About
CanItBeWelded.com exists for one reason: people get overcharged, or talked into replacing things that a $150 weld would fix. Other times they get a cheap weld on something that should have been replaced. We give you a straight answer first.
Rick
Rick owns RickTheWelder, a welding and fabrication shop based in Townsend, DE, with mobile service. The shop does trailer repair, cast iron, marine welding, custom fabrication and heavy equipment repair. Rick also flies drones with First State Aerial.
RickTheWelder serves Townsend, Middletown, Smyrna, Dover, Newark and Elkton, MD, plus all of New Castle County, Kent County and Eastern Maryland, at the shop or on site.
How we write guides
- Every price range is from a published source we link to, or clearly marked as an estimate.
- Verdicts are based on a working welder's judgment, and Rick reviews and updates the guides over time.
- We say "replace it" when that's cheaper or safer, even if nobody gets a welding job out of it.
- Affiliate links (such as Amazon links in "Tools & parts") never change a verdict, and we label them.
AI tools help write and organize our guides; a human welder reviews them, and every Ask a Welder answer comes from Rick personally.
In Delaware or Eastern Maryland?
Skip the guesswork. RickTheWelder does mobile and shop welding: trailers, gates, railings, cast iron, marine and equipment. Serving Townsend, Middletown, Smyrna, Dover, Newark, Elkton MD, all of New Castle & Kent County and Eastern Maryland.