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Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom
Not to discourage, welding is not a 6 hour course. I have said repeatedly welding is 30% science, 65% art, and 5% luck. Metallurgy, chemistry, even physics are foundational elements of the craft.
When you have laid your first mile of weld bead, you can consider yourself experienced. So in other words practice makes perfect. I have been welding for 40 years and still get stymied. When prepping to weld a project, I will still warm up on some scrap, to get my chops back in tune.
Here is a couple youtube vids for inspiration:
https://www.youtube.com/user/weldingtipsandtricks
https://youtu.be/KzdHIBCDrNI |
Agreed. I'm under no illusion that this can be mastered in hours, weeks, months, or even years. But I have to start somewhere. If I had a garage, I'd just buy a used kit and get some scrap, and get to it. But I don't. So I figure I'm ok paying someone for use of their equipment and some instruction. That would be my starting point. Eventually I hope to get my own equipment, and that's where I can start fine tuning and laying that mile.
Thanks for the suggestions.