Posts by Chris Holdheide

Over the years I've welded without a mask a handful of times and I can honestly say I've learned my lesson. Exposer to welding flash can burn your eyes, your skin, and even cause permanent damage. ...

Over the years I've welded all kinds of stuff from hog gates, trailers, and even metal trees for the Columbus Zoo. Yes, you heard that right. However, when it comes to something like soldering my...

If you have a MIG welder you know that it has a set of feed rollers on it the pull the wire from the wheel to the lead, to the weld gun where it ultimately welds a bead. However, what you may not...

One thing that is inevitable with MIG welders is tip issues. Over the years I've had all kinds of issues with welding tips over the years but I've learned a lot about how to to keep them clean so I...

If there is one thing I can tell you about welding it's that it's not always pretty, and over the years I've welded some pretty nasty stuff. At the top of that list is rusty metal. This can be one...

Whether your just tinkering around on the side or doing a welding project for high school then you're going to need metal for your welding project. I've done a lot of these over the years a to be a...