Just a word of advice to my fellow tradesmen. If you haven't aleady, start saving some money for your retirement years! Personally, I save a minimum of 10% of everything I take in. I'vee seen a lot of old timers that were very good welders but didn't save a dime over the course of their lives and now, they have no options. They have to keep working! Don't let this happen to you!! Even if you think you want to do this job forever at least by saving money you will have options. Plus, with time and compound interest, you could have a lot of money by the time you are ready to slow it down a bit or retire altogether.

Just my $.10 worth ( $.02 adjusted for inflation) Take it for what its worth. What say you?

GH Weidman