muddstopper
Veteran Member
For years i have pretty much did all my own welding. As age creeps up on me and old Arthur taking my mobility, I have been thinking about just hiring someone part time to help me finish a few of my projects. Now i aint never been a top notch welder, but I have been trying to come up with some sort of test to separate the wantabes and those that can actually weld. I want to hire someone that is at least better than i am. I found a guy that used to be a welder, structual construction 20 yrs, and hes looking for some part time work. Going to meet this wkend and i am thinking about dragging out some metal and see what he can do. Figure i would turn all the knobs on the welder to make sure it wont run a bead unless adjusted and then see how he reacts. If he cant adjust the welder, then i figure hes all talk. I'll probably lay out a few rods and let him pick which ones to use and if he knows the difference. I got some odd ball stuff and some wet 7018. Anyway, this guy might/probably knows more about welding than I do, which wouldnt be hard to do. Thing that worries me is I might know more than him and I really need someone better than me for some of the work I am wanting done. Anything else anybody figures i need to look out for, other than the person being a dopehead or drunk, or worse a thief. I dont think hes any of those things, in fact talked to a former coworker of his, and a friend of mine, and he claims the man is a straight up guy, so???