Steelslinger, I live in the Portland area (SW, Hilsdale area). I have lots of staves. Most are still green, but some are ready to be worked, including some real nice vine maple, osage, Oregon ash......and I just so happen to need some welding services. I have an old toyota tercel wagon with a cracked subframe (enigne is out and frame is accessible). Also have some cancerous rust spots in the body of my hunting rig that need to be cut out and replaced with sheet (nothing fancy, just need rusty metal gone). What do you think?