On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:29:39 GMT, "Bernd" wrote:


"GTO69RA4" wrote in message
...
I'm sure a lot of people know what I'm talking about. Getting known
among
friends as the guy with weird hobbies and tools. A good buddy pulls up
today
with his snowblower, says it broke and he remembers I had a welder. So
being in
a not-completely-antisocial mood I help him out. Just as I'm about to
start it
starts snowing hail the size of peas, then blowing sideways.
Everything gets
covered with the white stuff, and after having trouble starting I
finally get
it done. Then he happens to mention that his blower wasn't actually
running,
and he heard I knew engines...

Well, at least I can feel my fingers after a few hours and he's back
to making
money with driveways. Maybe I'll end up with that Stanley No. 7 he's
been not
using for 6 months.

GTO(John)

I have a sign on the welder that says $20.00 to turn on Switch and $5.00
an inch.

Bernd


This is on the lines of a post I couldn't get an answer for. How much
is the cost of running a $4,000 welder. I would think there would be a
chart for what ever ASTM weld per foot with bean counting production
figures with just materials.

Even a good idea on how much the Jaguar will cost to maintain every 6
months to a yr. kinda thing.

Many times I've been the "other guy" and have no idea what it costs.
Ask and never answered. Then they weld the crap out of it while it
would be good with half that much. Then I'm worried that $20-$40 would
be an insult and they turn around and don't want anything and would
rather talk about another subject. Like their full on Packard
restoration.

O/A is a mystery also. How much does it cost per minute to cut or
braze. I've never had a welder or torch and just gone for it to get
an idea of the costs. I'm sure the combinations are endless , but say
working with 1/4" steel would be a good ball park.

I'm just starting to catch on that the welder can't run continuously
from reading the NG's without cooling. I've only run into that problem
when doing lawn art and have the welder shut down in an artistic
moment and lose where I was waiting for it to cool down. Kinda like
painting a car with an inadequate compressor.