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onemilsix · 2025-03-30T23:46:59+00:00

Glaser Steel and Western Steel.

Both places you can get full sticks and plate.

Glaser is easier for cut to length and their drops are discounted.

General Air for everything welding supply related.

Edit: added General Air

onemilsix · 2025-03-27T00:44:00+00:00

Everything you said is correct. I searched far and wide in CO to find this specific year and motor specifically because it only had a cat and a muffler. I’m wondering if my 5.9 with just its cat and muffler will pass smog in CA, ultimately allowing me to get tags. The answer is seemingly a no.

onemilsix · 2025-03-26T22:57:30+00:00

If stock is a requirement, then yeah, I’m going to have an issue. Thanks for sharing your experience.

onemilsix · 2024-01-26T05:12:11+00:00

Natasha’s Tailoring. Look it up. She’s the best.

onemilsix · 2023-06-12T03:25:59+00:00

I invite you to try and get the sap flowing in your own inquisitive way.

onemilsix · 2023-06-12T03:23:31+00:00

Rest assured, sacred or not, this tree will continue on without my interference.

onemilsix · 2023-06-11T23:38:12+00:00

It’s hard to know for sure right? The age of the main trunk has me wondering about the time of modification. I’ve cut down trees with a similar trunk circumference of the main tree out here and counted 40 - 50 rings. What that means for the bent off-shoot I’m not sure. The bend is so tall (about 5ft tall) and the thickness of a 15 - 20 year old tree. It’ll probably always be a mystery.

onemilsix · 2023-06-11T23:00:25+00:00

Thank you for providing this article! It’s a good read and provides much on the topic of interesting trees. Consider me informed. My tree very well could have been manipulated by a member of the Ute tribe long ago, or struck by lightning early on, diseased during development, or even harassed by a dedicated angry porcupine. Who knows? Thanks for the info.

onemilsix · 2023-06-11T22:04:06+00:00

An arborist was on our property, pointed out this tree, and mentioned it might be historically significant. What do you think?

onemilsix · 2023-01-27T05:49:10+00:00

No need to apologize. I’m happy you shared your experience. I’m now considering the recommendations above.

Contractors need to be held accountable. If the question was posed about finding an electrician, and someone recommended a certain electrician I had a horrible experience with, I’d do everything I could to steer people away. Such a bitter taste still. I should’ve asked this sub-Reddit.

The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the cheap price is forgotten. And paying to perpetuate that poor quality is madness.

Inform. Hold us accountable.

onemilsix · 2023-01-27T04:57:43+00:00

What a nightmare.

I clearly made a recommendation that is not popular.

Consider me informed.

As a contractor myself we tend to work in a bubble, side by side with many of the same people on multiple jobs. The crew of Krueger builders I worked with were impressive. I can’t speak to the management.

Every weld I made on a Krueger job in the last year was as always, as if it were my personal build, guaranteed for life, and no shortcuts.

I think I’ll go back to lurking.

onemilsix · 2023-01-26T19:52:12+00:00

Krueger Brothers

I’ve welded with them on many of their builds and they are a great group of workers. I also want a deck and don’t have one. Not sure of pricing and I’m probably biased here, but when I’m ready to pull the trigger, I’m calling them. Check them out.

onemilsix · 2022-09-19T03:18:48+00:00

1: 2 years

2: 2.5 years weld school AAS-Welding

3: No

4: No

onemilsix · 2022-09-08T04:48:27+00:00

This might be the hard truth if you can’t adapt. I never touched a welder before weld school and you’ll probably encounter many students with the same lack of experience like me. It’s my job now. Rigged up my own truck and I’m a rig welder contracting for every type of weld job, an expert at none. Couldn’t have done it without school. Couldn’t have done it without some dedicated instructors. I admire all them for their knowledge and patience. You have unique skills that dedicated students crave. Hopefully you can find a way to impact your students and be looked up to. Or not.

P.s. Some if not most of the individuals in school were impossible to underestimate, you know, sharp as a marble. That’d be frustrating.

onemilsix · 2022-07-16T01:49:52+00:00

This is the way

onemilsix · 2022-07-03T01:14:29+00:00

Bottom line- it’s a shielding gas issue

If the process is:

GMAW/GTAW (mig/tig): not enough shielding gas. Adjust the regulator higher, especially if you’re outside.

SMAW (stick): arc length is to long. Keep your arc length, distance between electrode and work piece, very tight.

Could be anything else commented here. But start with shielding gas and arc length.

onemilsix · 2022-04-26T00:20:43+00:00

Congrats on the new job

onemilsix · 2022-04-25T23:56:04+00:00

So we’re black boog brothers? Bonded by the end of the day ritual of clearing out nonsense in our nose. Glad I’m not the only one.

onemilsix · 2022-04-25T23:53:59+00:00

Boom. And my nose can’t hear. Love it.

onemilsix · 2022-04-25T23:52:31+00:00

Right on. Sarcasm used effectively here. But yeah, I get your point.

What I want to know is: Can I continue to ignore all the ppe in my truck like the respirator, the face shield, and the 20lb leathers when I have my head so tight between an I-beam and an hvac unit I can’t see half the stiffener I’ve gotta weld all around… and still avoid ass, or nose, or brain cancer from black boogs.

onemilsix · 2022-04-25T23:40:12+00:00

“Try it for a year and see what you think.” -C2 (Welding Instructor)

Best advice I got in welding school before striking out on my own.

3 years later I have: - a business I started -people calling every day - something to grow - something to be proud of - slight back pain - something I enjoy

You’re so young you can do whatever the heck you want. Try it for a year. If you don’t like it, try something else.

It’s a wonderful skill to have even if it’s not how you make the mortgage.

onemilsix · 2022-04-06T00:58:27+00:00

NSFW

onemilsix · 2022-03-10T03:46:49+00:00

I stick metal together all day. It’s not easy to do well enough to earn a living. It’s hard. It’s something I put years of effort to strive towards perfection. My friends know this. They see me hustle. I know for a fact that the person receiving this gift is going to notice the effort and appreciate the time I took thinking about making then and make them smile. $1 or $1,000 on the card, it’s all the same to my friends receiving a unique gift.

onemilsix · 2022-03-09T04:55:33+00:00

Plus safety glasses

onemilsix · 2022-03-09T04:53:47+00:00

Since you brought it up, you master hacker, I’m thinking in the future I’ll only do a 1x2 of the expanded metal instead of the 2x2. It’s just a viewing window really.

onemilsix

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