{"id":3413,"date":"2026-03-07T06:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:31:45","slug":"first-bead-in-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/07\/first-bead-in-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"First bead in 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been working on my new Mig welder I picked up at the pawn shop.  Getting all the parts and pieces I need to make it complete again.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is my initial test (No gas valve yet so just a hot weld) on some test metal. First time I have ran a bead in 20 years, and damn &#8211; it shows!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got a killer welding mask that snaps from light to dark instantly, and it really makes seeing\/welding much easier &#8211; ahhh, technology!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really did not want to run it too long without the Argon gas, but hey &#8211; I am impressed with my test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon I can get that Old Trans-am in the garage and start piecing it all back together. Henry is working on an old Camaro, we talk and man &#8211; makes me wan to t get a project car too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am going to do it all myself this time, start to finish. Be an uncle Danny, sheesh I wish I had half of his skills &#8211; he is GOOD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 66 \u2014 You\u2019re allowed to rest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rest is not quitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>TaLi Merchendise<\/em><\/strong><em> \u2013 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/talimerch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/talimerch.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Custom embroidery, clothing, &amp; more\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your brand isn\u2019t ordinary, your merch shouldn\u2019t be either. Get premium embroidery from TaLi Merch and make every impression unforgettable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working on my new Mig welder I picked up at the pawn shop. Getting all the parts and pieces I need to make it complete again. This is my initial test (No gas valve yet so just a hot weld) on some test metal. First time I have ran a bead in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3417,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions\/3417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}