Area welder Bruce Meacham admitted Monday that he is suffering from a severe case of welder's block. 'I know what I want to do,' Meacham said. 'I need to get this supporting strut attached to the main body of this girder. But I keep running into a wall every time I sit down and try to actually weld.' Meacham said he spent the better part of last Saturday putting on his goggles, starting up his acetylene torch, and then merely staring at the two pieces of metal for hours. 'You've got to understand, welding is a creative act,' Meacham said. 'It's not the kind of thing where you can just punch the clock and do it from nine to five.' 