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Re: Welders

To: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>, "57 Healey"
Subject: Re: Welders
From: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:21:53 -0500
Would you rent the sandblaster?? :)

tom




> [Original Message]
> From: davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net>
> To: 57 Healey <57healey@gmail.com>; <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: 12/15/04 7:33:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Welders
>
> Yeh, I go over this argument all the time myself.   -Buy the tools and do
it
> myself, or pay to have it done. Often there is not much difference in
price,
> but if you do it yourself, you have the tools left when you are done.
> (Sometimes it works out for the best, others, I find myself asking: What
the
> heck have I gotten myself into?) -And sometimes I have the tools at the
end,
> but wind up never using them again.
> ....For instance, -anybody want a compact portable sandblaster??
> Dave
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: 57 Healey
>   To: John Miller
>   Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
>   Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:21 PM
>   Subject: Re: Welders
>
>
>   actually, I am looking at it with $1500 I can pay a pro for a lot of
>   welding time!
>
>
>   On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:13:15 -0500, John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>
wrote:
>   > 57 Healey wrote:
>   > > WOW!! I seriously doubt that I will ever be able to justify a $1500
>   > > welder.  I'm having trouble justifying $400.
>   >
>   > Try it another way...can you imagine a circumstance in which good
welds
>   > could make a $1,500 difference in the value of your car?
>   >
>   > Sure, it's a little hard to justify, but it only hurts once, when you
>   > buy it.  Getting a tool that isn't up to the job provides ongoing
pain.
>
s!




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