Thanks for the feed back. Yesterday I was helping a friend fabricate walls out of 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" tubing for a pump house. We did butt joints, and started having the same problem. We came up with the idea of clamping a framing square to the two pieces before tacking. It sure worked a lot b...

Thanks Mick, I will go get a really big hammer this weekend. Matthew

Austin, TX were we have not had a winter or much rain in a few years!

Matthew here from Austin TX. I learned to weld in 1978 with an AC stick welder, my boss needed a glass rack for the shop truck and I was the guy elected to make it. Steel tubing and he showed me the welder and said the trick is to not let the rod stick to the metal. In 1981 I started my own business...