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I'm interested what we all do I've been reading and looking alot on here and was wondering as a few may be what our daily welding grind is I know what a few of the guys here day in day out just wondering about the rest of us we all have our own little niche mine is I work in the transport smash repair game http://www.royans.com.au/home.htm my daily grind can be any thing from making a small mounting bracket to replacing chassis rails in a truck straighting a chassis in a truck or trailer to a full rebuild on a trailer to repairing fuel tanks in my section at work anything that has to be done to a trailer we do from the brakes up only thing we don't do is paint we have guys to do that and any thing to do with a truck chassis we do here is a pic of one truck we did before and after on a job like this my section would repair any chassis damage repair the fuel tanks and bull bar fit drive guards (mudguards ) and make any custom parts needed most of our work is  insurance work on fairly new gear so we have to make it better than new because any problems come back to us Creative metal Creative metal Facebook
Reply:I build conveyor systems for Designed Conveyor Systems http://www.designed-conveyor.com/.  We build mostly for FedEx, UPS, and some odd jobs.  I am supervisor now so that just means I sit in the office and read the new posts on this site  .  No, I do have to work.  And with some of the people they hire it keeps me very busy.  I cut, weld, paint, and assemble when something has to go out soon.  Other than that I make sure everyone else is working.My main interest is my side business Dixieland Welding (my daughter's name is Dixie).  It's not taking off very fast but I don't really have time for it either.  Maybe one day I'll be on my own. How many of you are running your own business full time?  Is it really worth it not knowing you have a steady income?DewayneDixieland WeldingMM350PLincoln 100Some torchesOther misc. tools
Reply:I run my own business, Zero Tolerance Fabrication. I specialize in chassis fabrication on everything from dragsters and hot-rods to off-road trucks and sand cars. I also do production welding for various companies including Champion Rescue Tools and RUV Motorsports. Like almost any other welding shop, I'm a wh*re. If you have cash, I will pretty much weld, fix, or fabricate anything.   I have built everything from simple tables to full second story mezzanines for customers and do weld repairs on just about anything that can be welded.I also race off-road trucks with Dave Turner Motorsports. We race a 2004 Ford F-150 for SCORE and BITD. We are Ford factory sponsored and part of their R&D program for the F-150 series trucks. It's a good thing I'm self employed because no other boss would let me have them amount of time I need off to go race across Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico!!http://all-a-cart.comWelding Cart Kits and accessories
Reply:i too am an owner/operator, G&D Prop Repair since 1991.  i repair boat props, weld broken lower units (also rebuild them) weld on alum. boats and some trailers. i do repitching and polishing. once in awhile i get some good old weld jobs (steel) and get to stick weld. the real fun is repairing bottom of the pontoons after they drag the bottom on the rock piles. then its off to the lake to play with fast boats, woooohooo .   oh i all so do impellors for jet boats
Reply:I used to be a welder/fabricator.  Now I test weld flux-cored wire.
Reply:you guys should know what i do by now... ...zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Originally Posted by zapsteryou guys should know what i do by now... ...zap!
Reply:I'm a welder/Fitter for a small shop but were growing.We got a site if your interested www.advmetals.com . I also have a portable service myself but dont do alot yet.
Reply:you know what i do alsoChuckASME Pressure Vessel welder
Reply:I am retired.  I spent nearly 38 years at desk jobs in the Oil and Chemical Industry.I weld because I enjoy it.  Make deer feeders for friends, yard critters from junk for my wife, and any thing else that catches my interest.I am often amazed at the stuff you guys in the welding and fabrication business can produce.  The level of creativity is impressive.Thanks for your contributions to this site it really helps guys like me when you share your knowledge
Reply:I'll let you on a secret: I'm not a welder.I work in an office smack bang in the middle of Sydney. It's a company I started about 4 years ago with a mate.I'm the boss and the oldest person here. We've got 8 people on staff and around 70 quantity surveyors who do contract work for us around the country. We do tax work for property investors. It's not at all interesting, but it's a pleasant workplace - casual clothes, flexible hours (especially for me), music, no clients visiting etc. We've built good systems and we've hired good young people. And we treat them well. The only time it's not pleasant is Fridays, because that's the day I let Kylie play her tragic collection of really bad 80s music.I get through my work in 2-3 hours most days. I'm here mainly to handle calls from tricky/cranky clients or accountants or affiliates - we do work for a bank and some big real estate groups. We get asked to speak at seminars to investors and accountants in Sydney and other cities. I do that. It's fun, though accountants do like to try and trip me up. I have no accounting training at all, but I can think on my feet pretty well and bluff.I've done lots of different things and one day we'll wrap up this company and I'll do something completely different again.This suits me right now as I have young kids and can take time off whenever I want to. I envy people who can make a living working with their hands.
Reply:I weld and fabricate for Northwest Jet Boats Inc. We build the best aluminum jet boat in the buiseness (argueably). Myself and one other guy fabricate most of the parts that go in at the weld-shop level and take on any special circumstance (custom) jobs. We build up to 170 boats a year ranging from 35 to 100K dollars. Its fun, but would like to do some machining. Also, at home and on the side, I build utility trailers. I charge what the other guys charge but mine are built from rectangular tubing, not angle iron. I don't have any trouble selling them and making a decent profit, but would like to manufacture something that doesn't require an MCO/MSO and the paperwork.So if anyone has a suggestion, feel free to let me know. My shop is small. Recently one side project was a door breaker for the local S.W.A.T. team.Bill
Reply:cool stuff all thanks for for your replies I enjoy finding out what my peers do be it welding or not .I see one thing a few of us have in common is the business on the side I have one going on the side as well I have 1 guy that were been doing stuff together for the last 15 yrs and few others but the killer is time to do these side jobs I work over well over 50hrs most weeks much to the wifes dislike then doing side jobs after that no need to say alot stuff around the house needs doing  and just for the record those of you that post websites for your work I looked at and they were very interesting in the long run we all use hot things to melt metal and enjoy and have pride in what we do and thats the main thing thanks again guys  this site is the collage of knowledge Creative metal Creative metal Facebook
Reply:Originally Posted by WHughes We build the best aluminum jet boat in the buiseness (argueably).Bill
Reply:Stephen,Hamilton in NZ! They usede a modofied irrgation pump for the drive unit.Did I pass?Thank Steve
Reply:I weld for the MGM GRAND in las vegas I mostly do dumpster repair and I also do alot of fixing the shi@#y welds that previous welders made.Trevor MarkwellDumpster Repair Demon
Reply:I weld for a specialty Truck company that travel all over the world. I work for Oshkosh truck. www.oshkoshtruck.com. And I do some small stuff here in my garageLast edited by aluminumman75; 08-09-2006 at 04:59 PM.
Reply:www.johnsonscreens.com but i would like to get my own business started
Reply:Originally Posted by yhprumStephen,Hamilton in NZ! They usede a modofied irrgation pump for the drive unit.Did I pass?Thank Steve
Reply:Originally Posted by yhprumStephen,Hamilton in NZ! They usede a modofied irrgation pump for the drive unit.Did I pass?Thank Steve
Reply:Hey WelloChippee by trade , became a builder , acidentialy got into glass and ally baustrading and glass and ss  roofing.Self employed since a 3rd year Couldn't be anything else ( even if I had to)
Reply:Project manager/Estimator for a mechanical contractor. We install all types of pipe, steam, condensate, chill water, hot water, air, gas, domestic water and waste systems. The type of material we use are, carbon (black), 5% chrome, stainless (sch40, sch10, sch5 food grade), aluminum, copper, pvc and cast iron.  Background: 15 years welder & operator on pipeline, 13 years welder & operator in mechanical field.
Reply:BY DAY:I'm just about to finish my 10th year as an engineer for "arguably" America's third largest passenger car manufacturer.  We jokingly say that since Daimler bought out Chrysler making them German...  Actually, we have been around a while since we've been producing hand built sportscars since 1989.  I work in the division that handles the street legal models along with the SCCA spec racer.  A plant down the road a mile houses Panoz / G-force which is one of the 2 chassis builders for Indy cars.  Since we are a small company we have to handle a wide variety of jobs - one day I might be designing a new part with cad, next day prototyping it (here's the welding part!), next day testing, etc.  Also, I fill in and do some of the custom welding projects.BY NIGHT:I have recently started a 1 man tube bending and general fabrication shop.  I have a mandrel tube bender with dies up to 4" OD on a 4" centerline radius, and supposedly the bender will do a little larger.  I also have a non-mandrel hydraulic rotary draw bender that I built for doing up to 2" OD heavy wall tubing such as for roll cages.  I have a full array of welding and cutting equipment and also a small machine shop set up in my new 2000 square foot shop.  My focus is on automotive applications since that's where I have the most experience - exhaust, chassis, plumbing, etc.  And, I can handle the one-off stuff or do small to medium production runs.  I'm hoping to make the production stuff the main focus for steady work with the cool custom stuff in between for fun.There are several pics of the new shop and some more recent projects in the gallery on my website - www.tubularfab.comJason
Reply:nice looking shop Panozeng nice work as well have seen that episode of monster garage here in oz yet have to keep my eye out for it Creative metal Creative metal Facebook
Reply:Boiler maker - metal fabricator by trade, have done 1st and 2nd year fitter machinist apprenticeship, but swapped to welding Anyone who has seen my website will know, I do something different every day. Today I set up a Case Tractor and Hardie spray unit, The next job on the books is rebuilding and standing a windmill and building a set of stock yards. Than I have a large pergola (9m x 6m) to build that will be completely covered with scroll work.I never know what will be nextSimonhttp://members.optusnet.com.au/~abba/index.html