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Just wondrin how our friend are really look like wish i could see everyone on your real life working mode..anyway  just thought of starting it with myself...hope to see and get to know you guys--in real shop work  want to see the real men  behind the projects.... if that's okthanksMario Attached Images
Reply:Great work.Do you have any closer more detailed shots of your first and third creation?They look amazing.
Reply:My favorite still by far is the tank, I want one.Miller Maxstar 200 SDPiperliner #10 Gold
Reply:ok, that is some serious talent you have there!72 Chevy Cummins Project94 3500HD Welding Rig build Sold NOV 2011
Reply:Still amazes me you do those with stick. If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:Thats one kicka$$ cat Mario!
Reply:After seeing your art I believe your left brain and right brain are running dead even and way ahead of most of us!!                                               MikeOl' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:Action pose in the old shop.....Last edited by bert the welder; 03-27-2013 at 12:19 AM.200amp Air Liquide MIG, Hypertherm Plasma, Harris torches, Optrel helmet, Makita angle grinders, Pre-China Delta chop saw and belt sander, Miller leathers, shop made jigs etc, North- welders backpack.
Reply:Originally Posted by bert the welderAction pose in the old shop.....
Reply:Geez Mario......you're a lot shorter than I thought you'd beAnd Steve, you're a mod now so I'm gonna leave that one aloneLincoln 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:You have astonishing vision and talent.Here's a shot of me.  Right after I found that hot piece I was looking for... Attached Images(Retired) Professional firefighter, amateur everything else I try to do...Oh yeah:  Go Big Red!   (You know: one of the 12 members of the Big 10 cuz we left the 10 members of the Big 12...)
Reply:Originally Posted by strube1369You have astonishing vision and talent.Here's a shot of me.  Right after I found that hot piece I was looking for...
Reply:Originally Posted by 7A749Here I am in very serious contemplation....Of what I do not know...... As always, excellent work Mario.
Reply:Originally Posted by sqznbyGreat work.Do you have any closer more detailed shots of your first and third creation?They look amazing.
Reply:Hey Ram, too cool man. You do great work and nothing wrong with the Bonsai either. Bert, I have an Optrel helmet just like that. Swiss made and excellent.
Reply:Here's a pic from 07 when I still used the Optrel. In the top right corner you can just see part of the Carbon hood I made. I used to think I was getting too much light from the top back then. Attached Images
Reply:Originally Posted by tauruckHere's a pic from 07 when I still used the Optrel. In the top right corner you can just see part of the Carbon hood I made. I used to think I was getting too much light from the top back then.
Reply:Originally Posted by tauruckBert, I have an Optrel helmet just like that. Swiss made and excellent.
Reply:Mario,I know it is hot where you live, but you should really wear a long-sleeved shirt and cover any bare skin. Ultraviolet light exposure from the arc is not a good thing.  A mask for spray painting is also recommended."USMCPOP" First-born son: KIA  Iraq 1/26/05Syncrowave 250 w/ Coolmate 3Dialarc 250, Idealarc 250SP-175 +Firepower TIG 160S (gave the TA 161 STL to the son)Lincwelder AC180C (1952)Victor & Smith O/A torchesMiller spot welder
Reply:WOW!!!  . . . Don't know how I missed this thread. . . Those are extra nice! You really did a great job on those! . . . I'm sure that takes a lot of time! Thanks for sharing! I don't have any pictures of me working, But I'll try and get some! Hobart Handler 190Hobart Spool-Gun 100Lincoln 225 ACMiller & Pipeliner HoodDewalt 14" Chopsaw, GrindersHarris O/AVictor TorchCustom Built O/A CartCustom Welding CartHeavy Duty 16 Speed Floor Drill PressPipe-BenderDrill Doctor
Reply:Originally Posted by WelderBillWOW!!!  . . . Don't know how I missed this thread. . . Those are extra nice! You really did a great job on those! . . . I'm sure that takes a lot of time! Thanks for sharing! I don't have any pictures of me working, But I'll try and get some!
Reply:Originally Posted by 7A749Here I am in very serious contemplation....Of what I do not know...... As always, excellent work Mario.
Reply:Nice work! Now if you can just train him to sic intruders you really have something good going then!
Reply:Originally Posted by ironheart_ramHEyStrube i was imagining you with an ax and that fireman's hat but still looking groovy anyway thanks Mario
Reply:Doing a lil' sumpin' sumpin' in my shop. Attached ImagesJet 17.5" Drill Press1942 South Bend 16x84 Lathe1980s Miller 320A / BP --- 2013 Power Mig 2562012 Jet 7x12 Horizontal BandsawVictor O/A SetupShow your faces you heathens! Here is my ugly azz mug  Attached ImagesI hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:Everyone has such nice clean gloves.I work alone, no one takes pictures of me working or even in the shop.
Reply:Originally Posted by VPTEveryone has such nice clean gloves.I work alone, no one takes pictures of me working or even in the shop.
Reply:I look generic. Attached ImagesCity of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:I'm usually the one behind the camera, so I really don't have many picts of me working. If someone else is taking picts for me, they usually are documenting the work, not me doing the work.The only good picts I have are one of me taking my forge class last summer, and some dive picts of me a few years back. Attached Images.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:I have posted this picture before, but I don't mind doing it again.This is me on the left, PapaLion in the middle (miss ya Bret) and John on the right. Come to think of it, what is John's user name here? I can't even think of it. Someone can help me out. This was at one of our breakfast meetings here in Yuma. Where were YOU MarkBall2????This is me at my day job. Those gray power cables are a real joy to install. I was lacing them down to the ladder rack in this picture. Long, tedious, boring job, hence the earphones in my listeners. You can all thank me for keeping the internet up and running and constantly upgrading. lol, I install that equipment and maintain it. This is me at my other gig. I am a minister and I minister to inmates at the county detention center. And this is me serving at church. I run the sound board for the choir musicians, singers and equipment during praise and worship, then just the microphones during service. I am by no means ready for a rock concert. I don't have an ear for it. This is an art form I am not capable of mastering.  This is a joy to do though.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:Hey WELDER MIKE, your a handsome son of a gun  . Thought I would say that in case we ever meet.     Are you doing those 12 ounce curls ???
Reply:we were goofing of on the barge one morning doing a Captain Morgan pose  Attached Images
Reply:That's great Joker, I help out with sound ministry also! Ok WelderMike, I don't want to crack your monitor, but... here we are with my nephew, a newly forged Marine, fresh from the crucible. I am on the right. Attached ImagesCity of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Driving 5 hours (one way) to weld for 10 minutes (the company I work of or doesn't believe in outsourcing anything, witch is good for me)I looked through all the pictures on my iPad, but. Couldn't find any action photos.
Reply:Action photoI found it in the safety form
Reply:You asked for it. Not a working pic, but this lady put up with me for 23 years and counting....that must have been a job and a half.If you don't want to stand behind our Troops, feel free to stand in front of them.
Reply:Hey SWELLS, is that a for better or worse deal ??      You couldn't do any better and wife couldn't do any worse !  Just kidding, you did REAL GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:Stan this is where we insert the obligatory comment that that's your daughter not you wife, right?   .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:Lol, I get that all the time Doug. My daughter's are 20 & 6....everyone thinks I'm grandpa to the 6 yr old. I enjoy the red faces and apologies when they find out the truth.If you don't want to stand behind our Troops, feel free to stand in front of them.
Reply:Originally Posted by bert the welderIt's funny you mention that....... , it just died yesterday. Fantastic helmet. Had it 12+ years. Can't complain. Would have bought another Optrel but I don't like the new design, especially the front lens cover. Way to expensive to replace. If you still have yours, do like I did. Go to the local plastics shop and get some thin acrylic sheet and cut out yer own in/outside lenses. WAY cheaper! Replaced it with a Miller Performance digital. Hope it's as good as my Optrel.
Reply:Originally Posted by tauruckMine died last year after about 10 years. My supplier gave me a cheap replacement cartridge that I made work but I never liked it so I use it for guests. Those dudes that turn up unanounced and want to spend all day wasting your time. I use a Lincoln Viking 1840 now. I was so upset about the Optrel dying originally. This guy's wife works at an animal hospital and she xrayed his Optrel to find the battery's location. They told me where it is and I carefully fished the old one out, bought a new one, put it back in but when I tried to bond a piece of plastic over the installation I was dumb not to put protection over the solar panel and the clamp really killed the MOD!
Reply:I don't think I have ever been photographed working, usually only get photos of my ugly face when travelling and somewhere signigicant, the first pic is after a 6 hour hike to Australias highest point on Mount Kosciousko, the second was another long hike to the peak and last 2 I drove to the peak, much easier!Cheers Andrew
Reply:Happy Easter to all...its good to see some friends here posting their pictures. am now started to make compilation files of all the photos i saw here and hoping i'd remember each of you when i read some of your post here in WWSTRUBE:   great to see you in the news..you did look exhaustedRABIDCHAMP : nice shop.WELDERMIKE :  i also wear  leather gloves on my left hand most of the times when i work...but using a lighter one in the right...TANGLEDRIVER: nice mask. Congrats to the new marine,,,we need help here to stop the bully in SPRATLEYSDSW:   wow--i like suit...thats what i draw when i was young dreaming of seeing the atlantis                    thanks for posting that nice photographsJOKER:   nice tie....JPS: what a nice thing to do to start a good day. nice suitAMC724 : 5 hrs driving for a 10 min weld?nice jobSWELLS:  good to see you my friendlovely wife you got there    i was about to comment what Doug wrote--LOL ( now am having a red face here  )THANKS..hope to see MoreMario
Reply:this was me couple years ago going through a rebuild on a motorcycle. i rarely have my picture taken im usually the one taking pictureCentury 88amp 110v migCentury 100, 110migPowcon200smThermal Arc 140 migThermal Arc Fabricator 211i
Reply:Mario,You won't find a picture of me working, but I should get one of me partying.  Yesterday, I went to a party and we had folks from Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Turkey and some other place.  Sometimes we will get someone from the Philippines.  Great times and so much good food!"USMCPOP" First-born son: KIA  Iraq 1/26/05Syncrowave 250 w/ Coolmate 3Dialarc 250, Idealarc 250SP-175 +Firepower TIG 160S (gave the TA 161 STL to the son)Lincwelder AC180C (1952)Victor & Smith O/A torchesMiller spot welder
Reply:Originally Posted by OldendumMario,You won't find a picture of me working, but I should get one of me partying.  Yesterday, I went to a party and we had folks from Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Turkey and some other place.  Sometimes we will get someone from the Philippines.  Great times and so much good food!
Reply:Here is me definitely not working - sturgis trip 1st pic - yep - biker trash 2nd pic - I'm the stiff on the right Dave J. Attached ImagesDave J.Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~ Syncro 350Invertec v250-sThermal Arc 161 and 300MM210DialarcTried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
Reply:Originally Posted by MinnesotaDaveHere is me definitely not working - sturgis trip 1st pic - yep - biker trash 2nd pic - I'm the stiff on the right Dave J.
Reply:Me doin a little stainless mig in a vessel. Nothin too special.