Albuquerque · Edgewood · Santa Fe

James Welding Portfolio

Welding, ironwork, and hands-on fixes for homes, vehicles, and electronics.

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Hi, I'm James

I'm 28 and grew up in New Mexico. I have experience with hands-on projects, construction, and fabrication, plus almost 10 years in low-voltage troubleshooting with a background in audio/video and IT.

This is a basic website while I build my business and reputation. I always provide quality work, and I stand behind it.

If you have a project in mind, I'd be glad to hear about it.

Services and Experience

Welding: 4 years Fabrication, gates, fences, and repairs (MIG, flux-core, stick, TIG)
Low voltage: almost 10 years Troubleshooting, AV installs, Crestron/QSC programming, IT/network support
Currently Irrigation technician at Just Sprinklers in Albuquerque. New Mexico journeyman sprinkler license. Over 100 five-star Google reviews.
Certifications OSHA 10

James in a yellow welding jacket, holding welding gloves — James, in welding gear

Welding & Fabrication

Small Repair Welding

Repairs on broken brackets, frames, trailers, and other metal parts, including small welding jobs on vehicles.

Gate Design & Building

Custom gates designed and built to fit your opening, from simple walk-through gates to driveway gates.

Artistic Ironwork

Decorative metal pieces such as signs, railings, accents, and one-off art made to your idea.

General Handyman Work

Help with everyday repairs, installs, and odd jobs around the house and property.

Lattice antenna tower with antennas, silhouetted at sunset — James's own antenna tower at sunset

Electronics, IT & Audio/Video

Electronics Troubleshooting

Tracking down why a device or circuit isn't working and figuring out whether it can be fixed.

Computer & IT Help

Setup, cleanup, networking, and general help getting computers and home tech working the way you need.

Low-Voltage Audio & Video

Consulting and troubleshooting for speakers, TVs, home theater, antennas, and other low-voltage audio/video setups.

Featured Projects

Click any photo to see it full size.

Arched double gate of woven flat steel strips between stucco walls

Woven Steel Gates

Flat steel strips woven through a steel frame.

Before: open gap in a block wall beside a gravel path — Before

After: woven steel pedestrian gate fitted in the block wall opening — After

Woven courtyard gate, straight-on view

Long woven steel gate in a block wall

Woven gate panel in progress in the shop

Brown steel swinging driveway gate with a sunburst arch and twisted pickets

Swinging Driveway Gate

Steel swing gate with a sunburst arch.

Swinging driveway gate seen from the street side

Black horizontal-slat steel sliding gate between block pillars

Sliding Driveway Gate

Black horizontal-slat steel sliding gate.

Sliding gate in a block wall, wider view

Before: weathered wood picket gate between a stucco wall and a block wall — Before

After: black horizontal-slat steel pedestrian gate between two walls — After

Pedestrian Gate: Before & After

Old wood gate replaced with a black slat steel gate.

Steel soil separator with a slatted sloped top and plate sides in a dirt yard

Soil Separator

Soil separator frame before the sides were added

Close view of the finished soil separator

Flat steel griddle top fitted on a gas range

Steel Griddle Top

Antenna mast holder: round steel tube welded to a flat steel arm

Antenna Mast Holder

An antenna mast holder for a trailer hitch.

Antenna mast holder from another angle showing the weld

Arched gate with a weathered red-brown patina finish set into a stucco archway

Patina Finish

A weathered red-brown patina finish on an arched gate set into a stucco archway.

More Work

Red dump truck bed with new steel plate panels welded in — Dump bed with new steel panels

Raised dump truck bed with a mesh-topped divider at the front — Dump truck divider

Arched gate panel in progress with a sunburst top and curved scroll bars — Sunburst gate panel in progress

Arched double steel gate in progress under a large tree — Arched double gate in progress

Bronze-colored arched picket pedestrian gate between stucco walls — Arched picket pedestrian gate

Black steel picket fence corner — Black steel picket fence

Steel ranch gate and fence panels with mesh lower sections — Steel ranch gate and panels

Welded square-tube steel frame standing in a yard — Square-tube steel frame

Pipe rack base frames and a mesh deck laid out on the shop floor — Pipe rack in progress

Pipe rack parts laid out in a row on the shop floor — Pipe rack parts laid out

Wood latilla (coyote) fence — Wood latilla fence

Service Area

Serving central and northern New Mexico:

Albuquerque
Edgewood
Santa Fe

Somewhere nearby? Send an email and ask.

Contact

Tell me about your project: what needs doing, where it is, and a photo if you have one.

info@logsted.net