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[Ken T]

cool thats a great idea.

you can come practice on my exhaust if you like, i have a mini mini leak on a weld  lol

Gungum's a lot easier than all that welding business  :

Ken

[Kevin Wood]

I have been going to an evening class at the local college (Basingstoke). Just an introductory course, but it has been great so far. Guy who runs it is an ex-REME welder and just lets us play with whatever we fancy. No boring classroom stuff, just straight into getting your hands dirty with a but of tuition where it's needed.

Had a go at oxy/acetylene gas welding to start with, which I found a great way to start. Everything happens at a controllable rate and it's not unlike soldering, I found. MIG welding came a lot easier after that.

I got a 20 quid auto-darkening helmet from eBay and it's been a godsend. Having an extra hand available makes it so much easier.

Kevin

[dieseldean]

when batery dies on auto-dim mask you can still get a bad flash from an arc and it is the worst headache you can imagine for the following 2 days.

[Andy B]

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Had a go at oxy/acetylene gas welding to start with, which I found a great way to start. Everything happens at a controllable rate and it's not unlike soldering,  ......

If you can master oxy/acetylene then you'll be able to TIG too, same technique.

[philhoward]

I was told that you know when you're good enough as you can write your name in weld...

Found Oxy-Acet very easy (but hade done soldering before...); took a while to get used to MIG though!

[Kevin Wood]

when batery dies on auto-dim mask you can still get a bad flash from an arc and it is the worst headache you can imagine for the following 2 days.

Mine "fails safe" (goes totally black without power). Good idea to make sure the batteries are good before use, though, as I guess it's possible they'll go nuts with poor batteries.

If you can master oxy/acetylene then you'll be able to TIG too, same technique.  

I think he said they have a TIG welder. Might see if I can have a go.

Kevin

[ChevetteNick]

if you're going to buy a MIG welder get one that doesn't have a live torch as they're a real pain to weld with....normally the cheapest ones you can buy. buy a solar powered auto darkening mask, no need to worry about batteries then

[Andy B]

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I think he said they have a TIG welder. Might see if I can have a go.

Kevin

You're aiming to be able to weld thin-ish ally sheet!  

[CaptainZok]

But not like this please.

[Andy B]

But not like this please.

hard hat
Gloves
eye protection .....
 :-?  :-?  :-? I can't see a problem!    

[CaptainZok]

Prob the norm in pie land.