I'm certain it is nothing personal. I looked quickly and see you asked about liability insurance. This is a topic that has been covered before and is very difficult for anyone to tell someone else exactly what they need. I own a business with 9 employees and my insurance needs are very different than what you would need. I always suggest to people that you sit down with several local insurance agents and have a long discussion with each one about what you want to do. Please don't take it personally that no one answered you, look at it this way, at least you didn't offend anyone.
Mike Sherman
Shermans Welding
The questions you have about insurance may be hard for insurance agents to answer. I tried to obtain prices for commercial liability and professional liability and when I explained I performed contract inspection work the professional liability became something that they didn't handle.
Your insurance questions may be better asked to some of the various insurance companies. There is also a search utility that you can use to search for keyworods wiithin the text of this forum. It may shed some light on your previous questions.
The glove question could probably be answered by using a search engine such as
http://search.dogpile.com/texis/search?q=%22Gloves%22+and+%22Purchase+Online%22&cat=web&top=1
Most questions that I have seen here get answered. You're not doing anything wrong that I can see. As far as worthy goes, some people may not feel "worthy" to answer certain questions. I have passed on questions because I as not confident my response would help the person.
Have a good day.
Gerald Austin
hey crybaby,
just kiddin, no seriously, i thought about posting an answer to yer question about insurance but being i just got my first welding insurance policy last month and i have read the 80 pages in the book i was given 10 times and have no idea of what it means of what is covered and what is not, i thought not to post. the policy i got is 1,000,000 coverage, 500,000 each occurance. it covers my welding operations for me the sole proprietor. it is 1159.00 per year. the agent has been our family bussiness' agent for a very long time and i know what he got me is in my best interest. im still getting my list of questions ready to ask him. since my welding is after i give my dad 40hrs. im not doing something everyday or week. sometimes i feel not worthy of some of my posts because im not a full time welder. even though i have some asme sec9 certs for mig steel and stainless and tig zirconium, i try to remember thats why we are here asking questions. no one can see when my face turns red when i realize im not as knowledgable as i thought i was. keep firing away with questions and make as many sparks as you can.
rich
oh, as far as the side job making only a couple of hundred a month, you gotta start somewhere. 5 years ago i only had a lincoln sp125+ little mig box. now i got a miller trailblazer 301g, hi freq box, super s32p wire feeder, spectrum 2050 plasma cutter, gas powered compressor, maxstar 140 str inverter, trailer, torches, etc. with no overtime at the family business anymore, i gotta make a living doin sumptin. dont get discouraged , if you like welding and it makes you feel good, then dew it!