Am I being 'el-cheapo'? (metal related)

baskets with what

There are not that many items in and around a typical home that do not have some welded component.

baskets with what

I think our house has more socks than welds -- and that's not even taking underwear, shirts and pants into account!

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I'm willing to grant there may be more items without welds than with them, but your "more socks than welds" claim is wrong, if you have an ordinary complement of appliances and electrical items. Each TV, monitor, computer, washer, stove, refrigerator, etc contains from dozens to hundreds of spot welds.

Drifting off topic a bit, the two (well known) videos below use dozens of spot welds, for a vacuum tube triode and an oscilloscope gun assembly, respectively. I expected to see a lot of handwork in the hand-making-vacuum-tubes video, but am really amazed at the high amount of handwork in the other. (But it probably is representative of low-volume high-tech

= tube; scope =

etter things to do?

f baskets with what

My house has lots of welds. It's a triple wide manufactured home. All steel frame underneath. Then clad in aluminum siding. Like living in one of those live mouse traps!

Paul

I think...Id use the TIG. Followed by the MIG.

Stick dead last.......

But thats just me.

Shrug

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. Gunner Asch

Probably spot welded.

Anyone need one? Ive got a 30KVA "American" for sale.

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. Gunner Asch

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:02:39 -0700, "Ivan Vegvary" wrote the following:

The new baskets are built of considerably lighter stock (thin wire vs thick rod), so you're not only being sensible, you're getting food for your hobby. That's not cheap. ;)

-- The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will. -- J. Arthur Thomson

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:36:04 -0500, Ignoramus8895 wrote the following:

Lee Valley has some really nice (and reusable) green velcro tape for that. OMG, they're giving free shipping right now! I haven't bought much from them since the Canuckistani Ducat went sky high and our dollah dropped in the bucket, especially after they raised their shipping rates. I couldn't buy the little packs of hardware without havine a $11.50 s/h fee tacked on.

Time to go shopping in The Great White North!

Oh, the url, before I forget again:

-- The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will. -- J. Arthur Thomson

Seems like a good price - $3.90 for 30'. And ... you can use it for tying coiled extension cords. Bob

Ditto

Don't really think so. The weld doesn't have the normal compression spot weld pattern around it. They have a nice fillet around them instead. Could be machine wire feed though.

Either way they are MUCH stronger than those cheap wire ones I used to use.

Never have understood why they even make the light ones. A good 'mater plant can crush them under the load of plant/fruit.

I'm just hoping that blight doesn't show up again this year. Only ended up with one good batch of fruit last year.

You need to bring some of those toys to the other side of the country...

Ivan, if you have any friends in the concrete business, hit them up for some WW mesh. Normal is 6/6-10/10 (that's a 6" square pattern using #10 wire each way) which will work great, but if you can get some a bit heavier they will last forever. Most guys would give you tomato quantities for free, or offer some fruit of the vine. Make a good friend and ask for new every year.

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:23:14 -0400, Wes wrote the following:

baskets with what

I'm both.

Yeah, and because we're not married, we can get any tool "jus'cuz", without anyone haranguing us at all. Lovely!

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:27:57 -0500, "Pete C." wrote the following:

baskets with what

And if it's not melted metal bits, it's melted plastic bits.

-- The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will. -- J. Arthur Thomson