Hi everyone,
This forum look very unique and seems to have an excellent user interface. Not very common for forums in this line of work.
I hope it will be interesting here.
I am a welder and I love working with metal. My specialty is MIG welding but I also do other processes.
What is your work like?
Well…
I work for ------.GOV and make mechanical, glow in the dark, mirror covered 
that fart lucky charms and glitter via remote control.
They also have a VR feature for one on one bedazzling
They are very pimptastic
Oh, welcome to the forum comrade 
almost retied, 6 months and counting, Hospital Facilities and Operations Manager of a 350,000sqft Hospital…master carpenter who dove into metal work as I found there was no real way to stretch wood…but metal…fun stuff to play with
Wood has its other benefits 
But being able to work with both will make you a master craftsman.
Your job sounds very serious… managing such a big hospital must be a huge responsibility and especially now… How do you manage your time so that you are able to achieve it all and be a craftsman?
it may sound big…but I manage the smaller of 3 Hospitals that are combined…
I am lucky that I have a great team of Maintenance staff…they make my job all that much better.
Serious…yes it can be…and Covid did not make it easier…
as for time…this is my stress relief…and I have a fantastic wife…she is the support I need.
Besides…I am what you would cal a “DINKWAD”
Double
Income
No
Kids
With
A
Dog
Welcome, I’ve been in the fabrication industry since I was 18 in 1994. Run CnC machine’s most of my career, punch presses, press breaks, shears and Lasers. I got into cad/cam and became a welder and small business owner in 2017. Gates and railing contractor, making the big money now… Love the industry
23 years old. union heavy equipment operator, Diesel mechanic, trying to dip my feet into the cnc world. Don’t want to work for somebody else the rest of my life. Plus I like making things. Father is a machinist by trade and he got me into the cnc world, which has now taken over my life. Whoops.
Troy, I have been working with metal for 26+ years tool and die shop/job shop. Have been running and programming cnc lathes/mills and my edm children. Ran the saw, ship/rec, last 10 in purchasing. Now? QC manager…I am the only one in our shop that works with metal to relax!!!
The others are wood working, gardening and spit shined lawns…go figure
Welcome!
Thank you everyone for your welcome messages! And for sharing your stories.
A lot of different paths lead us to metalwork but I guess we all share the passion for “bending the metal” to our will