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redzz02
Posts: 340
Join date: 2010-05-12
Age: 17
Location: PA pittsburgh and pymatuning
|  Subject: first welding experience? Tue May 25, 2010 5:36 pm | |
| i was lucky enough that me and my dad saved up enough cans and extra money that we bought a welder and today i got it all ready and it was my first time welding. It was fun, but i didnt do that great of a job. but the pieces i welded stayed together even when i hit them about 20 times with a hammer so thats good. so how was your first welding experience, did you like it or not, did you do a good job, and what welder you used |
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arild365
Posts: 417
Join date: 2010-02-11
Age: 17
Location: Canada, BC
| | Subject: Re: first welding experience? Tue May 25, 2010 6:00 pm | |
| Well my first welding experience was when i was 8 and my bro got a mg welder(the one i have now) and after a week of watching him i got to try. At first like all people ,i had such messy welds but after a bit i got pretty good. I really enjoyed it just because it was so nice for me to create something. Im a kinda guy who learns by doing. There is no real way to learn to weld other then WELDING. you have to actually WELD to get it. |
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dangeroustoys56
Posts: 1481
Join date: 2010-02-10
Age: 41
Location: Florida, USA
| | Subject: Re: first welding experience? Tue May 25, 2010 6:55 pm | |
| Ive welded for quite a few years now- not really a whole lot between using it, but i do ocasionally. Ive taken both ARC, MIG and TIG welding classes at the local boces- i did fairly well- cept when i set my pants on fire, had to run for the dunk tank and stick my foot in it .
I call my welds 'gorilla welds' - ugly but tough. |
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Yamaharules163
Posts: 71
Join date: 2010-02-12
Age: 17
Location: Winnipeg Manitoba
| | Subject: Re: first welding experience? Tue May 25, 2010 7:21 pm | |
| I used a massive lincon mig welder. they were quite rough at first but i got better  but now i am pretty good. I was amazed how you could fasten to metals together lol |
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redzz02
Posts: 340
Join date: 2010-05-12
Age: 17
Location: PA pittsburgh and pymatuning
| | Subject: Re: first welding experience? Tue May 25, 2010 8:02 pm | |
| yea im so happy i finaly got a welder i just need to keep welding and getting better, now that i have one i will be able to do alot more things now than i could before |
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Yamaharules163
Posts: 71
Join date: 2010-02-12
Age: 17
Location: Winnipeg Manitoba
| | Subject: Re: first welding experience? Tue May 25, 2010 9:26 pm | |
| | redzz02 wrote: | | yea im so happy i finaly got a welder i just need to keep welding and getting better, now that i have one i will be able to do alot more things now than i could before |
Thats exactly how I looked at it lol |
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Chunk
Posts: 957
Join date: 2010-02-10
Age: 20
Location: Angus, Scotland
| | Subject: Re: first welding experience? Wed May 26, 2010 8:15 am | |
| My first welding was aweful! Didnt help that the wire the welder came with was crap. Not even my mate (who welds for a living!) could get a good weld with that wire.
My welding isnt great looking, but never had anyhting break on me! Thats always good. I learn by doing to. I had no experience when I got my welder. Its a great tool to have around though!
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CMHN
Posts: 159
Join date: 2010-04-11
Age: 34
Location: Northeastern, PA
| | Subject: Re: first welding experience? Wed May 26, 2010 8:26 am | |
| I first learned how to weld using a stick welder on the farm. I was 8 or so. I liked it so much that in high school I went to the tech school in the welding department. I welded professionally for over 10 years. I love welding at home but to weld in a manufacturing setting sucks. Anyway, to get back to the question, My first welding experience was in the middle of a field trying to weld a yoke back on the hay wagon so we could get it home. It held for a few years until it broke again and I had to weld it again  |
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