Like ridin' a bicycle

Sep 25, 2009 7 Replies
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I have been doing some welding lately, getting my shop together. Today my neighbor showed up on his tractor to get the hooks I bought for him at least a year ago welded on. (things and people move slow in these parts)



Some hefty weld-on chain hooks. Tacked them with 7018, and made a nice full rod pass down each side. Sure looked pretty. I wanted to do a figure 8 cover to really make it look fancy, and he said, "How strong are those like they are?" I said, "Supposed to be 70,000#." He said if he broke one off that next time I could weld it stronger. First time I have run a few rods in quite a while.



The SA200 is running fine.



Just like ridin' a bike.



Steve


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SteveB wrote: ... First time I have run a few rods

It's all in where you are on the learning curve. Me, I'm still on the steep part, so I slide back down when I stop. I you're way out on the top, *flat*, part you just sit there.

I think I pretty much exhausted that metaphor, Bob

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Feels good, doesn't it...

I should weld more...

I have a slightly broken shear/brake/roll tat I will be welding this weekend or soon thereafter.

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I have this theory that anyone can get good at anything if they just do it a few thousand hours.

Except golf.

Steve

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"SteveB" wrote in sci.engr.joining.welding:

AND Politics...

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OH? For a minute there I thought you got laid.

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Only difference is on a bike, you can fall off.

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OH? For a minute there I thought you got laid.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ONLY difference? Mind telling what kind of bike? Recumbent?

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