easiest welding style?
06-28-2009, 02:16 PM
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06-28-2009, 08:03 PM
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before i retired, i was involved in working with the local high schools, our contractors and the community college to help kids in high school that were not college bound. we arranged for them to recieve free training in whatever trade skills they could qualify for by testing. if they excelled in their training them we would hire them when they graduated from high school. check with your local community college or go stick your head in some welding shops and see if you can get a job where you can learn while you are at work as a semi-apprentice.
06-29-2009, 11:50 AM
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here's a useful site, gives you the basics of mig welding. i had some more practise goes today and it turned out not bad. took a while to get the settings right but it turned out well in the end.
hXXp://www.mig-welding.co.uk/tutorial.htm
replace XX with tt
hXXp://www.mig-welding.co.uk/tutorial.htm
replace XX with tt
06-29-2009, 05:29 PM
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You have received great advice from the folks here about welding.
I have been stick welding this past year at my high school. I am the principal not a student but when I go in the shop I am the student. We have no less than 10 certified welders in the shop. I can weld (stick stuff together with good penetration) now with both stick and mig. I would not call myself a welder though. I have seen the level of welding that is necessary to be called a welder and I am not even close to that level. That said, I can build projects now that I would not have thought possible just a year ago. Go for it!!!
The mig was much easier to get good results. I didn't get to mig until I had decent welds with the stick. This was good practice for me and I learned better control and speed. Preparation of the metal and understanding the welding process is very important. The skills involved with welding needs to be learned, practiced, and evaluated. You may think you are doing just fine when the real welder shows you flaws that may make the welds weak or at least inferior.
I have been stick welding this past year at my high school. I am the principal not a student but when I go in the shop I am the student. We have no less than 10 certified welders in the shop. I can weld (stick stuff together with good penetration) now with both stick and mig. I would not call myself a welder though. I have seen the level of welding that is necessary to be called a welder and I am not even close to that level. That said, I can build projects now that I would not have thought possible just a year ago. Go for it!!!
The mig was much easier to get good results. I didn't get to mig until I had decent welds with the stick. This was good practice for me and I learned better control and speed. Preparation of the metal and understanding the welding process is very important. The skills involved with welding needs to be learned, practiced, and evaluated. You may think you are doing just fine when the real welder shows you flaws that may make the welds weak or at least inferior.
07-12-2009, 08:14 PM
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Got some tube doors I'm wanting to fab cause I'm too cheap to buy them right now 