From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 6/18/2025 4:34 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:102vglm$3e85e$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > I just went after it, and I discovered even at higher powers TAC TAC   
   > still works with difficult welds.   
   >   
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   >   
   > I just made a trailer hitch for my tractor from 1/4" x 2" angle. Since   
   > the hitch ball bolts onto the weld between the two angled sides I had a   
   > pro do it for better penetration and $10. He did a gorgeous job that I   
   > admired for two minutes, then milled flat.   
   >   
      
   You know why I started learning how to do more different kinds of welds?   
     I hired a pro twice to do a job, and both times they did it wrong.   
   That's wasn't the main reason though.  I need to get jobs done.  I   
   dropped a job off at a reputable local shop, and asked how long.  He   
   said, "We are pretty busy, but you can come get it in two weeks."   
      
   I came by in about 15-16 days and the project was exactly where I had   
   unhitched it with a layer of dirt on it untouched.   
      
   "Oh, I see you didn't get to it.  How long.  "   
      
   "Two weeks."   
      
   "Oh, I see you didn't get to it.  Its been almost five weeks now."   
      
   "Well this agency more important than you, and that business more   
   important than you..."   
      
   "Okay.  How long until you will get to it."   
      
   "Two weeks."   
      
   After four months I showed up one day and I could see tracks in the   
   layer of dirt all over my project.   
      
   One part was done wrong. and one part wasn't done at all.  I accepted   
   the excuse for the part that was done wrong, and then watched as he did   
   the part that wasn't done, right now in front of me in about two   
   minutes... wrong.  I had to cut the weld completely out when I picked up   
   a welder that would do the job, and do it the way I had originally said.   
      
   I suck at welding, and I do not enjoy it, but if I don't do it myself it   
   won't get done.  If it does eventually get done in a "pro" shop it will   
   be beautiful and wrong.   
      
   You know why I installed the gooseneck/5th wheel hitch in my truck   
   myself?  It wasn't because I wasn't willing to pay somebody.  I got   
   bullshitted and jerked around by one shop who as soon as I said, "okay"   
   started backpedaling on their price.  I didn't negotiate.  When they   
   gave me a price I said "okay."  Another shop wanted me to leave a cash   
   deposit and wait for months, and then started telling me some story   
   about needing to take the bed off the truck to the install the hitch.  I   
   had already read the instructions and watched a couple install videos.   
   It also isn't the first in bed frame mounted hitch I have installed.  I   
   knew he was just trying me on to see how hard he could fuck me.   
      
   I needed it done, so I did it myself.   
      
   So maybe you have a welder near you who will do a small job and not jerk   
   you around and waste your time.  I probably do to, but I don't know who   
   it is, and I am tired of looking.   
      
      
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   Bob La Londe   
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