AircooledNutter
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Right, let me start in saying I've never welded before, well I have spot welded but apart from that...
I've been wanting to learn welding for some time but couldn't due to the cost of learning (£500 for a 10 week college course) and because I had no idea where to start to teach myself.. but then I came across here.
I'm currently studying Engineering at college so I want to learn in my spare time, which I have lots of.
I want to learn welding so I can eventually go on to welding cars (VW's, if you hadnt already guessed from my username. )
First of all, is there a cheaper way to learn welding?
Secondly.. I guess I should learn MIG then?? or should I learn ARC first?
I will need to learn everything... equipment, speeds, gas etc.
If I go down the route of teaching myself I guess I want to know, what should I buy, where to buy, what do I need, Techniques, speeds or whatever I also want to learn panel fabrication etc, but not sure if this is the place.
Oh, almost forgot.. what MIG welder would I need? I know bug floorpans have 18 gauge steel but I might need to weld metal thicker than that so umm yeah.. please help?, i'm a total welding noobie!
Thanks for reading, any help is greatly appreciated.
I've been wanting to learn welding for some time but couldn't due to the cost of learning (£500 for a 10 week college course) and because I had no idea where to start to teach myself.. but then I came across here.
I'm currently studying Engineering at college so I want to learn in my spare time, which I have lots of.
I want to learn welding so I can eventually go on to welding cars (VW's, if you hadnt already guessed from my username. )
First of all, is there a cheaper way to learn welding?
Secondly.. I guess I should learn MIG then?? or should I learn ARC first?
I will need to learn everything... equipment, speeds, gas etc.
If I go down the route of teaching myself I guess I want to know, what should I buy, where to buy, what do I need, Techniques, speeds or whatever I also want to learn panel fabrication etc, but not sure if this is the place.
Oh, almost forgot.. what MIG welder would I need? I know bug floorpans have 18 gauge steel but I might need to weld metal thicker than that so umm yeah.. please help?, i'm a total welding noobie!
Thanks for reading, any help is greatly appreciated.
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