Not very good welding

[EdK]

I was thinking of putting an ad in the local newspaper stating I was looking for a welder to give me a few lessons to get me started. I'm not sure how I'd filter out the chaff from the legitimate welders though.

Ed

[Tony Wells]

Ed, find one that barely has time. That means he stays busy working, which in turn should mean he is a decent welder. But then you will have to be a little pushy to get him to show you a trick or two, and it will be worth it.

And don't downplay online videos, particularly those from the welding industry suppliers. They show more of what is right to do that what is wrong, but a modicum of sense and a little study will make it go better. You should experiment with your technique, but only changing one parameter at a time to see the effect. Once you have gone through just about any variable you can think of, you should have built a decent beginners knowledge base to establish good practice. Then go melt some wire.

[ieezitin]

Gentlemen

This guy has had this site for a while, he clearly is in my mind a first class welder. He covers the whole spectrum and does it in a clear down to earth manner.

I had an apprentice watch this guys videos and many others every day for a while to expand his mind so while he was at work he could ask me questions, that was about 15 months ago, now he is pipe-welding for a living. The Net is a great way to learn. My knowledge was given to me and its my obligation to give it back, obviously this guy who owns this site believes in the same philosophy, knowledge is power and should not be charged for.

Although his site is a little cluttered with commercials (i cant blame the guy from earning a living) this is a great start to get accustomed to the welding field.

If you need any questions answered on what you see or read just let me know i am glad to help.

http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/

Anthony.

[arvidj]

(02-03-2013, 07:21 AM)ieezitin Wrote: Gentlemen

This guy has had this site for a while, he clearly is in my mind a first class welder. He covers the whole spectrum and does it in a clear down to earth manner.

http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/

Anthony.

+1

You can subscribe to his news letter and every Tuesday will get a new video to watch. At least for me it is well worth the time.

Arvid

[EdK]

I've watched those videos at weldingtipsandtricks and use to subscribe to the newsletter. I should probably re-subscribe. I got this video which, to me, is the best I've seen at showing the welding puddle and what to look for.

http://www.weldingvideos.com/gmaw.html

I appears to be on youtube also, which is surprising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mcTl0Vr...Wk&index=2

Ed

[Highpower]

(02-03-2013, 07:21 AM)ieezitin Wrote: Gentlemen

This guy has had this site for a while, he clearly is in my mind a first class welder. He covers the whole spectrum and does it in a clear down to earth manner.
.....

Although his site is a little cluttered with commercials (i cant blame the guy from earning a living) this is a great start to get accustomed to the welding field.

http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/

Anthony.

I have purchased several t-shirts and "TIG Fingers" (Outstanding product...) from Jody early on to help support his site just because of the amount of work he puts into his videos, and his willingness to share them and his knowledge so freely and without cost. He is a class act in my mind.

But even he has people that like to "bust his chops" as he would say, about his way of doing things sometimes. There are nit-pickers everywhere on the net.

But for the average working Joe, I don't think you could ever go wrong following his advice about welding.

[arvidj]

(02-03-2013, 11:50 AM)Highpower Wrote: "TIG Fingers" (Outstanding product...)

+1 ... or in my case +3

[ieezitin]

Anyone who TIG welds will tell you the Tig Fingers are worth there weight in gold, this was a screaming idea this cat had and i wish him a prosperous future in selling them.

Its all about comfort!...

Anthony.

[ieezitin]

ED

I meant to post this for you the other day.

In this link is a job i done for a friend a while back, this was a dump truck he purchased off ebay, i was a salt truck in Georgia, go figure but anyways they left the salt in the back and it all corroded.

The welds for this was done by a Lincoln 180, its Lincolns equivalent to the Miller Matic 180. It just goes to show what your machine is capable of. I class miller and Lincoln equal in quality.

This whole bed was re-vamped with er70s wire at a cost of $40.00 and one bottle of gas $35.00. Although the unit has a 110V function at 20Amp i ran it off my Miller 250 Diesel welder generator on 230vlt. This way i had 100% duty cycle on my wire size.

Anthony.

http://s721.beta.photobucket.com/user/ie...abrication

[EdK]

Wow! I'm surprised you were able to fix that with that size of a welder. Thanks for the link.

Ed