Ron,
Interesting. Apparently, welders in your part of the country finally priced
themselves out of business. I remember 30 years ago, in the Chicago area,
there were three or four prominent shipyards. After a steady run-up in
price, with a corresponding slide in quality, they had no customers left and
were forced to close (I think there's only one left, of any consequence,
now). In other parts of the country, welding jobs are plentiful and vo-tech
schools offer welding courses. Hey, maybe you and David need to move to
Pittsburgh, or something, and I'll hook you up with a good welding course,
for under $200.00, with evening classes.
Bud Osbourne
-----Original Message-----
From Ron Soave [mailto:soavero at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 10:04 AM
To: Bud Osbourne; David Lieb; Frank Clarici; spridgets
Subject: RE: Welder choice
--- Bud Osbourne <abcoz@hky.com> wrote:
> David,
> I've been giving the same advice for years, now and
> you're the first guy to
> report a lack of available vo-tech classes.
Then count me #2. I'm 70 miles from Chicago near
Rockford, IL, a very blue collar area, and there isn't
much, save for an expensive course at the community
college. We are an industrial/ manufacturing town
with 10% unemployment because all the machine shops
are closing. The welder that we use is one of 2 in
the area with the certs we need, and he has a
bachelor's in materials science, as well as all his
welding certs. His welding is by far the best I've
ever seen, but he's a dying breed.
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