Not welding but some of my current hat work

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I am a hatter and I started welding because I need to build a stand for my 3000w steamer for blocking and shaping hats.The Lonesome Dove 50X quality:The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 100x quality:1920's Armento 100x quality:Open road Valley style 100x quality:Century AC 100 stick (dead but trying to fix it)Everlast PA 160 STHhttp://www.riograndehatters.comhttp://www.texashatcleaners.com
Reply:Very nice hats, kudos to you!
Reply:what is 100x quality?Lincoln Power Mig 210MP MIGLincoln Power Mig 350MP - MIG and Push-PullLincoln TIG 300-300Lincoln Hobby-Weld 110v  Thanks JLAMESCK TIG TORCH, gas diffuser, pyrex cupThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101My brain
Reply:Originally Posted by Joker11what is 100x quality?
Reply:Originally Posted by Joker11what is 100x quality?
Reply:3000 bucks for a hat. No wonder chris leduix sang about not touching a cowboys hat. All kidding aside very nice looking hats.Millermatic 252millermatic 175miller 300 Thunderboltlincoln ranger 250smith torcheslots of bfh'sIf it dont fit get a bigger hammer
Reply:Originally Posted by farmshop3000 bucks for a hat. No wonder chris leduix sang about not touching a cowboys hat. All kidding aside very nice looking hats.
Reply:i love the wild west &westerns are still some of the best movies but ,$3, 000  for a hat I guess that's why they still ride horses.Last edited by exwldr; 06-04-2013 at 11:13 PM.
Reply:Originally Posted by exwldr$3, 000  for a hat I guess that's why they still ride horses.
Reply:I have a 200X supposed to be beaver and cashmere.   Really no better than a 100X and honestly my 20X had better body as far as I'm concernedVantage 500's LN-25's, VI-400's, cobramatics, Miller migs, synch 350 LX, Powcon inverters, XMT's, 250 Ton Acurrpress 12' brake, 1/4" 10' Atlantic shear,Koikie plasma table W/ esab plasmas. marvel & hyd-mech saws, pirrana & metal muncher punches.
Reply:Don't think I charge that much for a hat. My prices are geared to the working man like myself. 10x starts at $225, 50X $350 and 100x $495.I started making hats because my dad wanted a 100X custom made and they were going to charge him $1200. He said no and I made it a mission to leart the trade and make my dad his hat. So the very first hat I made was my dad's. I liked it so much I made me one just like it. Mine is the black one.Century AC 100 stick (dead but trying to fix it)Everlast PA 160 STHhttp://www.riograndehatters.comhttp://www.texashatcleaners.com
Reply:Originally Posted by exwldri love the wild west &westerns are still some of the best movies but ,$3, 000  for a hat I guess that's why they still ride horses.
Reply:My lady friend has a hat she paid 1500 euro's for....she was mad because when she moved to north america they make the riders wear helmets at shows and she cant wear her proper hat she had made.Nice hats though, I want one in the near futurehttp://www.forgingtechnology.com/
Reply:Originally Posted by soutthpawGuess you have not seen many cowboy's trucks,  their horses are definitely worth more than their trucks.    My sister owns a few horses and they definitely cost more that a decent truck?
Reply:Very nice work. Never been a big traditional cowboy hat fan for some reason, but I do like a nice fedora. I'd rather wear a nice full brim hat than a baseball cap any day.  Originally Posted by ironmanjayThere is only 135 hatters left in this country and I take pride in carrying on a craft and tradition that started with John B. Stetson back in the 1800's.
Reply:Originally Posted by DSWVery nice work. Never been a big traditional cowboy hat fan for some reason, but I do like a nice fedora. I'd rather wear a nice full brim hat than a baseball cap any day. Mercury poisoning will have a tendency to "weed" out the field a bit. The drop in demand for beaver top hats and then fedoras and such probably also didn't help much. Out of curiosity did you consider "the mad  hatter" as your  moniker?
Reply:Originally Posted by DualieI have a 200X supposed to be beaver and cashmere.   Really no better than a 100X and honestly my 20X had better body as far as I'm concerned
Reply:Dambed nice hats Jay.Nicest I had was a Biltmore 50x.  I wore it for 5yrs then sold it to a German who was into collecting cowboy and SASS stuff.  It was still in good enough shape that he thought it was worth $60 + the fare to Germany.Lincoln SA 200Esab Caddy 160Thermal Arc 201TSMiller Dialarc HFI don't like making plans for the day because then the word "premeditated" gets thrown around the courtroom....
Reply:Question for you Jay. I've got a couple of felt hats that came to me from my father/grandfather. They weren't stored covered so the dust bunnies have had a field day on them while they were sitting up in an old closet. ( ie the brown hats are pretty much gray right now...) Other than vacuuming them, and suggestions on how to clean them well other than maybe dry cleaning?  I'd like to clean them up so I can use them on occasion..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Originally Posted by DSWQuestion for you Jay. I've got a couple of felt hats that came to me from my father/grandfather. They weren't stored covered so the dust bunnies have had a field day on them while they were sitting up in an old closet. ( ie the brown hats are pretty much gray right now...) Other than vacuuming them, and suggestions on how to clean them well other than maybe dry cleaning?  I'd like to clean them up so I can use them on occasion.
Reply:Your hats are incredible! Great work man! I would buy one in a heartbeat, but the only time I wear them is on my tractor for long days in the sun, so I buy cheapies. Plus it would be a shame to spray one of yours down with bug spray and then sweat in it all day. Great craftsmanship I hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:Originally Posted by weldermikeYour hats are incredible! Great work man! I would buy one in a heartbeat, but the only time I wear them is on my tractor for long days in the sun, so I buy cheapies. Plus it would be a shame to spray one of yours down with bug spray and then sweat in it all day. Great craftsmanship