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Appreciate it. I've still got plenty to learn but it's cool to do stuff that I know I wouldn't have been able to last year.Always impressed with your welding skills, Nathan. Respect.
Not a family business, but my boss (the only other person in the business) is a friend that we go to church with. Several reasons to stay with how things are.I know you said you had a boss, but is this a family business? Why dont you go out on your own, you clearly have the skillset.
Not a family business, but my boss (the only other person in the business) is a friend that we go to church with. Several reasons to stay with how things are.
1) I really don't have the skillset to break out. I've made a lot of progress and am pretty confident in my ability as a welder, but there's a lot more that I need to learn and practice.
2) money. I don't have my own rig or shop. I don't have enough reserves to try to start up a business and deal with the long periods of time with no income.
3) time. I work 4 days a week and can take plenty of time off to hunt and fish. I'm W2 not 1099 so I have tax advantages that way.
4) goals. I enjoy welding, but I also am a pastor at heart. We are working on planting a church and while there'll still be plenty of years I'll have to work bivocationally, ultimately I don't plan to be doing it forever.
This is from a while ago, was part of a wing there that we tore apart to rebuild.
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Different plane but tore this one apart just to replace one piece.
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I like to use Terry bits on a chucking spud drilling 301 and 321 stainless paired with a 20v battery drill.OK my metalworking friends—here is the challenge. I have about 1500 one eighth inch holes to drill horizontally into stainless steel sheet metal. It’s wearing my guys out not to mention drill bits. Does anybody here have any tips for the best bits and techniques for light gage SS drilling as well as has anyone seen anything like a horizontal drill press? Mag drill won’t work because it is stainless and also the surface where we are drilling is recessed so a vacuum attachment won’t work. Thanks!
4) goals. I enjoy welding, but I also am a pastor at heart. We are working on planting a church and while there'll still be plenty of years I'll have to work bivocationally, ultimately I don't plan to be doing it foforever.