Merry Cjhristmas to ya!

 

Just a little fill in for the holuidays!

Hillbilly!

 

Just a Quick Update

No links to my space or anything like that this time! Why? Because somebody hacked my email and managed to mangle my network, that's why!
So, when someone gets a hold of your email. they have access to every site you have correspondence with, which means the change password requests you make are sent to who ever hacked your email! what a mess!
Most sites don't have an alternate email in the registration form and once it is set it is in concrete! Now you must go through all of your bookmarks and make changes to your new email address. This is a time consuming thing, be warned. I'm presently working on my twitter at the moment and am pulling my feeds down if they were linked to my old email address. I miss my twitter but you gotta do what you gotta do. Twitter gave me a manual reset code but it hasn't worked yet and I following up with some of the suggestions I found on an information page.
Followers who click on my avatar and find the link to my blog on my Bio, can see what's eatin up my time these days and this is the primary reason for my posting this post rather than the article on my SS welding project this week.

Global Government?

Another biblical prophesy happening right before your blind eyes America! The United Kingdom is no longer a soveriegn nation! America is jumping right in bed with this Socialist "GREEN" notion... Did Any Media report on the Left wing Riots?

in reference to: EXCLUSIVE – British Peer: Copenhagen Summit Has Established A World Government (view on Google Sidewiki)

Looking back at 2009?

hmm... Not a good year in the Badger state!

in reference to: Page Title (view on Google Sidewiki)

Dividerboard Cart in Stainless Steel

Earlier this summer I built a prototype cart on a verbal proposition, "We need something better than the carts we are using now. If you think you can build us one we like we may have a few projects coming up, you might be interested in."






The light bulb in my head lit up! A chance to create my own job? hmm... could be the start of something big in MY life! I had been looking for a new opportunity. To keep it short for now, lets just say I built one, they liked it, but before they committed to the carts, some of those other projects would fill the void. Ok by me, I saw an opportunity to document a project, for this blog. I will be writing how to articles with the pictures on the production end for "Do it Your-selfers" like me.





This is the second cart of 6, and one a month will fit nicely in both our schedules. I will have 6 more of a different style, also delivered at one a month. Remember its not just welding here, also purchasing, cutting, piloting and drilling the components as well, in other words planning ahead of problems that naturally happen.

I'm currently building the second prototype, and will show it off in future entries.

My Blizard bonfire

I droped a few pictures to ponder sort of on a dare or maybe just to share

in reference to: Unload Lenny!: My Blizard Bonfire (view on Google Sidewiki)

My Blizard Bonfire

Well it is the first big snow! at the Lake Michigan shoreline lot's of slush, 3 miles inland snow is stickin to the lawns, 50 miles inland we have about a foot of that wet & heavy kind of snow. 30 miles west of my little piece of the world there is about 18" of snow on the ground.

So much snow in Madison Wisconsin, that the governor, James Doyle shut down all government offices! Mean while a young lady walked 4 miles in the storm to get to work this morning! There was no bus service. WISC Channel 3 reports this story. She is the type of hero that seldom gets mention, but is vital to everyone. You see she works in a pharmacy. She doesn't make a whole lot of money working behind the counter but her service is much needed both for the general public, and her employer.

Where do people find it within themselves to defy mother nature? Some where in their spirit is a sense of purpose. Something in their character tells them to just do it! They are achievers of goals. They envision dreams and do what is necessary to see progress.

It is in that spirit that I celebrate Winter! Celebrate? You'll be lucky to hear that phrase in less than two weeks time! I guarantee it! Cold fingers , runny noses on the little children, all the good things of life. Doge County didn't close school today. The kids down the road came home from school and had a blast playin in the snow this evening, You can hear them screaming and just doin kid stuff. That's the little joys of life, hearin kids at play.

Why is the Governor just stays home and calls out the National Guard to assist stranded motorist? I'm sure productivity took a hit today with lot's of people callin in to work. I'm grateful that I'm not driven by a slave master!

Sometimes I just don't get it, Lead by example I was taught in OCS. What kind of example is the governor setting? hmm... just some thoughts from my spontaneous, little fireside chat at the outpost!

Hmm. Its good to have mama home on a night like tonight when the -25 degree wind chills blow in from the north later, burr! Hope ya enjoyed the fire take care now, ya hear..Harvey O' Hillbilly's routin for ya America!

What is a 9/12 candidate?

Look at Washington DC, 230+ years of 2 parties manipulating our government. 545 people deciding the fate of 300+ million? Both parties must know the American voice WILL NOT be silenced!

in reference to: Testimonials | Dave Westlake Section / Testimonials (view on Google Sidewiki)

United Kingdom No Longer a sovereign state?

Did the U. K. have gun rights? Did anybody fight this or is there deception tied to climate gate and cap and trade? hmm...

in reference to:

"Until yesterday, the EU could not annex additional policy areas without a new treaty, which needed to be ratified by all its constituent nations. Now, it has the so-called “passerelle” clause, or self-amending mechanism. Parliament, in other words, no longer has the final say on extensions of EU jurisdiction."
- At midnight last night, the United Kingdom ceased to be a sovereign state- The Crosstalk Blog (view on Google Sidewiki)

Yup it works good!

Just dug up a post from the past, although it's only a few days old, ever get a direct message about a twitter post from 2 days ago? then try to look it up? benn there done that! lol

in reference to: Page Title (view on Google Sidewiki)

I'd better check on the State of things..

After the week-end is over, and I've digested the week-end stories of the political sections, get the facts...

in reference to:

"Preserving, Protecting and Promoting the Family"
- Page Title (view on Google Sidewiki)

They don't make'em like that any more.

A WW-2 Vet's letter to the prez... hmm... I'm thinkin he has a valid perspective on what he sees goin on...

in reference to: Unload Lenny!: They don't make'em like that anymore. (view on Google Sidewiki)

They don't make'em like that anymore.

WW II Battleship sailor tells Obama to shape up or ship out !

This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii
for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and
causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body,
he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now.
He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the
president.


Dear President Obama,



My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this
year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age
because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.


I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during
and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a
"rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to
keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.


One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my
mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.


So here goes.


I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I
do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.


I can't figure out what country you are the president of.


You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable
lies like:


" We're no longer a Christian nation"


" America is arrogant" - (Your wife even
announced to the world," America is mean-
spirited. " Please tell her to try preaching
that nonsense to 23 generations of our
war dead buried all over the globe who
died for no other reason than to free a
whole lot of strangers from tyranny and
hopelessness.)

I'd say shame on the both of you, but I don't think you like America,
nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the
obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or
gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.

After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to her ideals."

Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that
11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the
British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another
man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn't
mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas
I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about
not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.

I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than
discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people
understood when they helped to get you elected.

Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.

Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what
I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania
Avenue . You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the
hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people
like slaves.

And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to
jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his
fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to
do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black
college professor in Massachusetts , who was putting up a fight? You
don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want
us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.

One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never
had to defend your country with your life, but you're the
Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened
field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission,
give them to him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get
out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political
strategy you're thinking of.

You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest
challenge ever presented to any president.

You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our
bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and
soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now.

And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in
this final battle.

Sincerely,

Harold B. Estes





When a 95 year old hero of the "the Greatest Generation"
stands up and speaks out like this, I think we owe it
to him to send his words to as many Americans as
we can.

Does anyone make ballads any more?

I was thinkin back to my youth in the 60's over thanksgiving weekend. Most of the males in my family were over seas serving uncle Sam's military duties while I was home hunting for my future life. Times were much simpler then, it's true. A kid could go down the streets once a week and earn $20 -$25 bucks or more a day mowin lawns at $2-5.00 a pop! $5.00 was the going price, if the customer had a big lot on a corner property. Gas was about $.73 a gal. Neighbors bought magizines, candles, and cookies from kids in the neighborhood back then. We were a community back then. Mom didn't have to work a second job back then. Yesh, she did cookin and cleanin, but made sure I made my bed, picked up my messes and dirty clothes,etc... When I was 13, I was old enough to deliver the weekly mini paper as well as service my summer lawn mowin customers. Eventually, I got the daily Rapid City Newspaper's downtown route, and moved onto bigger & better activities like Boy Scouts,boy's club, YMCA, Civil Air Patrol. Sometime between 69 and 1976 I heard this song for the 1st time. I don't think it ever climbed very high on "Wolfman Jacks" radio show but it still lingers in my mind. Back then we could believe in AMERICA, now a days I'm not so sure! Anyways here's the embed code for Mason Profit - Ballod of 2 Hangmen, from the Wanted album.

Mason Proffit video on FoxyTunes Planet

[via FoxyTunes / Mason Proffit]

Enjoy!

545 People Make The Decisions For 300,000,000 People

Its funny to think that I shot an afternoon tweeting this very same message during the campaign in 2008. That's where I learned to tweet long text from my source by starting at the bottom and selecting my characters to fit 140 spaces to uniquely convey my message. I think it tells your visitors "what your realy doin" when they open your twitter home page and find readable strings of tweets. Not just quick thoughts and short links, you know?
Any ways, this 5:42 video is very worth watching, just click the link in the title, and enjoy.
I'm off too blog a bit on final world government, heavy sigh, short chuckle.
twitter.com/hillbilly717

A Patriot Writes to Glen Beck

This has to be the email forward of the year! Please take a few minutes to read and absorb just what this woman had to say, and then hopefully everyone will pass it to their entire mailing list, and theirs to theirs until it circles the nation! Time is short and arrogance, stupidity and ignorance abound..............


The following letter read on Glenn Beck's show, is rapidly circulating around the country. Americans everywhere identify with this 53-year-old woman. She has given us a voice. Once you read this, you will want to forward it to all of your friends...


GLENN BECK: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona . She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership:"I am a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. Instead, we are burdened with Congressional Dukes and Duchesses who think they know better than the citizens they are supposed to represent.
There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would feel so horribly disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut-job am I? Well, these briefly are the views and issues for which I seek representation: One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This is not to be confused with legal immigration.Two, the STIMULUS bill. I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you No, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.Three: Czars. I want the circumvention of our constitutional checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution, and honor it.Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There are many conflicting opinions and it is too soon for this radical legislation. Quit throwing our nation into politically-correct quicksand.Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision that will burden me, my children, and grandchildren. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night without even reading it. Slow down! Fix only what is broken -- we have the best health care system in the world -- and test any new program in one or two states first.Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. More is not better! Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real [Constitutional] obligations. Why don't you start there.Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes -- how did they pull that one off? Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with any of our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs -- and that is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person! Why do you want me to hate my employers? And what do you have against shareholders making a profit?Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Every company must sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. (Have you ever ripped off a Band-Aid?) We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please stop trying to manipulate and appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now.Take a breath. Listen to the people. Slow down and get some input from nonpoliticians and experts on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed-reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is needless urgency and recklessness in all of your recent spending of our tax dollars.From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on bringing our concerns to Washington . Our president often knows all the right buzzwords like unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented.. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work, pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone... and we are now looking at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic freedom spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us who will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution, and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them.. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you.
If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming."

Welder World?

I gotta tell ya about a pretty cool welding website that I found late last night. I was twittering my usual political views and got on the subject of a local corporation up in Oshkosh, WI who got a big government contract for building a new and improved version of a military vehicle used for transporting troops in a combat zone.
Now I'm pretty sure everyone knows that with a government contract come government standards in the process and the pay standards. The US government mandates pay standards to a union scale, but what happens when the contracting company farms out work? The company that wins the bid for the work is not mentioned in the government contract, therefore they are not tied to the pay standards, only the quality standards.
What this means to an unemployed welder with 25 years of experience like myself is that I get a call from a temp agency who has one of my resumes on file, calls me and asks if I am interested in working a job that should pay union scale wages for a whole lot less and with out any benefits either. I've worked for Oshkosh truck sub-contractors before, and it is not for the novice welder, especially when you consider our soldiers lives depend on your skills as a welder to help protect them on the battlefield. It seems to me this practice is purely profit driven.
A short time later I looked at my email, and found a follower's message that led me to Welder World.com at this link, http://welderworld.com/
As I explored the site reading a few articles I decided to share this site with my readers as well. Why? Because there is tons of good information here.
I am currently working with stainless steal on one of my jobs and I found a tips article about the use of heat sinks to help prevent the warpage that is often encountered when working with stainless steel. Good information guys.
So I would suggest that, if you have questions about the processes of welding you take a short visit to Welder World.com.

Mason Profit-Ballad of two Hangmen!

When I hear this song,I'm reminded of our government then and now! enjoy my fellow patriots. click the title of this post for a link until I figure out why blogger wont read my Real player library for the video download/upload. thanks

Post Peak Blues?

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It's Your Business.

You may know by now my business is centered around my home based welding services. Welding is my passion. For 25 years I dreamed of my own welding business. This year I decided to make my dream a reality.
Many years ago I realized I would need undisputed provable skills and certifications to earn my little niche in the local market. So I studied, took advanced courses, practiced and applied what I learned to my work in the manufacturing field until I had the big chip on my shoulder.
The next thing I needed were the right tools. Little by little I acquired the basics, like grinders for finishing, drills, hammers, and chisels of all sizes...etc. Then one summer about a decade ago I bought a Lincoln Arc Welder with the intention of making it pay for itself in a couple of years. One of my first projects saved me $150.00 in parts cost when the transmission linkage broke on my vehicle. A few lawn mower repairs for neighbors who knew I had a welder paid back the initial investment by the 2nd summer. Flux core welding is ok,but next came the MIG kit so I could include stainless steel as a friend's butcher shop utilizes a lot of stainless in meat packing industry. I've worked many a project for my friend's business at pretty cheap prices to gain extra curricular projects like cattle gates, corral panels, a deer skinner, and other repairs as needed.
As my reputation grew, so did my connections. It seems everybody sooner or later needs someone to weld something for them, but what are their options? Take the broken pieces to a shop and hope not to get charged the standard $75.00/hr. labor fee? yea right! That fee is there for a reason, most likely the hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in equipment and overhead. Sometimes if you know someone who welds for a living you can get them to invest their time for a favor or a 12 pack and a $20.00 bill, but they will use the boss's electricity and wire under the table and that's just not right unless you have an agreement or permission to work after hours with the employer in advance. I've done that myself on larger projects that weren't related to work. I built my 7' X 12' wagon over 3 weekends this way, off the boss man's ol' time clock if you know what I mean. It can make you a few extra dollars on the side that you can then use to purchase your own equipment.
Of coarse I welded my own tables and benches out of re purposed steel, not much investment there. It's kind of funny how worth lees me tel objects can become something totally different when you become the master of metal. For instance an old metal security door turns into a nice bench top simply by removing the hardware and plugging the hole with a small circular patch welded in place and ground flush. My point is when you want to you can always find something to weld, who hasn't dreamed of creating a project that reflects your efforts and skill? My buddy built his stereo boom box into his toolbox and of coarse I had to build a bigger one into mine! I even had to build two extra cabinets onto my toolbox for the tower speakers, just so I could drown out his polka music when I wanted to hear rock'n'roll.
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It's Your

Re: You voted yes on the "pedofile Protection act!"

Dear Mr.X:



Thank you for contacting me regarding Hate Crime legislation. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to take this opportunity to address your concerns.



Hate crimes occur when a person willfully causes bodily injury to another person based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or disability of the person being targeted. In 1993, the United States Supreme Court unanimously recognized the severity of this type of crime in comparison to other crimes, noting the likelihood of hate crimes to provoke retaliatory crime and cause community unrest.



I support efforts to pass federal hate crimes legislation to create enhanced penalties for those who commit hate crimes. On April 29, 2009, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1913, which allows the Attorney General to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial or other assistance in the prosecutions of violent crimes motivated by prejudice. This bill includes language that emphasizes that the Act should not be misconstrued as affecting constitutional protections like the freedoms of speech or religion.



Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) introduced a companion bill, S. 909 on April 28, 2009. This piece of legislation was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which I am a member, and that Committee has held hearings on the legislation on June 25, 2009. This legislation was then proposed as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2010, S.1390. This amendment also includes language to prevent any impact on constitutional protections. The Senate debated the Hate Crime amendment, Senate Amendment 1511, for two days before voting to end debate on July 16, 2009. I voted in favor of ending this debate and cloture was invoked by a vote of 63-28. The amendment was then agreed to by unanimous consent and adopted.



Assertions that the legislation protects those with sexual disorders, including pedophilia, are incorrect. Current laws to punish those who sexually abuse children are not altered under this bill. Concerns have also been raised about the definition of the term sexual orientation. U.S. Code and Federal Sentencing guidelines use this unambiguous term to refer homosexuality, heterosexuality or bisexuality. I hope you find this information helpful.



Again, I appreciate hearing from you. Please feel free to contact me again on other issues of importance to you.





Sincerely,


Herb Kohl
United States Senator

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Perhaps I tried too hard to make it sound like D.C. legalize language to efficiently get my point understood clearly! This bill, (now LAW) does nothing but ASSAULT my Constitutional rights as a GOD fearing Christian! How can you exempt Christians from being victims while silencing them!
Somehow, I feel this history lesson response or form letter is an inadequate answer. If God tells me something is an abomination like a behavior or choice and that he hates it himself in his own Words, and I think he's right that we should hate that, you can now convict someone because you think they thought that? Now I wonder who are the thought police?

Listening is an open door to Understanding

How much better to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Proverbs 16:16

How many started out in this electronic wonderful Internet marketing world with expectations of silver and gold? I did! I would venture to say almost all of us did!

It usually starts with one well worded email letter and a click to a link to learn more and get a free gift! The next thing you know, you have some ebooks downloaded and now, you have everything you need to know to be rich!
Ya Right!, after you start reading into the book a few chapters you loose your focus and start thinking thoughts like auto-responder?, logos?, SEO, up=line?, list? Spam? what's spam? why must I research my keywords?

The days are not long enough when you consider learning how to do something as you discover it should have been done before you got this far! One of my 1st ebooks didn't even tell me I had to know HTML.
Had I failed something big? Now I've gotta learn another language?

Aw shoot, here come those negative what ifs, you know those words you say to yourself, could've, would've, or should've, They are secondary wanderings that cross the landscape of our mind from time to time. You know you can feel something is wrong but don't know exactly what. Is something missing? Am I selling to people who don't want to be "sold to?" hmm...

When I priced my education from the " school of hard knocks," I soon realized, I was going broke and nothing was making enough to pay the expenses! I heard things like you can write that expense off on your taxes, it's a business expense, Buy from your own business, that's going to generate a commission, but, why must I spend $200.00 a month on a ADR for a $55.00 commission when I am also spending $400.00 a month buying leads to call and sell your product, I wound up spending over $500 to earn $55? For 2-3 years? I don't think so! How is that sustainible?
You know, it seems like every call I make, is more like a recruiting call from a telemarketer? Because your product is so expensive, people ask themselves is this a want or a need? If only I didn't have to buy leads! If only I could find people who want to look young forever! No matter what the cost! If only.., if only.., if only, I had known that I could get educated for free while I learn how to help others! I would've started right from here! Not that business in a box!
I learned why it was not my fault! I learned to quiet the clutter in my mind, and how focus on myself, and my unique skills, not my short comings. The neatest thing is anyone will benefit! You don't have to join any other groups when every thing you want to know is only a question away! It all starts with a phone call "where you will learn how to think, not, what to think!"
Every one is welcome, there are no right or wrongs here, no companies are compared here, only what works for you.
Me? I'm really into Welding! I've been a skilled laborer for over 25 years! Now ask yourself why am I working w/ http://LHW.successin10steps.com/?mad=38910 ? I would ask you, if you didn't know enough about the Internet, how are you going to learn how to work the Internet with your passion? The School of Hard Knocks? Why go through that? Take the 1st step and check out the free ebook at the link above and see if you don't want to learn more. It won't cost you one thin Dime!

I Am Having Fun Building The Largest Most Profitable, Highest Retention Organization Ever Built In The History Of Network Marketing Easily And Consistently, Through Education And Teamwork.
Devote some time to yourself, for yourself. thanks,
Lenny

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What's the difference?

BALLS.....or.... GUTSWHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE???
There is a medical distinction. We've all heard about men having guts or balls, but do you really know the difference between them?
In an effort to keep you informed, the definitions are listed below:
GUTS - Is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being met by your wife with a broom, and having the Guts to ask: 'Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?
BALLS - Is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the butt and having the Balls to say: 'You're next, Chubby.'
I hope this clears up any confusion on the definitions. Medically speaking there is no difference in the outcome. Both result in Death!

Wait and See?

Dear Mr. Wenzlick:

Thank you for contacting me regarding the Senate Finance Committee.

On Tuesday, September 22 the Senate Finance Committee began mark-up on a health care reform bill titled America's Healthy Future Act of 2009. Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) introduced a provision requiring the bill to be written in actual legislative language and include a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The amendment also stated that the text of the bill and CBO estimate needed to be available online 72 hours before a final committee vote.

The Finance Committee voted not to include Senator Bunning's amendment but Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) stated that a detailed summary and CBO estimates would be publicly available before a committee vote. If the bill is approved by the Finance Committee, it will proceed to the full Senate. Before the full Senate votes on the measure, the bill will be posted online. A detailed summary of America's Healthy Future Act is currently available online at the Senate Finance Committee's website.

I have heard from thousands of constituents regarding health care reform and I believe the American public deserves an honest discussion. The consequences of this debate are enormous and reform still has a long way to go. When it does come time to debate reform proposals, I will be sure to approach it thoughtfully, and not rush to complete this important legislation.

Again, thank you for contacting me. Please do not hesitate to do so in the future should the need arise.
Sincerely, Herb Kohl United States Senator
_____________________________________________________________
Hmm... I still don't like the lack of transparency or your latest vote! What's up with voting on a summary? You still have not proven it is constantutional! Period! There will be NO Mandates and Fines imposed by your out of touch Beaurocracy! period! There I said it!
Call me hillbilly717

joke of the day for today anyways

Will NuSkin's Galvanic Spa make a good Stun Gun?

Alert!

I ended my relationship with NuSkin last June because I was going broke buying worthless COLD CALL LEADS! Maybe 3 of a hundred were actually interested in my product. The scrips were more about recruiting rather than selling product. My experience was telling me something is wrong with this system. The pay checks were not enough to cover the phone bill! One month I spent over $1400.00 for on hand product, ADR, corporate web site to send personal clients to, etc... only to get a $55.00 paycheck. The red flags pooped up in my mind and I shut everything down to find something better!

I thought I was free from NuSkin until today. I received a FedEx package with a statement that they had bill my credit card again! I can't even get back into my back office to double check my closing actions! but I got the bill! another couple hundred $$ shot in the ASS!

Prepaid Legal then got their hooks into me for another &1600.00 That web site I paid for just up and disappeared! One Day it was there and the next it was gone! another site was on my address! what's up with that? I'm still working on that one! When you deal with a company of lawyers you had better know the laws!

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To recycle or not?

The original table stood 32" tall. The customer requests a 39" table height. The legs of the table must be lengthened by 10" to allow for the 1 & 1/2" thickness of the lower pan and table top. 10" - 3" = 7" / 39" - 32" = 7"

The alignment guide above, insures the leg extension doesn't lean like the tower of pizza when you tack it in place.

With all four legs lengthened, clamp at 1 &1/2" down from the end of the leg for stops to support the lower pan of the table.

Make sure to align the swivel casters with the handle end of the table before welding. I won't use a level on this project because the floor is sloped in this garage. I measured from the top of the table to the bottom of the lower pan while it is up side down, knowing the casters are 6"





Double check the ol' tape measure, just to make sure something didn't move on me! hmm... lookin' good enough to burn!




There you have it, a little bit of degrease'r soap with the pressure wash and paint with primer. The steel used for the 10" length came from this very same project. Some of the tables had the same size angle iron in the add on roller saddles. In this case one table provided enough angle iron to modify 8 tables. With a little skill and technique you can make the legs appear to be seamless, as I did with a little bit of 36 grit fiber back pads on the 4 1/2" Milwaukee grinder before welding the bottom in place.

I figure at roughly $27.00 for a 20 ft. length, for new stock, this project will come in three sticks in my favor just in 3/16" 1&1/2" angle alone. Something like that just fuels my little eco-flames to think that over the course of 14 tables, 76 feet of steel didn't have to go to the landfill. My customer details a simple plan during the consultation and any questions are best handled with a phone call to the project coordinator, and we're good to go.

In recycling these tables I will also yield plenty of 3" x 3" angle, always handy in 4' lengths, 4"x4" square tube, heavy wall perfect for that body lift on my man-child's 4x4 monster mudd'r project, and a couple of ice cream buckets of nuts and bolts to be sorted at a later date. I guarantee someone in the neighbor hood will have a use for when the hardware store is closed on Sundays.

In an upcoming blog I'll show you the paint cart turned Band saw bench, another point of this project that I needed to finish this last weekend. I will need it for the next project, a stainless steel cart that I designed and was rewarded with an order for six more.

Take a good look around you when you encounter a problem, A wise man once told me, the answer is always within 25 feet of where you're standing. This job was an easy way to earn a dollar or two from the ol' man cave.

$20.00 bucks and a 12-Pack!

Here's the problem with welding rusty exhaust tube.

When it gets too thin to weld, it will vaporize before you can establish a puddle. Before You blink, you have another hole. The heat of the arc should be on the thickest of the two metals being welded. In a case like this the thinnest metal cracked at the edge of the weld. Typically that's where a weld should break under stress, even if in new condition. the problem of rust is even worse inside the muffler as it is separated from the opposite end on the inside.



SAFETY FIRST!

To fix it, I cut a piece of 3" galvanized pipe to length at 15".

2 strips of 18 Gauge 1 1/2"wide X 4"long. Mark center of the width at 3/4" on both ends.
Insert in 4" vise to the center line and securely clamp. Fold it over to 90 degrees by pounding it over with the end of a short 2 x 4, and a medium hammer. Two good cracks with that hammer and you have a mini angle.

Then cut slices in one face about 3/8" apart with a 4-1/2"cut off wheel. I used the 7" Dewalt .045 in the picture.

hmm.. pie x the radius squared!
Let's be practical here, just form both halves of the flange to fit the pipe by wrapping it around the pipe, then reverse it so the flange is flush with the end of the replacement tube, tack it to the new tube. Trim second flange to fit with cut off wheel and tack in place.
If satisfied, weld solid to pipe 360 degrees while it is separate from the muffler.



Test fit the flanged tube, and trim tabs to fit the back of the muffler with the old hole centered in the tube. Make alignment marks if you wish, or just fire a tack on the top tab to hang it like I did.

If you are lucky you'll still have those two perfect bungee cords to hold it in one place while tacking the new tube. In this case I used my photographer's helping hand.

Remember safety, before welding on any vehicle, it is recommended to disconnect the battery ground cable. I connect the ground cable to the new clean replacement tube to eliminate that intermittent spark at the very beginning of the welding process due to ground problems.

The new tube is the root metal, it will carry the heat of the arc and allow you to just melt the edge and bond to the much thinner muffler case. use a small weave if you like.

Tack to the back of the muffler enough to secure and enjoy the project!

For me, the project was just good practice to see if I can save the kid, oops! I mean, man child a few bucks. Something inside still vibrates but it sounds like a 4 cylinder school bus crossover now. That don't matter though, you can still hear the stereo thumping a quarter mile away!

I did this with an old Lincoln Arc Weld Pack 100 112volt welder I purchased new around 1989 or so.

• I used Hobart .030" wire, gas less - flux core
• heat high on the new tube , wire speed just under 3 on scale.
• heat low when welding the flange tabs to the muffler, wire speed about 2-1/4 on scale.

Josh did his midnight run to the gopher state later that night without a hitch. The good news is, I finally got my spark pictures, and got them posted to boot!

God I loved the sound of glasspaks on my ride!

Remember I wanted to get some pictures of them sparks? I got a few of this quick fix idea too.

Just last weekend, I fixed the front end of this very same muffler. Simple as pull, the tire, place the jack stands, and come get me, and we'll see if I can bond the two back in place with a half weld that will hold until you get a 30 pound ice ball hangin off the back of it! Basicly my weld was similar to the broken weld you see above. Something like this can last a long time if done correctly. You see the problem is not the weld it is the area around the weld that is already well on its way to flaking away to nothing.

I looked at the back end and saw two nice welds and thaught to my self they're ready to crack out with in six months because that 5" chrome player "pipe extension" banged off the bottom of the bumper of the car for how many miles before you came home? Well this episode is about how I come to figure the kid, (my Manchild) now owes me a $20.00 bill and a 12-pack for the ol' fridge!

My general rule of thumb is that a muffler is not worth repairing only replacement! But I've been there myself, young, working to pay the bills, your rent, and money's tight, dad!

I ask him, "did you take the crome pipe piece off before, or after, the pipe broke?".
He smiles and says "After",

"So you wouldn't lose it, right?".

Arc welders may have hotter rods, but Tig welders get deeper penetration! - elifIknow?

"$parks'a flyin"!

Before I head out to the ol' man cave to finish welding the last of 12 carts, I must wait for my man-child to fetch some new brake pads for his new/used Honda, and then come home. You know he'll want to use my tools, and then want my help. That's OK, son, I want you to carry those big heavy boxes downstairs to the basement. But the real reason I'm waiting for him is so HE can operate the camera and maybe get a pretty picture of some "sparks'a flyin"!

This won't be the last opportunity for pictures, but I want some spark pictures with my first article because this is about the effort you make to reach your goals. The steps you take to insure your best results.

My first attempt at spark pictures failed big time!, you can't always do every thing yourself. Strike and float a pretty "one handed" bead, and shoot a decent photo with the other hand, while looking through the ol' Speed Glass welding helmet!
hmm... how do I get around that 1/10 of a second timing thing in the helmet? Is the auto flash even visible against the arc flash? Turn it off for longer exposure? hmm... I'll figure it out later.

Back to the project. in the photo today is the fixture I made to fit out side the leg of the cart because of the inside radius. I found two pieces of straight metal about a foot long, and lap welded them together to serve as an alignment guide. Two clamps to the leg ensure the leg extension remains in place when you clamp it secure. Then 3 good, solid tacks on the inside at the edges and in the corner will allow you to move on to the next leg, and so on... when all 4 legs are extended double check your diagonal measurements for square. Any thing within an inch is cool at this point, any thing more than that may be pulled in to the bottom when it is reattached. this is a simple solution to this project, more examples later.

Workin it!

Well more than a few weeks have gone by now and I see I still must finish the How to series I started! Welding Season in Wisconsin starts with the spring thaw, and ends with deep snow!
Let's see, since the first post on the subject of working your welding skills for yourself, I've amassed more than a few points I want to tell you about as I have encountered them. There are a lot of issues to consider from advertising, to safety, as well as the welding process itself. That's the fun part for me, and I hope that this blog can help it be fun for you too.
I envision a bunch of you independent minded folks, who might have a little too much time on your hands lately, might be puttin a few extra hours in the ol' man cave lately. You know, buffin the shine on that lawn mower. Thinking to yourself Where's the "sparks?" or "give me something to grind! uhra! Maybe you want to design and build that remote control gate opener you've always wanted, or a bike rack to keep the kid's bikes of the ol' drive way this next summer.
You are the audience I want to hear from if you can feel the call to build something! I am going to start the ball rolling by telling my story about a cart and how it expanded to 38 custom pedestals and more. Like how I will recycle some of the steel for a cool roll bar for my zero turn bobcat! Why? because I can and so can you! My endeavor is to find real grass roots folks who's passion is welding, for Fun and profit. Build your project, take some pictures, and share your story. I got the Idea from Handy Man Club of America, but I will not enroll you into some DVD of the month club!
If you've watched Monster Garage or Build it Bigger, or just would like to document your project for your memoirs tag this blog and join in the fun. Who knows what cool ideas are floating around out there? What cool things can we come up with? hmm...
The photos above are my latest project, a local company asked me to refurbish a dozen tables or carts as you can see. They came from a closed down factory out east. I was asked to make them 9" taller, and clean them up. One of the bigger ones was cut in half and made into three smaller carts.
Before and after as well as in between photos will follow in upcoming posts.

Faith

Faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches!
Faith is the basis of all "Miricles", and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by rules of science!
Faith is the only known antidote for Failure!
Faith is the element, the chemical which when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with infinate Intelligence.
Faith is the element which transforms the ordinary vibration of thought, created by the finite mind of man, into the spiritual equivalent.
Faith is the only agency through which the cosmic force of infinite Intelligence can be harnessed and used by man.
Every one of the foregoing statements is capable of proof! - Napoleon Hill

Trouble comin' everyday!

I titled this post with the title of one of Frank Zappa's old songs from back in the early 70's because the lyrics seem to have relevancy to this weekend's events in Iran.
I used to know the words by heart when I was younger and even more radical myself. I can't help but feel for the underdog. Back then it was America, today it is Iran. The Big Brother is still the man in power and the citizen is still the victim! I saw this coming earlier last week and must admit I became swept up in the controversy.
I'm not particularly knowledgeable in Iran's Government system, but I can see some of the same struggles I saw as I was growing up. The age old generation gap and the suppression of opposition to the establishment!
Needless to say my emotions soon took over and I jumped right in to pay my two cents worth of opinion. Man the same things that happened here in those turbulent times came flashing back into my memory and I just had to vent it on twitter! I ran back and forth between news stories on Fox and my keyboard with fervent ambition to spew my rants until my reason returned to a more mature perspective.. to twit (lol) I realized I am now on the other side of that generation! oops.
Let's face it, the bible tells us these things will happen, and being a student of the word, I should know better than to go against God's plan. I guess I acted on impulse because so many prophecies have already come to pass and many more are coming true daily it seems.
We are instructed to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ not our own pointed opinions but I didn't stop to think of that point! I was too busy digging up the bones of my own past.
I don't like the way our own country is headed, yet alone the globalist movement that is eroding our constitutional rights. I AM sick and tired of the oppression brought on by big socialist government. Every thing that the old testament says is falling in place! there is a conspiracy coming that we can not stop!
Behind the scenes are the 4 hidden dynasties.
Government - going global?
Education - evolution only?
Commerce - one world currency, take your mark?
Religion - will it be biblical? doubt that!
Folks ALL of these are on the wrong path! What's my prediction? not good. I'm sorry to say.
Know this however, It won't be long till Jesus comes back to straighten out this fucked up mess!
The book of John 14:6 says - Jesus saith to him (Thomas the doubter), "I am the way, the truth, and the life: No man cometh to the Father, but by me!" There I said it again while I still could!

We need your services Lenny!

Last week while I was working on the plans for the stainless steel carts I recieved a phone call. The voice on the other end said we need your services lenny, bring your tape measure! I said I could be there in 45 minutes or so , Dave said great!
I showed up just like I said I would and signed in according to the protocalls. How can I be of service I asked. Dave explained that the company wants every cabinet off the floor for a qualifing audit this week and wanted to know if I could build frames for all of the cabinets in the building. JackPot! I thought. This will be a piece of cake! Then Dave said we will want them by Tuesday next week, Do you think you can do it by then? I said I'm pretty sure I could.
This was on aThursday evening after the metel store was closed so after an hour of taking measurements for the cabinets , I ran a quick total of inches and divided by 12 to get the approximate footage of raw materials required for the job. Turns out the job required about 370 + ft of 1.5" x 1.5" x 3/16" angle Iron. I didn't know the exact cost of the raw materials but gave an approximation value of 4-500 dollars. I said if they could put in a purchase order for the raw steel which comes in 20' lengths that I could pick it up and get started the next morning. Dave listened as I explained what I would do to add value for the product I had in mind. I scribbled a basic sketch of the notched corners fitting in place and explained that all welds would be consealed except for the four corner welds that are on the topside of the leggs, which would be finnished up with a grinder for a uniform appearence. I also expected to keep the job some where in the budget range of 8 - 900 dollars if they could purchase the raw steel. This made my life easier as I didn't have to arrange the funds to get started.
The next morning I got up and made my refigured calculations and rounded up the last full 20' length of angle in case I made a mistake. It is a good thing that I did that too.
There are many things that can go wrong and do. in this case I underestimated the wire needed for the welder and missed one cycle on the band saw a goofed up one piece by cutting off a tab instead of cutting a notch. That one was covered. The only other goof was breaking the band saw blade before I had spares on hand. That happened about 11:30 Friday night and I had planned on picking up a couple at Ace Hardware Saturday morning anyways. I used the time welding the first five before I quit for the night around 3:00AM.
The next morning I started cutting the longer peices with a 7" zip wheel untill my wife came home with the blades. Although the cuts are not perfectly square they can easily be consealed by wrapping the corners with the 6.5" leg after the outside is welded and cleaned up with a radius to allow the angle to fit snug.
By the time I quit for the evening Saturday night I had all the steel cut and notched and five pedistals welded up. I still had 26 more to weld and clean up prior to delivery. Sunday I took the morning off for a little bit of quiet contemplation with my maker. While I'm making my settup I ask the good Lords blessings on the project. I know kind of late for that one , but remember I have a dead line! By the time I had put my 12 hours in on Sunday I had 23 completely welded and cleaned up. It was going to be close on the welder wire Monday. I bought the last spool in the local area Saturday morning, and would have to drive twenty miles to get more. Well just like self fullfilling thoughts do, they come true, and I ran out with just three to go on Monday afternoon!
So, seeing that I had to drive into town to get the wire, I might just as well deliver the 28 units I have so they can start loading them up ASAP.
When I came home and got back to work, the project was finished by 9:00PM. I still had a day to work on the billing aspects of the business. Fortunatly I have some blank order forms that I could use as an invoice to list items by size and quantity. After figuring my goals and costs, I set my prices for the custom pedistals at $27.50 a piece, compared the totals with my estimates, and calculated the company cost to be under $45.00 each unit total. I think every body comes out ahead in the end.
If you think of the 53+ hours I put in on this project Fri through Monday was extreme or,I did not make big money, the rewards of a successful project like this is more than enought to make up for simple wages. For example the phone call from Dave this evening, thanking me for
my efforts, that is something that you won't get from a day job! Not to memtion that if there is more welding to be done I have already made the first impression! Who knows where this networking might lead to nextime?

From the web back to the welder!

This evening I got a call from the missus who asked me if I was interested in fabricating some carts for the company she works for. At first I thought it was a ploy to get me out of this chair which is parked in front of the computer. I mean why would I want to get up when this thing has wheels? I have often thought if it had a hole and a shield I wounld never leave the desk, for fear someone else might get access to my computer which has dominated too much of my time lately! I am glad that I did though, because after all my goal is to start my welding business! This is an opportunity I have been looking for!
This article is going to document the the process if any one you is a do it your selfer like I am. My intent is to tell you about the processes from the begining to the end.
Let's start with the call. Once you get one you must start thinking about the information you will need to know to get the job done and meet or exceed the customers expectations. In this instance I was asked to come in and speak with Dave the head of maintanence to gather the dimentions gain a perspective of the company's desires. My wife had mentioned she told them it takes her 3o minutes to get to work from home but she didn't leave me much time to prepair!
You must realize that when you enter a factory setting you must abide by their safety rules, so you must have some of the basics like steel toe shoes, safety glasses if you need a perscription you should have side shields, and so on.
I already have a note book organizer prepared for such occasions. It has pockets, paper pad, pen and a built in calculater,just in case my math skills get rusty. I would highly recommend having a tape measure clipped on some where as well. You never know when you are going to need one of those, and it lends something to the professional look as well.
Most companys have a sign in policy in place and a registry book for you to fill out when you arrive and leave etc. If you are just begginning your business and don't have a corporation name or name of your firm yet that's ok, you can simply use your name and service that you intend to perform, for example Wenzlick Welding or Welding Specialist. Something like this will go a long ways in lending credibility to your business in the future.
As with most companies you must wear ear protection when you enter the factory working area and after putting mine in we walked out to the floor. Use common sense when you are near equipment that is operating and practise standard safety proceedures like be aware of your surroundings at all times, or stay out of the way of forktrucks, keep your hands away from moving machinery,etc...
I got to see what they were using and learned why they wanted to improve it to suit their needs. In this case, the carts which hold 1/4" sheets of masonite boards used as dividers for the product didn't fit the space requirements and the dividers get nicked up on the edges. What they need is to protect the boards by making the carts narrower and they want to use stainless steel to meet American Bakery Standards for an upcoming certification.
This is where you will want to make sure you take notes and ask all of the questions you can think of to ensure you get everything you need to know to do the job right the first time! It is also important that you get specific contact information that will direct you back to the person you are speaking with just in case you miss a detail or need to ask another question via phone call. It is easy to have plans dancing around in your head while you are discussing the project and you might not catch a detail untill you are driving home like I did in this case. I asked for a week to get a plan submitted and approved so I wont sweat the detail untill then. This will also buy me time to make a drawing, get quotes for the resourses that I will need to build one, and figure an acceptable price that will bring me a profit. I will be posting more on this as the information is gathered.
In my future posts, I will give you the details of the project, dimentions, tips on searching for resourses, figuring production costs, you know, all to good stuff! If I can get video going, it will be better yet!