16 years down, 2 more to go.
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Congratulations!
And best of luck on your future trade!
I love your cats name, it’s adorable ?
And best of luck on your future trade!
I love your cats name, it’s adorable ?
I originally wanted to name his Boris as I thought he needed a strong Russian name but a girl I was with convinced me to call him gizmo instead.
Acquiring rental properties.
Nice owning land/property is a great investment
Congratulations Fishhead!
I picked up a rod when I was 13 or 14 y.o. and built some outrageous freakbikes with my friend. This was in 1968, so the word freakbike hadn't been invented yet, but we made them. I took a class in highschool, and I built a number of things like engine stands and hoists and gas can carriers. I put big hinges on my dad's camper shell, so it would tilt sideways off the truck.
I did some ornamental fence stuff for myself, and welded a muffler or two, made custom bits for my car, I built a chopper from a Kawasaki 900, & put a trailer hitch on my Subaru.
I never worked as a welder, but I did welding as a part of other jobs. I tested the new welders applying for work at Manlift, and did some govt welding contracts for the Friant-Kern canal, with a friend at his shop. I did the drawings and designed the fixtures and jigs, and drove the forklift and delivery trailer, but we hired the welders and fitters.
I've drawn ten thousand weldments (at least.) For over 25 years designing weldments was part of my job in structural engineering, and I did a couple years of jig and fixture design in a tool shop. I ran a small prototype shop welding prison windows at Vendo.
So I'm retired and much of my income came connected to welding, and yet I was never a pro. I do own some nice Victor torches, but I will go in the next week or two to buy my first ever personal arc welder.
It will be a Lincoln AC/DC/MIG/TIG & I've been putting this off because it's $$$$, and because I needed more electrical work $$$ and a new shed $$$$$ first. Then the virus hit, slowing life to a c r a w l .
Well the lockdown has eased, and the new toolshed is finally here!
Anyhow, Fishhead, I wish you all the fun I had in business, and more success.
I picked up a rod when I was 13 or 14 y.o. and built some outrageous freakbikes with my friend. This was in 1968, so the word freakbike hadn't been invented yet, but we made them. I took a class in highschool, and I built a number of things like engine stands and hoists and gas can carriers. I put big hinges on my dad's camper shell, so it would tilt sideways off the truck.
I did some ornamental fence stuff for myself, and welded a muffler or two, made custom bits for my car, I built a chopper from a Kawasaki 900, & put a trailer hitch on my Subaru.
I never worked as a welder, but I did welding as a part of other jobs. I tested the new welders applying for work at Manlift, and did some govt welding contracts for the Friant-Kern canal, with a friend at his shop. I did the drawings and designed the fixtures and jigs, and drove the forklift and delivery trailer, but we hired the welders and fitters.
I've drawn ten thousand weldments (at least.) For over 25 years designing weldments was part of my job in structural engineering, and I did a couple years of jig and fixture design in a tool shop. I ran a small prototype shop welding prison windows at Vendo.
So I'm retired and much of my income came connected to welding, and yet I was never a pro. I do own some nice Victor torches, but I will go in the next week or two to buy my first ever personal arc welder.
It will be a Lincoln AC/DC/MIG/TIG & I've been putting this off because it's $$$$, and because I needed more electrical work $$$ and a new shed $$$$$ first. Then the virus hit, slowing life to a c r a w l .
Well the lockdown has eased, and the new toolshed is finally here!
Anyhow, Fishhead, I wish you all the fun I had in business, and more success.
Well, yeah...but...who spends 18 years in high school?
Just kidding; congrats!
Congratulations fishhead0103666 !
And lots of luck from here on , being welding, or whatever it is you choose or chooses you.
Most people, definitely myself, find themselves re-inventing their things a few times through life.
And lots of luck from here on , being welding, or whatever it is you choose or chooses you.
Most people, definitely myself, find themselves re-inventing their things a few times through life.
I may be a little late but Congrats on graduating I just graduated 8th grade too so pretty much you get a job and I get to party!!! LOL
