Help for Ironheart_Ram

[jlames]

As you all know, it's been a while since I've posted what with taking care of my 92 year old father, the ranch and everything that goes along with Fireline but something came up; something I just can't turn away from. I think everyone here knows Mario Mallari or Iron_Ram, a really talented welder and great guy. Well he and his family live right in the middle of where the last two epic typhoons hit in the Philippines and they totally wiped him out. Everything he used to create the art that supported his family is gone. So, together with Jim Colt, I put together a video to see if we can drum up some assistance for him. It's on YouTube
and if I could go one step further, since this is really the only forum I frequent, if you could post the situation and Youtube URL on the other forums you all frequent, I know Mario would appreciate it.

Bryan or blawless as he's known here has already offered to donate a welder, some tools and money for him and for that Mario will forever be grateful. Jim and I are pitching in too. He's rebuilding now but he needs so much. Everything was lost in the once-in-a-lifetime typhoon. So anything you can do, I know he'd appreciate it.

His paypal is trailblazerxx22@yahoo.com

#1 Mallari's Drive
IBP Road
Batasan Hills
Quezon City, Philippines
1126

Thanks again and please, if you feel so inclined, post this to the forums you frequent. Every dollar helps.

[duaneb55]

Thanks guys for bringing this to our attention!

[jlames]

Thank you, guys.

[killdozerd11]

Nice Johnathan

[zapster]

You will get better results up here.

Made a stickey...


...zap!

[Gar]

As you all know, it's been a while since I've posted what with taking care of my 92 year old father, the ranch and everything that goes along with Fireline but something came up; something I just can't turn away from. I think everyone here knows Mario Mallari or Iron_Ram, a really talented welder and great guy. Well he and his family live right in the middle of where the last two epic typhoons hit in the Philippines and they totally wiped him out. Everything he used to create the art that supported his family is gone. So, together with Jim Colt, I put together a video to see if we can drum up some assistance for him. It's on YouTube
and if I could go one step further, since this is really the only forum I frequent, if you could post the situation and Youtube URL on the other forums you all frequent, I know Mario would appreciate it.

Bryan or blawless as he's known here has already offered to donate a welder, some tools and money for him and for that Mario will forever be grateful. Jim and I are pitching in too. He's rebuilding now but he needs so much. Everything was lost in the once-in-a-lifetime typhoon. So anything you can do, I know he'd appreciate it.

His paypal is trailblazerxx22@yahoo.com

#1 Mallari's Drive
IBP Road
Batasan Hills
Quezon City, Philippines
1126

Thanks again and please, if you feel so inclined, post this to the forums you frequent. Every dollar helps.

Hi Jlames,

Good to see you posting again brother. In your post, and in the video, you mentioned he has posted pictures of his work to this forum and is known as either Mario Mallari or Iron_Ram. I did a search in our forum, but both user names had no matches. Does he have another name that he posts under here on Weldingweb?

Also, it might be nice to see a YouTube video of Mario explaining any other specific needs he and his family/ neighbors might have. Its been 25+ years since I visited the Philippines, but from what I remember, good down to earth folks! If we send equipment to him, does he have a place to put it yet? Does he need help rebuilding first, and if so, what kind of materials does he need to build a new shop? If one or more of us was able to travel there (taking equipment with us) and stay to help him re-build, would he be able to accommodate us?

Sincerely,

Gar

[taz00]

Actually it is ironheart_ram

http://weldingweb.com/member.php?85991-ironheart_ram

[mechanic416]

Thanks, jlames for letting us know about Mario (ironheart_ram). I hate to see this happen to a person that works so hard to make a living for his family, as well as being a great metal artiest. Donation sent.

[Burpee]

Done ! Been there. Done that. Sucks.
Pics 10 hours apart. Andrew 1992 Cutler Bay(S, Miami) Fl.

[jlames]

Leave it to me. Yep. It's Ironheart_ram. Most of the repairs he's done are with hand tools. Until last week, power and internet service was out and then sporadic at best but I understand he has gotten walls and roof in. I'll get with him today on that idea of a personal video explaining what he needs; that's a good idea. Let me, in the mean time, post a couple of his communications with me.
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hello Jonathan.

again, I am deeply moved by the concerns knowing that people are very willing to help, please extend my heartfull gratitude to Bryan.

As of today i started working again in the shop. We restored the the roof, I finished small sculpture today . The old Kawasaki welder i guess will now retire. Yesterday i went out looking for a smaller and portable welder. I saw POWERCRAFT inverter welder 160. needed a smaller welder machine for smaller sculpture so i will definitely buy this one when when i get hand of some extras. Just need to make new items to sell... Also a good news came from the email today about a possible exhibit and show in Singapore on October. I am excited to start making pieces for them to show.

Again thank you very much Jonathan.

God bless.

Mario

hi Jonathan..

sorry about the late reply.power here is on and off cause they are restoring the damages on electrical lines also the telephones and internet lines. back now its back to normal...Here in the shop we are very busy doing repairs on damaged roof and some portions of the shop. Again thank you for the help.
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thanks Jonathan. we are restoring the damage-yet its not over i guess...we pray its not as strong as the last one...

thanks again>

https://www.dropbox.com/s/il32b14mnh73mr4/IMG_1292.MOV
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Hello Jonathan.

ah , yes..sorry am not really used to paypal.what the sender need is the email adress registered to paypal....its ok now.its registered and ready to transact.the email number connected to paypal is trailblazerxx22@yahoo.com

hope it will work

thanks again Jonathan.

Mario

[Oldendum]

It would be really nice if, say, one of the sponsor companies donated a welder. Something like an ESAB miniarc 161 stick welder, if they sell that model in the Philippines. Or maybe one of these:

Buddy™ Arc 145 http://products.esab.com/Templates/T041.asp?id=194845

Buddy™ Arc 180 http://products.esab.com/Templates/T041.asp?id=196838

Buddy™ Tig 160 http://products.esab.com/Templates/T041.asp?id=196871

[Gar]

Just in case some here might think giving a few bucks wont make that much of a difference, check this out:



So if my figuring is right, for every $100 donated, thats like a months wage. So a $1200 donation would be a year's salary. Lets all help this brother out and show him some love.

Gar

[jlames]

Thanks so much

[jlames]

Semper Fi and thank you.

[jlames]

You guys are great with the conversion thing and all. If you've never been abroad, you don't know how far the dollar goes. As Gar said, it goes a long, long way! I sure hope you all are spreading the word on your other boards. I keep hearing of things going viral and sure hope that happens here. He's and vanishing breed; a really, really great guy dedicated to his family and the art like you can't believe! and if anyone deserves it, Ram does.

[MinnesotaDave]

I'm in - Based on 2008 when my house burned, Even small amounts helps guys.

Best wishes from Minnesota and looking forward to more pics of your work

[yammahoppy]

Have you guys thought about a Go Fund Me account? I will shoot him a donation but the more folks that hear about his unbelievable art work the more money he can raise. Just a thought.....

[jlames]

I don't know. Jim and I haven't talked about it much but I wouldn't be surprised. But I did get a great thank you note from Marion that side he couldn't believe what people are doing to help him out so once and, thanks. I'll post more of his pics tomorrow.

[longevity-inc.com]

Hi Mario and Jonathan,

We are here to help as well! We enjoyed a lot of your work and through Kevin Caron, we were able to get you a unit in the past. I am setting aside any machine you need and also some cash! I will replace the unit you previously had, which was a PROMTS 200i and see how we can do more to help out as well. If you need anything else, email me at simon@longevity-inc.com

[Oldendum]

Simon, good of you to step up to the plate.

[ironheart_ram]

Hello everybody. am sorry i just read the thread, Kevin pm'ed me on facebook and told me about this thread. again i was deeply moved by the concerns of you guys trying to help me
by the way, the rebuilding is still ongoing.and i want to thank Jonathan for his great effort to help me raise some funds. my wife and I were deeply touched with the responses we've got...some amount were deposited in my paypal account and i think can withdraw it next week (paypal said withdrawal transactions will take 3-5 days) and it will help me buy some materials needed for the reconstruction.
right now , we rebuild the roof, so i started working and finished new artworks..sold a couple of it today and get additional fund to install the new water tank and the repair on the house is about 50% complete.so we are really making progress here the cash donations sent by our friends here will help me continue the repairs of the house structure and hopefully finished everything before the end of this month..
Again, thank you so much for all the support and prayers. i dont really know how to thanked you all enough for this.

God Bless you all

Sincerely,

Mario

[wb4rt]

Simon,

I think that is very generous and will continue to build the Longevity reputation. I know I will certainly consider one for my next purchase and probably other forum members will also.

Mario - very glad to hear of your progress and rebuilding. More support to come.

[ironheart_ram]

I managed to salvaged some of the equipments but i lost some tools that am using for as long as i remember..old tools but "dependable and reliable " ones...

please let me thank here personally some of our friends who responded on Jonathan calls helping me out. My family and i wanted to thank you guys for the kindness and support.

richard wakefield
Robert Grogan
Wayne Cook
Robert Maday
Tan Linn (USMCPOP)
Jason Hopper
dave johnson
Steve Webber
George Swire
duane brinkerhoff
Simon Katz



and of course to Jonathan Ames for bringing this up here and to Kevin Caron for continous support and concern and again to all our friends here who offered their thoughts and prayers for us...

May the good Lord bless you all.

Mario

[Oldendum]

Mario,

When I was living in Thailand, our small town had a flood. My mother-in-law's house was flooded about waist deep from the small river behind her house. I know what it is like to try and salvage things. Muddy, slimy water and nowhere to go, though she did have a second floor. We carried anything we could upstairs. I was boiling water on a charcoal stove late that night until the water rose up and extinguished the fire. I went to bed and helped scrape out the mud when the water went down the next day or two. But the local scrapyards were full of great stuff for several weeks thereafter.

Oh, and I am "USMCPOP" on several sites, though here I am Oldendum (Old and Dumb).

[FORTEALLOY]

I am setting aside any machine you need and also some cash! I will replace the unit you previously had, which was a PROMTS 200i and see how we can do more to help out as well.

I think that is very generous and will continue to build the Longevity reputation. I know I will certainly consider one for my next purchase and probably other forum members will also.

X10....
Simon,
This sort of generosity and customer service is not soon forgotten. Several companies whose actions have earned them a forever stamp in my blackbook. Things they have done (or in one case refused to participate in...) which sets them above the rest. Longevity added to the list. Well done....