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learn to weld 2 months ago

I took a class 27 years ago and did oxy-acetylene. I intend to have my dad teach me electric-arc welding this summer up at our cabin in NM.



Untitled 2 months ago

well its something i have put off for to long, and will get right on it



Arc welding 6 months ago

Learned arc welding in sculpture class at college. Made some really cool things which were too large to save. Didn’t have digital camera back then, so no pix, and I wish I had the equipment, money, and space to do this again.



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life skills 7 months ago

This is on my life skills list and I want my uncle to teach me how when I move back home.

I think it would be fun and valuable to learn.

I should also probably build something through welding too.



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I want to make big sculptures 7 months ago

What a great way to use metal bits. Make big giant sculptures. I have a friend that welds, perhaps he can help.



Untitled 8 months ago

Sam took me to the shop a couple of nights ago and taught me how to weld. I guess i did well for being given very little instruction and it be around 2 am. I want to get better though. Not sure when i’ll have the opportunity to practice but i guess we’ll see.



As an art... 9 months ago

I enjoy making art…I am an artist, and one of my strong characteristics that define who I am, are my artistic abilities and creativity. I would love to expand this by learning to weld! There are so many things I could do and make if I could learn this. I am into metal yard art…and that would be the first thing I would make! I love saguaro cactus’, so that would be my first attempt! I live within 100yrds of a privately owned welding shop. I just need to work up the nerve to go and ask if I can watch someday! One thing that holds me back is knowing that it can be dangerous…I don’t like to get burned and I don’t want to harm my vision! I am a mix of a girly-girl/ tough tom boy type…so sometimes the two personalities fight each other and leave me unsure about what to do. I know that by the time I am 50, and I am not too worried about my looks, I sure hope I have done this by then!



crystalz Brick walls are there to let us prove how badly we want things.

Learning to weld 9 months ago

I took classes through a local community college and learned how to arc weld, tig weld and oxy-acetelyn weld. It takes a lot of practice since it’s partially about technical knowledge and mostly about hand-eye coordination.



time 10 months ago

i would love to learn how to this trade. Just for all the person benefits- i could make so many useful things. I have access to everything i would need, and someone to show me how to use it, i just need to make time for such experimentation. i really wanted to learn before summer ended.



shockwav feeling better than ever

Brazing - old school yo! 11 months ago

Waddya know, it works and it’s not major money to get started. Not as good as MIG, but it’s a start.



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