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Silas (son of Silas)
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I know a guy, Mike Metcalf who does it. He has more work than he can handle. He used to be a 1 man band, with a small shed, now he has a huge workshop and 4 guys. He found a niche doing boat related welding.
He Fabricated a replica dutch barge shell for a friend of mine, I liked the work so asked him to quote me for a similar shell. He said he had too much work to even consider it for 6 months. I wish I had so much work I could turn down £60k contracts.
He Fabricated a replica dutch barge shell for a friend of mine, I liked the work so asked him to quote me for a similar shell. He said he had too much work to even consider it for 6 months. I wish I had so much work I could turn down £60k contracts.
Stevie Dean
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I need a welder to weld my hand rail north west london? anyone?
I was doing mobile welding for a couple of years in Valencia and I found that (at least there) nobody cared about qualifications, as has been said, they just wanted good welds and a professional job. I found that I made a good living from it, mainly doing work for the Expats. Once I got my foot in the door with the local builders, I found that I had more work than I could possibly handle, and had to take on some staff. I think that with mobile welding you're always going to need to do some fabrication, as I rarely came across a job that was just a case of running a few welds. This brings me onto my next point.... Obviously, if you're doing mobile welding/fabrication you're mainly going to be welding/fabricating outside using MMA, which in my opinion is a very time consuming/uncomfortable way to work. I would suggest that you get yourself a small workshop and a MIG set to do the fabrication side of it, it will be easier and will save you time, and as we all know, time's money. If you have to do any site work then you could always get yourself a MMA welder/generator set, although I (rightly or wrongly) just used my 240v Murex inverter and an extension lead/RCD. I think that you can get 110v MMA/Scratch start TIG sets too, which might be a better option when working on sites in the UK.
