Junior wants to tackle welding. What would be his best/easiest way to start ?

Small by decent Mig welder. I taught myself fairly quickly and a small unit will manage 2mm steel and 4-5mm if you "V" grind the joint and do more than one pass. The most important/irritating thing is wire feed. Some cheap units are rough and sticky. Smooth feed is essential and more important than most of the other attributes. The other is gas - I got a baby industrial CO2 cylinder - not the throw-away ones. Very economical and lasts forever. But not too big to be a pain to store or lug around - couple of feet long IIRC, but otherwise heavy and proper. You need to hire this and buy a regulator.

On Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:46:14 -0700, tabbypurr wrote:

where to start in welding

Aug 04, 2016 42 Replies

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Cursitor Doom 9 years ago

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Cursitor Doom 9 years ago

Yes, but aside from electronics he's really very knowledgeable.

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rick 9 years ago

I recorded a series to watch "engine addict" by world famous engine expert Jimmy DeVille. World famous guy that I had never heard of ....... after suffering 2 episodes I deleted the rest - it was tosh ... and every few minutes they would repeat complete sections of the narrative ......

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