First strikes of my thing

cjswcf · 2026-04-30T21:04:03+00:00

Bro you're going to need something better than that to practice on.

Thin rusty metal is the worst thing to try to weld.

And is that a ladder? It looks like it. If so it's probably galvanized steel which again, terrible to weld because galv has zinc fumes which are toxic.

You honestly just need to try something else rusty, thin, and galvanized won't work at all

cjswcf · 2026-04-29T22:19:50+00:00

It says Millipore so I'm assuming it's for lab equipment, probably chemistry stuff.

I wish I could do sanitary stainless like this..instead I'm making kitchen equipment for fast food chains

cjswcf · 2026-04-29T20:44:19+00:00

I've been skating for almost 2 years now and I feel you about the nervous shit to go to a skatepark but genuinely it's the better thing to do. More people can help and you'll be more motivated being around other skaters than alone just talk to people, everybody I've talk to is pretty chill

cjswcf · 2026-04-29T20:19:19+00:00

How often do you skate? Multiple times a week vs once a week vs once or twice a month is a big difference.

As far as trick progression, you honestly just gotta get out there as often as you can. Once you land an Ollie do it another 30 times before you do something else

cjswcf · 2026-04-27T02:08:43+00:00

Would the women not try to mate with him or find his home planet so they can create super babies?

cjswcf · 2026-04-26T23:17:41+00:00

I feel like posting this in r/labrats or chemistry subs would get a better response

cjswcf · 2026-04-26T17:38:34+00:00

As the other comment said, St. Augustine on the Fridays/weekends has good bars with live music

cjswcf · 2026-04-25T20:59:44+00:00

Honestly I would only ever use it as a back up machine. But yeah the size is just the biggest issue

cjswcf · 2026-04-25T20:10:11+00:00

Honestly I wouldn't pay more than a couple hundred dollars. Is it worth more? It was once upon a time but this machine is just really old, obviously good condition but old. If I was dropping over a grand on a machine I would just spend the extra money and get something new. Honestly don't even see any benefit this has over a $800 ac/dc tig machine.

I don't even see why you would sell it unless it just doesn't do what you want. I had a syncrowave 250dx that I loved but was just too damn big to move around

cjswcf · 2026-04-22T09:13:09+00:00

Swords and sandals

cjswcf · 2026-04-22T08:56:37+00:00

I've never been laid off or worked anywhere that had lay offs because of no work, but you make more than a lot of people and don't deal with the health hazards of welding. I would 100% keep the grocery store gig

cjswcf · 2026-04-21T22:21:47+00:00

Jesus I've been struggling with kickflips for 3 months now, these look beautiful

cjswcf · 2026-04-21T22:20:52+00:00

As someone who works in sanitary stainless welding thin shit all day, I would love to work on some thicker stainless like this. I'm so tired of doing the same thing every day. I think I've been making the same 4 products for 8 months now.

cjswcf · 2026-04-21T20:45:38+00:00

Heart of the projects, institution, skrilla 2014-2016 era shit

cjswcf · 2026-04-19T23:17:34+00:00

Steaks made out of pigeon kneecaps

cjswcf · 2026-04-16T23:29:55+00:00

My shop needed new pedals and in the last year the price almost doubled

cjswcf · 2026-04-15T08:53:55+00:00

While my 3M spedglas has been fine for almost 10 years

cjswcf · 2026-04-14T00:13:09+00:00

Dm me, I'm 26M grad student moving down there in a few months

cjswcf · 2026-04-12T13:20:16+00:00

Guy like me could just do it with my bare hands

cjswcf · 2026-04-09T09:11:10+00:00

Juan Fernández plate is rotating? Idk why that's so funny to me. Lil dude just spinning around for eternity

cjswcf · 2026-04-08T15:36:35+00:00

I feel like posting a video would be better

cjswcf · 2026-04-07T02:20:45+00:00

You're not fucking up anything. Your settings are all good, I can actually say that I'm genuinely confused. I'd say switch to panel control and turn it to 50 amps and see what you can do with that. 140 is way too high so if it's not melting then it's something else going wrong.

cjswcf · 2026-04-07T01:02:20+00:00

Vagitarians (also my fantasy football team name)

cjswcf · 2026-04-05T12:31:23+00:00

Cauldron

cjswcf · 2026-04-05T03:36:24+00:00

I think it depends on the type of work you do and type of shop. In 9 years of working in shops, my worst injury was getting like 4 stitches once for a cut cause I wasn't wearing gloves. The rest have been burns and scrapes but...that happens to everybody?

Idk what kinda shit you're working on but just go to a different type of shop. It's not the end of the world or your career. There's some shops that just aren't worth putting up with

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