TYPES OF WELDING HITCH

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:08 pm

thescruff wrote:Call me what you like, but you ain't got a cat in hells chance of buying a welder and being able to weld with it.

Unless you go to school and take a course.

He of little faith

Cheers Hitch.

the blazing blacksmith · Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:54 am

If you havent finished your gates then have a look at www.lecky.co.uk I get spheres from here but their catalogue is very comprehensive and is I think better quality than most others. Other than that try your local blacksmith. I am happy to cut steel to length for poeple and give a bit of advise on making when people come in to me. Beware though get prices off them before they cut you anything. I have heard of people charging silly prices for small amounts of steel. As for welders I would get a mig unless you have a large amount of free time and a good bit of patience for practicing the stick. You can very often get small migs second hand from adtrader etc that have been bought with great enthusiasm and never used. Lastly make sure you have a good mask. Auto darkening masks are now as little as £30 and make life much easier for you when you are starting out. Good Luck

Stoday · Post by **Stoday** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:38 pm

diyguys wrote: He of little faith

Poor old scruff.

Like me, he's probably been on a welding course. Makes it all very difficult.

Whatever you do diyguys, don't go on a course. It's all very easy if you don't go on a course.

If you don't go on enough courses, who knows? You might become as competent as the guy behind handymantips on youtube.

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:52 pm

the blazing blacksmith wrote:If you havent finished your gates then have a look at www.lecky.co.uk I get spheres from here but their catalogue is very comprehensive and is I think better quality than most others. Other than that try your local blacksmith. I am happy to cut steel to length for poeple and give a bit of advise on making when people come in to me. Beware though get prices off them before they cut you anything. I have heard of people charging silly prices for small amounts of steel. As for welders I would get a mig unless you have a large amount of free time and a good bit of patience for practicing the stick. You can very often get small migs second hand from adtrader etc that have been bought with great enthusiasm and never used. Lastly make sure you have a good mask. Auto darkening masks are now as little as £30 and make life much easier for you when you are starting out. Good Luck

cheers mate.

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:05 pm

DIYguys, would you like to borrow my welder, I have an HD video camera, to entertain the boys till Christmas 2012 at least.

I reckon you could make Handymantits.co.uk look good.

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:23 pm

You know what they say the louder the laugh the smaller the brain

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:32 pm

I'll laugh a lot louder watching you trying to weld for the first time.

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:33 pm

Stoday wrote:
diyguys wrote: He of little faith

Poor old scruff.

Like me, he's probably been on a welding course. Makes it all very difficult.

Whatever you do diyguys, don't go on a course. It's all very easy if you don't go on a course.

If you don't go on enough courses, who knows? You might become as competent as the guy behind handymantips on youtube.

maybe you and scruff can post some pictures of your projects

lol

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:35 pm

thescruff wrote:I'll laugh a lot louder watching you trying to weld for the first time.

you will be eating humble pie by the time i am finished ,he who laughs last laughs longest

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:11 am

diyguys wrote:you will be eating humble pie by the time i am finished

Scruff,

Thought you might need this:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1826,15 ... 07,00.html

Looks quite tasty really.

But don't cook it yet because it may be out of date by the time diy finishes his welding.
dave

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:22 pm

Its amazes me that all the oldies have a dont do that attitude you will fail,the two pros say its possible to do without training.A question for scruff ,you and chez have done a video on soldering and to tell you the truth i cant tell who has been doing it for years and who has not,i reckon chez done a better joint do you get my drift.Can you and stoday post some of your welding attempts so i can judge

Maybe you and stoday were no good at welding when you first attempted it,but dont judge people on your own work

Razor · Post by **Razor** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:16 pm

Can someone please post that famous picture of the plant room Scruff did so we can all laugh at it

Chill fella do you think the oldies might be winding you up

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:25 pm

This, I am lead to believe, is an example of Scruff's earlier welding attempts.

Where he tried welding the Safety Valve shut.

It blew the hats off the spectators.

dave

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:32 pm

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:36 pm

Id like to have seen them welds....nice riveting ;)