I've wanting to get into arc welding of some sort, and started watching the various videos at http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/mig-welding-videos.html (send by Grant a few days ago?). I decided that for lighter metal and around the house, a 115 volt MIG/Flux core wire welder is all I need. If you buy the one that can accept a spool gun and gas, you can also weld aluminum, but the range of gauges is limited to .050 to .075 or so. Probably good enough to fabricate gas tanks, etc.
You might need to be able to read/speak English to take/pass the code test. On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The local tech college teaches welding of various sorts. I am thinking to > take a class. I just turned 60 (!!!) so it is free except for the > materials fee. The choices are: > > Arc Welding I > Gas Metal Arc Weld. Ferrous I > Flux Cored Arc Welding I > Tungsten Arc Welding > > I think I would want Flux Cored? The descriptions are minimal, but that > would be for wire welders? > > A buddy of mine, a retired doctor, is taking baking classes as a hobby. > They wanted him to take freshman English and participate in the dining room > service to round out his education. He has been going round and round with > them about all that, stuck in the bureaucracy. He doesn't want a degree in > baking, just learn techniques and such. I probably would not need english > to weld? > > --R > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
