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Ptah

(33,031 posts) Tue Mar 19, 2024, 09:24 PM Mar 19

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Rebar hand holding up a pepper plant:

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Rebar hand holding up a pepper plant: (Original Post) Ptah Mar 19 OP

I really want to learn how to weld. nt Phoenix61 Mar 19 #1

I found it to be a valuable skill. Ptah Mar 19 #2

I just want to mess around and make yard art. Phoenix61 Mar 19 #3

Your best bet is to take a course at a local community college. Ptah Mar 19 #4

That's a great idea! Thanks! nt Phoenix61 Mar 19 #5

Get a cheap AC/DC "buzz box", good self-darkening hood, Hermit-The-Prog Mar 22 #6

Thank you😀 Phoenix61 Mar 22 #7

Gotta get zen... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 22 #8

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

1. I really want to learn how to weld. nt

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2024, 09:25 PM

Mar 19

Ptah

(33,031 posts)

2. I found it to be a valuable skill.

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 19, 2024, 09:27 PM

Mar 19

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

3. I just want to mess around and make yard art.

Reply to Ptah (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 19, 2024, 09:49 PM

Mar 19

Any suggestions on what type of welder would be best for that?

Ptah

(33,031 posts)

4. Your best bet is to take a course at a local community college.

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 19, 2024, 10:00 PM

Mar 19

I hope you find what you need, Phoenix61 !

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

5. That's a great idea! Thanks! nt

Reply to Ptah (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 19, 2024, 10:01 PM

Mar 19

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)

6. Get a cheap AC/DC "buzz box", good self-darkening hood,

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 06:46 PM

Mar 22

and a few pounds of 6011 rods (the farmer's friend -- welds through rust and crud).

Advice my grand-uncle gave me: "Crank it up until you burn it up, then back off a bit." That worked for learning to weld with oxy-acetylene and "stick" (aka SMAW).

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

7. Thank you😀

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 06:53 PM

Mar 22

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)

8. Gotta get zen...

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 07:04 PM

Mar 22

http://www.airbum.com/articles/ArticleZenWelding.html

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