Whitey is here..

[whitehendrix]

hey guys! my name is Jim. i am by no means a "professional" welder, but have been welding for quite a while. got into the TIG process not too long ago. my fabrication background stems from the paper mill and brick making industries, where at the mill i was a mechanic (heavy equipment and paper machines), equip. operator and fabricator, and i went on to be an electrical engineer at the block plant, where i also did their machining, fabrication, and heavy equipment operation (hell yes i was busy!!!.. 12-17 hour days, but the money was KILLER)

i was a machinst for a while afterwards and now spin a wrench on motorcycles and operate heavy equip and maintain a warehousing facility in martinsburg, wv.

i'll be moving to NC soon tho to open a new bike shop probably building race bikes, doing custom fab stuff and doing general builds and maintenance.
i'd like to get back into the EE thing to when time permits. theres a fortune to be had in that.


just picked up a super200P that will be the gem of my shop. LOVE this thing. bought it "used" from a local and fellow engineer (mechanical..) that just didn't have time to use it. it was still in the bubblewrap!

the first big task will be building a turbo system for my 2000 Kawasaki ZX7-R, which i will compete in Land Speed events with. looking to break 200mph and achieve 250hp at the wheel out of just 749CCs. amazingly, it's entirely possible!

heres some of the pride and joy i own (bike and welder..)
















i made that dash due to the fact i added a gas gauge to the bike. they didn't come stock with a gauge!




a work in progress, as is everything i have.. haha.

good to be here! hopefully i can be of some dorta value here!
have fun and be safe!

[JJW]

Howdy from NY,
Congrat's on your welder.
Good luck on your move to NC and the new shop.
Regards,
John

[everlastsupport]

Jim,

Welcome aboard.

I think you will need to get a bigger speed-o-meter soon.

Best of luck in your move.

[jericho777]

Hey whitehendrix welcome over from weldingweb.com. Really nice bike. You should paint your welder and your bike green! I bet they would even give you the color code if you asked. Nice beads too. Hope your business works out.

[whitehendrix]

Howdy from NY,
Congrat's on your welder.
Good luck on your move to NC and the new shop.
Regards,
John

thank ya sir!

Jim,

Welcome aboard.

I think you will need to get a bigger speed-o-meter soon.

Best of luck in your move.

you're right!! haha.. luckily the LSR stuff has it's own timing lights, light a 1/4 mile track.. any high speed "tuning" will probably be done with GPS. my speedo stops at 180...

Hey whitehendrix welcome over from weldingweb.com. Really nice bike. You should paint your welder and your bike green! I bet they would even give you the color code if you asked. Nice beads too. Hope your business works out.

hey man!! honestly, i was really hoping the welder was going to be Kawi green!! haha.. i was a bit confused when i saw it for the first time.. almsot a touch sad it wasn't bright green, cus i have a 20' long bright *** green kawasaki banner in the shop it would have matched perfectly!!

oh well. the next machine (welder) will be green

ima stick with the blue on the bike for now tho. i love the color and it works out very well with the overall appearance of it.. then again, i've seen em in all sorts of colors, and it's one of those bikes that just looks good in any color, imho..