Re: [ihc] Welders

["Jim or Ginger Aos" <jaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>
To: "Jim or Ginger Aos" <jaos@domain.elided>
Cc: "Joel M Brodsky" <jmbrodsky@domain.elided>; <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ihc] Welders


> On Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 11:08 AM, Jim or Ginger Aos wrote:
>
> > Remember
> > to be a quality welder ( certified ) usually?   takes about 500 hrs.
> > with
> > quality instruction.  Don't give up :-)
>
> No, instruction, as such, but I have way more than 500 hours of
> practice, which disproves the old saying that "Practice makes perfect".
>   My old piano teacher said, "Practice only makes perfect if it's
> perfect practice".  She was a  very patient woman, who really couldn't
> do anything about my being tone deaf.
>
> Sometimes, I feel as if I might be welding impaired too. My welding
> tends to be hell for stout, and generally kind of ugly.
> >
> > This is a scattered bit of info. that I hope will help.  If I confused
> > any
> > one, let me know and will try to be more specific, or clear.
> >
> > Jim  ( retired from the public school, not from helping people to
> > learn ) A.
>
> Well said, Jim.
>
> I have one comment to add for Joel's consideration. I use stainless rod
> for almost all of my welding. It's more expensive, very high tensile
> strength, easy for me to use, doesn't rust, and as far as I know has no
> down side.
>
> There are undoubtedly some down sides, but Jim will enlighten us on
> those, please.
>
> I just remembered one down side, grinding a stainless weld down eats a
> lot of abrasive wheel, whereas mild steel rod almost melts away with a
> good grinder.

Another is. It is next to impossible to cut with a torch, and drilling or
any machining is a lot more difficult.
Jim A.
>
> John
> >
> John Hofstetter
> www.goldrush.com/~hofs