Taught a young fellow how to weld this Summer

Posted by blunosr on September 12, 2015 at 09:09:20 from (66.183.249.116):

Hi, a very good friend of mine's Son is kind of adrift... he dropped out of University last year (now his Brother has also dropped out of University) and just doesn't seem to have a direction in life. He is very bright, and is interested in things, but just doesn't seem to have a goal. He seems to fancy himself as a Renaissance Man, and would like to learn some of the Manly skills. So I figured I'd show him a thing or two and maybe spark an interest in something.

I got him driving my tractor (at 23, he had never driven anything with a clutch...) and he mowed a bit of one of the fields. Then I showed him how to sharpen and maintain a chainsaw, and how to drive a dirtbike (I was surprised to learn that he had never ridden a dirtbike in his life). A clutch lever, and a bit of fixing later and he was pretty good with it...

Then I figured he should know how to weld, so I made a welding table out of a scrap of 1/4" plate I had around. I welded a scrap of pto shaft on it so it will go in my outdoor vise, allowing it to adjust for height. It worked great ! Should have thought of that a long time ago... I thought you might like to see it...

After he got pretty good with the welding, I got him to do some welding on a road drag I was working on. I don't think any of these things actually caught his attention much, but at least he had some exposure. His Brother doesn't seem interested in even trying these things. I think it must be a sign of the times. Maybe related to the technology and social media of today. The World's a changin' , and I'm not sure its in a good way. It will be interesting seeing how Society evolves over the next several years/decades...

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Bye for now,

Troy

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• Re: Taught a young fellow how to weld this Summer Billy Shafer 04:34:05 09/13/15 (0)
• Re: Taught a young fellow how to weld this Summer showcrop 18:23:50 09/12/15 (1)
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• Re: Taught a young fellow how to weld this Summer TomH in PA 12:00:16 09/12/15 (2)
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• Re: Taught a young fellow how to weld this Summer Richard G. 11:51:50 09/12/15 (4)
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    • Re: Taught a young fellow how to weld this Summer Richard G. 17:48:05 09/12/15 (2)
      • Re: Taught a young fellow how to weld this Summer FLOLDFORD 18:58:23 09/12/15 (1)
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• Re: Taught a young fellow how to weld this Summer Dave H (MI) 09:59:07 09/12/15 (0)
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