Hello
My name is Tom and I'm originally from Fairfax, Va but live in Christiansburg now (near Virginia Tech).
I've played with cars and been around construction all of my life, and have a BS in Computer Engineering. One area that I've always wanted to learn was welding. With carpentry, electronic, and mechanical skills welding seemed to be the missing link to being able to make all sorts of cool stuff.
I work a lot of hours, but recently started to spend a little more time on fun projects, so have been playing with a little Lincoln Mig welder I bought before I moved down here. A few cracks in the frame of my garden tractor forced me to get it out and start playing with it.
The good news is that after a little playing I got it all working and got the cracks fixed. The bad news is they're ugly as sin.
The cool thing though is that this got the spark going (pun intended) and I'm interested in making more stuff.
So my next project is to make the oblatory cart for my welder! Searching for ideas I found this forum and have to say I'm blown away with some of the things folks have made. I'm excited and can't wait to get some metal and build a cool welding cart now.
Anyway, I'm sure I'll be learning more than giving back right now, but hope that I can share what I know and of course, develop skills to make cool projects to the level that I see here.
Tom
