getting my finger out to weld

I wrote my masters degree project on the subject of 'everyday creativity' - what is it? and how might we develop it? My conclusion was not earth-shattering..... its not about being 'creative'.... its all about having the drive to overcome all the barriers to doing something new.
For weeks now my new TIG welder has sat in its box, while i find this excuse and that excuse not to go and try it. To tell the truth, Ive also been a bit scared of it too - its expensive and it has heavy duty electrics and it makes fire etc. But this weekend I forced myself to go give it a try - How nuts is that? i had to force myself to have fun with my new toy! - the easier route is (and has been) to go and do some more email :-(
Of course once you've got over the barrier and actually started getting on with it, the task is never as daunting as you had imagined. It took me about an hour to get the thing all wired and plumbed up, but finally there were no more excuses left, there was no alternative but to switch it on..... and man what a pleasure it was :-)
I had decided to try it out in the open - where if something went wrong i might be able to minimise the total destruction of my house. In the event though, the Tig welder was quiet, splatter-free and an absolute pleasure to use. I still need a lot of practice and to learn about all the variables of the settings, but i think it can be seen from the practice joints i was making, that TIG welding is a wonderful process.
So encouraged was i by this experince, that i went on to make a TV bracket - and made a right pigs ear of the welding.... so much to learn, so much to learn. Oh well, I am encouraged enough to give it another go.
Only barrier now to getting the Trike frame done, is that im now going to have to make a welding trolley first because i dont want to have to set up and take down the welding kit every time i want to use it

Another restart

I seem to keep restarting this project as often as a robin reliant on a cold and frosty morning.
And here is another official restart.
Things have been busy, and so the trike has had to take second position in my priorities and thinking. For one, Ive chucked the towel in on a regular job and gone and set up my own company - and so it kind of makes sense to put some effort into that if im ever going to afford to keep this trike.
However, I have had some moments of progress.
1. I bought my welding kit. Brilliant! a Parweld XTI180P DC Pulse Tig Inverter. It cost almost twice my budget, but i felt it was necessary if Im going to do this well
2. I managed to get a half day in the garage to file out the pipe bender die to suit the dia of my frame tube (who needs a gym when you can spend 2 hours sweating with a file and a lump of cast iron)

And so little by little we go forward