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shifty_85 · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:58 pm Post subject:

yeah it was a good start to learning to weld but you get stuff hot and start messing it up like your saying then its pointless to weld...

we went from oxy after 4 classes to TIG did TIG for 4 classes. then today we did all our MIG stuff in 1 day. Next class is Stick i belive.

PO1911 · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject:

stick is really an art, my boss at the garage I worked at was unbelievable. never stuck a rod, never flubbed a weld, and the man had to wear 2 pair of magnifying lenses to do it, I learned a lot from that old guy, a LOT more than I did from 4 years of welding class in HS
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azmidget91 · O.G.D.R Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 877

i learned tig from a guy who tigs under a microscope to fix injection mold dies, the wire he used was slightly bigger then a human hair, and he couldnt use a glove on that hand because he wouldnt be able to feel the wire
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PO1911 · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject:

I would love to play with a TIG but I cant find anybody that has one that will let me Crying or Very sad

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shifty_85 · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject:

PO look for a comm college with a welding and fab class my welding class for 7 weeks was i think 500 bucks not to bad because they supply everything. helmets booths all the welders and all the steel/ aluminum/ Stainless. the metal alone ive welded on this semster costs more that 500 bucks easily not to mention the power the welders use and all the o2 argon and any other gases. so for 500 bucks for 7 1/2 weeks that aint bad at all.

holy crap those guys are nuts. as long as mine looks good....hell i dont care what it looks like as long as it doesnt break its good enogh for me! Cool

PO1911 · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject:

Raptor05121 · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:27 pm Post subject:

post whoring
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homer · O.G.D.R Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 390 Location: Iowa

I learned to mig when I was probably 10 and do it quite frequently. I work for a sign company so I do a lot stick welding 20-30ft in the air so I have gotten pretty good at it. I do know how to oxy acetylene and have the torch tips to do it, but really have no use for it.
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PO1911 · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:21 pm Post subject:

I agree with you homer, I mainly wanted the oxy acetylene outfit to cut with, I have some 7/16 plate I need to cut up to make new targets, maybe they wont curve like the 3/8 did
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homer · O.G.D.R Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 390 Location: Iowa

lovetrucks5 · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:00 pm Post subject:

Sorry, I don't weld. But I do know how to solder. Very Happy

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