[TheForge] Learning to weld

[Saint Phlip]

I'd dearly love to learn to weld, but I can't get anyone to teach me.
My roommates keep promising, but somehow it never happens. Any of you
guys close enough (Easter CT) and willing to teach?

I've got to admit, though, I'm most intrigued with gas welding, after
the demo I watched (and watched, and watched) at the ABANA conference
this summer. That man was an artist with his torch ;-)

On 12/8/06, Ron Childers <munlaw2 at hcsmail.com> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> It was easy to teach my grandson to weld; in less than an hour he was
> welding brackets with 6011 and a buzz box. The mig welder spoiled him
> though. He is now a combat engineer in Iraq where he breaks things and
> repairs things. The military has some neat equipment.
>
> The point is as Peter mentioned, he had no preconceived notions or behaviors
> to unlearn as do us old buzzards. If you will purge your mind of
> nonessential thought and bad karma I promise I can have you doing decent
> stick welding on flat work in a few minutes. The out-of-position techniques
> do take some practice, but you obviously have the coordination so you can
> weld with anything. Yes, gas welding is alive and well, though it isn't used
> on pipelines any more.
>
> Ron C

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