Calm out of chaos - My Shop Build #4: Amateur Metalworking Incoming!
Monkey see monkey do. That’s the extent of my training and experience in cutting metal and melting it together to form anything of use. So you’re forewarned. Safety gear HIGHLY recommended if you wish to continue reading. . Go ahead. I’ll wait. (5 seconds pass) NO? Okay, suit yourself. But stand back. . Turns out a $500 welder REALLY IS $1,000. You need a tank, gas, wire, gloves … and when you discover that you suck with a Harbor Freight portable bandsaw (actually, this tool sucked), you need a better way to cut metal that doesn’t set the dry grass on fire. Which a 10” cutoff wheel on a miter saw will quite readily accomplish. Well, I don...