gate for 2 grand :cool2:
my 300 DLX blew the main board ( 5 years old) 3200 hrs. in the middle
of a contract and they told me 6 weeks for the part and a 2000.oo bill
so i sent it in to be fixed and ordered a VANTAGE 500 , another LN-
25 and the new LN-35. got the welder and LN-25 in three days
but was told the 35 was custom order 4 months just got it the other day
nice unit but did i mention LINCOLN CANADA sucks some how the wire
i ordered for it never came with it :realmad:
know that iv told you a bit about myself i have a question has any one out there used the NS-3m 1\8 or NR- 311 7\64 with sucsess as i believe
it will suit my process needs?
thank you all and sorry about the grammer spent to much time in the shop.