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Gimpy78
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Greetings All,

I have been lurking in the forums for a couple weeks now, watching vids and reading threaads to pick up tips from everyones experience, thought I would post and Introduce myself. I am In Canada, no experience welding at all but the wife decided I needed to pick up a new hobby after I stopped wheelchair racing and basketball, I have always wanted to learn to weld and mentioned it to her in passing. Low and behold a couple days later a miller matic 211 w/mvp and some pieces of practice weld metal was sitting at the door when I came home from work. Looking forward to learning as much as I can. Anyhow, cheers for now

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Welcome to the site Joe! You are one lucky man to have a wife like that for sure. Mine keeps telling me I have to many hobbies. :)
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Gimpy78.

Your hobby of racing and basketball gave me a tweet to the brain.

If you modified your wheelchair, you would probably be able to arrive in just about any position to weld. Plus, a wheel chair could provide itself as a work station too.

Anyways ... welcome aboard.
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Welcome to the forum.
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Gimpy78 wrote:Greetings All,

I have always wanted to learn to weld and mentioned it to her in passing. Low and behold a couple days later a miller matic 211 w/mvp and some pieces of practice weld metal was sitting at the door when I came home from work. Looking forward to learning as much as I can. Anyhow, cheers for now

Joe

WHAT !!!!!!!!!!! Am I reading this correctly ? Man your just really one lucky guy having a wife who understands the art of welding in a way. Was she the one who gave you that Millermatic 211 plus already with those practice metal plates ? Hahaha, I think she forgot something..... the tank with gas to start you off, LOL . Anyway Gimpy78, yes welcome to the forum man, lots of knowledgeable people here to guide you through your journey to Mig welding.

Enjoy the site and your stay !! ;) :lol:
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roberts56 wrote:
Gimpy78 wrote:Greetings All,

I have always wanted to learn to weld and mentioned it to her in passing. Low and behold a couple days later a miller matic 211 w/mvp and some pieces of practice weld metal was sitting at the door when I came home from work. Looking forward to learning as much as I can. Anyhow, cheers for now

Joe

WHAT !!!!!!!!!!! Am I reading this correctly ? Man your just really one lucky guy having a wife who understands the art of welding in a way. Was she the one who gave you that Millermatic 211 plus already with those practice metal plates ? Hahaha, I think she forgot something..... the tank with gas to start you off, LOL . Anyway Gimpy78, yes welcome to the forum man, lots of knowledgeable people here to guide you through your journey to Mig welding.

Enjoy the site and your stay !! ;) :lol:
Haha ya she is great, she did go out and buy the millermatic 211 for me, she couldnt transport the tank on her own so I promptly went out and got one. Going to have to work with the daughter now to come up with something amazing for mothers day, not that I wouldnt do the same had she not bought the welding equipment.
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Alexa wrote:Gimpy78.

Your hobby of racing and basketball gave me a tweet to the brain.

If you modified your wheelchair, you would probably be able to arrive in just about any position to weld. Plus, a wheel chair could provide itself as a work station too.

Anyways ... welcome aboard.
Alexa

That would be a good idea to mod a wheelchair for the various positions, now just have to get proficient enough in fab to do those mods haha. But so far it makes for comfortable seating lol, and a little extra bonus, when pricing out material for weld table it will cost a little less due to be lower than the average standing persons table, every penny counts hehe
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