for many years, i have had a secret yearning to learn how to weld. I look at the welding machines, and have tried my hand with my brother in law's wire feed/Mig machines.
But i think welding is something that becomes an art, and with any art, either one is gifted, or very practiced. Lacking both, i will just have to continue to take whatever i want done to a Pro to do it for me.
Someday, when i retire, i might sign up at a technical school for a welding class, like when older folks go back to school for this or that. Then i can weld up my mower to my heart's content.
Richard Griot, who owns Griot's Garage, a automotive gizmo company, has used a quote of mine in his catalogue for over a year.
http://www.griotsgarage.com
I really have tried to buy some sort of tool or automotive gizmo every month for many years. Sometimes a big thing, sometimes a tiny tool. But for me, tools are like jewelry to a woman. You can never have too many tucked away in this or that chest.