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I never welded before. But one day I bought a cheap stick welder from Lowes. After hours of trying, getting the stick stuck to the surface, I gave up. I finally bought a MIG welder, and I must say it really doesn't take any skill to get started. With practice the welds get better, and you finally start to make nice beads with good penetration. Practice also gives you the knowledge of what heat settings and wire speeds to use.
I'm sure a class would help out greatly, it'll probably help me too. But as I said, a MIG is almost point and click from the get-go. The skill in using a MIG is in learning how to make the welds looks good.
Spend the money on an auto-dimming helmet too. I found that using a conventional helmet, my hands would stray from the starting point, and at times I would weld a line up to 2" below where I wanted to weld. With the auto dim helmet, you can clearly see where you are with the helmet down, and when you squeeze the trigger, the helmet goes dark and your hands don't move from their starting place because of dropping the helmet.
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Jack
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