firefighter9208
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Harv,
How did the Show Down go? I followed the other thread where you showed what project you were going to do. Can you disclose the results???
Chris
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Harv,
How did the Show Down go? I followed the other thread where you showed what project you were going to do. Can you disclose the results???
Chris
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Hey Chris. Here's the link to Harvey's thread on the Miller Challenge.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/front-porch/181997-miller-challenge.html
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what's up with that? I went to look and it says I have to have 500 posts or more to be able to look at it. I don't post just to increase my count so I guess I am never going to be able to see what happened at the challenge.
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wroughtn_harv
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Here's a link to the Miller website thing on the Show Down. Welding Showdown Finalist - Miller
It didn't work for me just now but it should be back up sooner than later.
I finished second, first loser. I was like Chris Lee last night. I had my stuff, I just couldn't place it. LOL
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Rockin, sorry, I forgot that the Front Porch forum is 500 minimum post entry. Had I remembered that I wouldn't have posted the link.
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Harv, I got it from the Miller newsletter. Here is the link I used....
Miller - 2010 Welding Showdown Displays Character and Skill of Today?s Top Welders
Miller - 2010 Welding Showdown Displays Character and Skill of Today?s Top Welders
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Rockin, sorry, I forgot that the Front Porch forum is 500 minimum post entry. Had I remembered that I wouldn't have posted the link.
it must be higher than 500, cause I have over 900 posts and can't view it either.
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Just looked at the link. Does Miller not care about safety or proper eye protection? The so called winner is using tinted safety glasses with a plasma torch. Should be using at least a shade 7 welding lens.
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Man that takes me back.
I got the call and thought it was a joke. Then Miller treated us like royalty, I even got to take my wife and all it cost was her airfare. The only thing I don't still have and use from the rewards is the hood. I lost it to a freak accident. I wore the leather jacket just today and I use the Miller welding table darn near every day I work in the shop. I even use it when I'm doing wood work. It's handier'n a pocket on a shirt.
I put in a poor showing at the showdown and it is all my own fault. The biggest mistake I made was believing I could do what I do best with unfamiliar tools. Before that event I never used a grinder for cutting material except to sheer off bolts or rebar flush in concrete. It was awkward and I couldn't make accurate cuts. The good news is I'm now proficient with the angle grind cutting. For small stuff it's my preference, old dawg, new tricks. The other thing I did wrong was I had a design in mind and didn't change it even though the time allowed and the tools available made it impossible to do.
Live and learn.
However, if you just have to see me on youtube, I prefer this topic, Building Ubuntu-Blox Structures With Vetiver Roots - YouTube Building Ubuntu-Blox Structures With Vetiver Roots - YouTube
Ubuntublox is pretty huge for us. They're building machines in India, Vietnam, and we just designed one that I think is the best ever and it is made with wood, can even be made with disassembled pallets.
I'm still doing the hot glue gun stuff here though. Tomorrow I've got to work in a little project modifying a new twenty foot all aluminum car hauler where it can haul a gyrocopter. google trixy aviation in slovenia. I'm working on some hand made roses, three foot across for a gate, all aluminum, a rosebud mailbox made with aluminum, life is good for a man soon to be 66.
I got the call and thought it was a joke. Then Miller treated us like royalty, I even got to take my wife and all it cost was her airfare. The only thing I don't still have and use from the rewards is the hood. I lost it to a freak accident. I wore the leather jacket just today and I use the Miller welding table darn near every day I work in the shop. I even use it when I'm doing wood work. It's handier'n a pocket on a shirt.
I put in a poor showing at the showdown and it is all my own fault. The biggest mistake I made was believing I could do what I do best with unfamiliar tools. Before that event I never used a grinder for cutting material except to sheer off bolts or rebar flush in concrete. It was awkward and I couldn't make accurate cuts. The good news is I'm now proficient with the angle grind cutting. For small stuff it's my preference, old dawg, new tricks. The other thing I did wrong was I had a design in mind and didn't change it even though the time allowed and the tools available made it impossible to do.
Live and learn.
However, if you just have to see me on youtube, I prefer this topic, Building Ubuntu-Blox Structures With Vetiver Roots - YouTube Building Ubuntu-Blox Structures With Vetiver Roots - YouTube
Ubuntublox is pretty huge for us. They're building machines in India, Vietnam, and we just designed one that I think is the best ever and it is made with wood, can even be made with disassembled pallets.
I'm still doing the hot glue gun stuff here though. Tomorrow I've got to work in a little project modifying a new twenty foot all aluminum car hauler where it can haul a gyrocopter. google trixy aviation in slovenia. I'm working on some hand made roses, three foot across for a gate, all aluminum, a rosebud mailbox made with aluminum, life is good for a man soon to be 66.
