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Once was in R&amp;D at Apple &amp; Compaq. One NASA launch. Designed stuff. Made things go. Made things stop. Collected data. Sysadmin. Musician. Lead guitarist. Songwriter. Oregonian again after many stops.Profile picture: Head of a man in a hazmat suit from an album.Header picture: Colors of Ukraine.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/@steter","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"steter","displayName":"Steve's Place","note":"ASCAP member. Once was in R&amp;D at Apple &amp; Compaq. One NASA launch. Designed stuff. Made things go. Made things stop. Collected data. Sysadmin. Musician. Lead guitarist. Songwriter. Oregonian again after many stops.Profile picture: Head of a man in a hazmat suit from an album.Header picture: Colors of Ukraine."}},"content":"RT @steter @ai6yr I've got a 120V stick welder, made by a real brand (Lincoln). Not only is it VERY tricky to get a good weld, it's even trickier to find an application where this is actually an appropriate tool. Basically no penetration at all. The kind of lighter materials it could handle would be worked far better with a MIG or TIG rig, not a stick. Don't bother with tiny stick welders.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/116949189158898788\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/users\/ai6yr\/statuses\/116948421564365824","objectType":"note","content":"<p>Saw some woman buying one of these ultra cheap welders, and realized her little kid was carrying it. I hope she's not buying it for the kid for a toy \ud83d\ude2c(I was tempted to buy one myself, but given the advice I had gotten here about these being terrible, skipped it). <a href=\"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/tags\/welding\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#welding<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/@ai6yr\/116948421564365824","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:objectType=thread:nonce=82cb9f360864e814","notice_info":{"local_id":"12918365","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"12918363"}},"published":"2026-07-19T23:17:02+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"steter repeated a notice by ai6yr","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/116949189158898788\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.radio\/users\/W6KME","displayName":"W6KME","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/106590-original-tmp20241126060903.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/106590-96-20241128200030.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/106590-48-20241126135712.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/106590-24-20241128200030.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"106590"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/106590-96-20241128200030.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Ham Radio and emcomms, musician, tinkerer. CVARC, VCARC, VCARS, Instructor, ARRL &amp; GLAARG VE and ARES\/ACS. Ventura County BORED Net, \u00b5Expo and \u00b5Field Day Administrator. CVARC Field Day coordinator (23A in 2025). ARRL Santa Barbara Section Manager, this is NOT an official ARRL account however.Mostly ham radio stuff. Some social and political, based on sanity, not partisanship.PeerTube:https:\/\/peertube.tv\/c\/w6kme_channel\/videoshttp:\/\/theborednet.nethttps:\/\/www.patreon.com\/W6KME","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.radio\/@W6KME","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"W6KME","displayName":"W6KME","note":"Ham Radio and emcomms, musician, tinkerer. CVARC, VCARC, VCARS, Instructor, ARRL &amp; GLAARG VE and ARES\/ACS. Ventura County BORED Net, \u00b5Expo and \u00b5Field Day Administrator. CVARC Field Day coordinator (23A in 2025). ARRL Santa Barbara Section Manager, this is NOT an official ARRL account however.Mostly ham radio stuff. Some social and political, based on sanity, not partisanship.PeerTube:https:\/\/peertube.tv\/c\/w6kme_channel\/videoshttp:\/\/theborednet.nethttps:\/\/www.patreon.com\/W6KME"}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/@ai6yr\" class=\"u-url mention\">@ai6yr<\/a> I've got a 120V stick welder, made by a real brand (Lincoln). Not only is it VERY tricky to get a good weld, it's even trickier to find an application where this is actually an appropriate tool. Basically no penetration at all. <\/p><p>The kind of lighter materials it could handle would be worked far better with a MIG or TIG rig, not a stick. Don't bother with tiny stick welders.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.radio\/users\/W6KME\/statuses\/116948938927133397","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.radio\/users\/W6KME\/statuses\/116948938927133397","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/@ai6yr\" class=\"u-url mention\">@ai6yr<\/a> I've got a 120V stick welder, made by a real brand (Lincoln). Not only is it VERY tricky to get a good weld, it's even trickier to find an application where this is actually an appropriate tool. Basically no penetration at all. <\/p><p>The kind of lighter materials it could handle would be worked far better with a MIG or TIG rig, not a stick. Don't bother with tiny stick welders.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.radio\/@W6KME\/116948938927133397","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/users\/ai6yr\/statuses\/116948421564365824","url":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/@ai6yr\/116948421564365824"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/users\/ai6yr"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:objectType=thread:nonce=82cb9f360864e814","notice_info":{"local_id":"12918364","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-19T23:16:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.radio\/@W6KME\/116948938927133397"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/users\/ai6yr","displayName":"AI6YR Ben","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96956-original-tmp20230318155008.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96956-96-20230320005513.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96956-48-20230320005513.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96956-24-20230320005513.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"96956"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96956-96-20230320005513.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"The account of AI6YR Ben, on his own server. 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I hope she's not buying it for the kid for a toy \ud83d\ude2c(I was tempted to buy one myself, but given the advice I had gotten here about these being terrible, skipped it). <a href=\"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/tags\/welding\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#welding<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/users\/ai6yr\/statuses\/116948421564365824","object":{"id":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/users\/ai6yr\/statuses\/116948421564365824","objectType":"note","content":"<p>Saw some woman buying one of these ultra cheap welders, and realized her little kid was carrying it. I hope she's not buying it for the kid for a toy \ud83d\ude2c(I was tempted to buy one myself, but given the advice I had gotten here about these being terrible, skipped it). <a href=\"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/tags\/welding\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#welding<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/@ai6yr\/116948421564365824","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"welding"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:objectType=thread:nonce=82cb9f360864e814","notice_info":{"local_id":"12918363","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-19T23:16:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/@ai6yr\/116948421564365824"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6562426","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}