Hi everyone,

I recently bought a Lincoln 135 mig at a garage sale and have become addicted! Besides achieving Godlike power through the ability to melt raw steel together (insert Tim "The Toolman" Taylor primal grunts here), I am single-handedly making my local welding supply store owner a very wealthy man (he's starting to refer to Bill Gates as "poor ol' Bill"), and of course my steel supply store has a new Ferrari sitting in front of it also.

However, even though my arrival at any of the suppliers is greeted with a red carpet lined with rows of trumpeters, and virgins throwing rose petals before my feet, no one has, or knows where I can get a copper spoon. Though I don’t even know what a copper spoon looks like, I know I NEED one! After all, I have read about them on this and other welding forums, so acquiring one is as essential as my need for every size and composition of wire ever made with gun liners for each, and every variation of gas mixture available. If I can’t find a copper spoon soon, I will surely perish!

Seriously though, I want to fill several trim attachment holes in some body panels on a car I’m restoring, and even though I’ve practiced on scrap panels by drilling and filling about a trillion holes, I have read, and been told that a copper spoon is the only way to go, but I can’t find one at any welding, metal, or auto body supply stores (I generally get a puzzled stare, as though I have asked for an “atomic widget”, or asked them to explain how a woman thinks). The internet has proved equally useless, as any combination of “welding”, “copper spoon”, “auto body repair”, etc., generally turns up “hotel rooms in Vegas” (as does ANY internet search). So where can I find this Holy Grail of welding supplies?

Lastly, even though I know that if I ever find this elusive copper spoon, I will instantly become a master welder, and never burn through the metal again, how exactly am I supposed to use it? Does it pass its mystical welding prowess to me by simply possessing one, or do I have to eat with it to attain its power? Or am I supposed to threaten my welder with a sound “copper spoon” beating if it doesn’t start producing perfect welds. Any help on obtaining and using one will be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks