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06-22-2003, 06:12 PM
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i love summertime
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need some ideas
Hey guys i just got a lincon wire feed welder and was thinkin about making some sorta cheapo stuff to sell like candle holders and things like that in my spare time ... i can get free metal at work from the scrap bins ... i wonder if it would be worth it to make a bunch of chit for around the yard or artsy things....ive wonder if its worth the effort, if so what should i make?
Derek
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06-22-2003, 07:35 PM
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If you have an ok artistic talent, i would make some random stuff out of scrap engine parts and scrap metal. I've seen these things run for a quite a bit of money. I once saw this butterfly made out of a cam (for the body) and scray metal and gears for the wings and eyes and stuff. It way cool and those things sell for at least a couple hundred bucks.
just my no sense
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06-22-2003, 07:37 PM
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forget the "artsy-fartsy" stuff ... if you learn how to use that welder properly on thin sheet metal, you will have folks beggin' you to install cab corners, rockers and other patch panels.
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06-22-2003, 08:09 PM
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Robert Olson Transport
 
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listen theres quite a demand for welded art items ive seen stuff iwouldnt be caught dead with selling for hundreds of dollars.. people lately love custom weather vanes you can get up to $700 a piece for em hell i make wishing wells that cost me like $35 to build and sell em for $235-275 depending on size these, of course , are made outta wood
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06-22-2003, 08:11 PM
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my comment was meant as "light hearted" ... hell, I may even scrounge up some old cams and what not and fire up the old Miller for those kind of prices!
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06-23-2003, 01:30 AM
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i love summertime
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thanks for the ideas guys, i wish i had some engine parts kickin around and i would....maybe ill have to go to the wreckers and just take a chance and spend some coin and hope to make profit...
Derek
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