So... today was ma day orf. Ya know, the dayz wen ya doan ave ta go twerk but ya tew bizzy doin udder stuff ta reely corl it a day-orf? Ya, wunna dem.
But today, I taught my self to weld.
As you can see.
I went to Bunnings as I do on my day off, and bought a welder. El-Cheapo Ozito brand. Then I came home and did as we all do - googled read up on how good (or crap) our plunders are. And I learnt - not just from the internet, but the hard way, that El-Cheapo welders are El-Cheap for a reason. Only dumbass DIY weirdos buy them. Any one who knows how to weld will buy a real one.
Like everything else.
Cheap is for 90% of the population how have no idea what they are doing :)
Like me.
So here I am, oscillating between burning a hole in my steel tubes or not getting enough current to form an arc, when finally I seem to miraculously hit "welders zenith" and the whole shibang seems to actually work. It was just sublime. Then all of a sudden the machine stops buzzing and I am left looking (mouth agape, dumbly staring) at the welding rod for an answer. Then I finally turn to the machine - the little "overload" light is on. Ohh, ja. Like this machine will work for 2 minutes before it rests for 10 minutes. DIY super sh*t crapola El Cheapo welding machine. Like a public servant :)
Okies, it must be lunch time...
Finally I got some of my welding done (top secret project!) when I am invited for a few beers down the road. It was Sarva, who is always a lot of fun, and the added benefit being the kids could play. So we sit down for a drink, and before I know I have the best part of 3 shots of whisky (mighty fine stuff) in my glass. Which was continuously topped up, totalling about 8 shots I think. Finally we said our good-byes and trotted off home for the kids dinner. I then attempted to weld again, however for some weird reason the bits kept moving and the floor kept spinning. I figuired maybe it was the El Cheapo welder again, so I gave up.
YN460II at 6:00 low, 580EXII on board bounced to roof, using ETTL with -1 stop FEC. Star effect obviously added during photo editing
No comments:
Post a Comment