06-14-2012, 01:59 PM
I'm all good with fun
I clarified because your comment was sooo right, it is what you do when you can already weld, you don't even think about it, But when learning without a teacher you don't have a clue as to why it's all gone wrong and you remember seeing someone weld rust to rocks with an old coathanger wire for an electrode and all of a sudden it's just too hard so you give up.
I like stick welding probably because it is how I first learned to weld properly, Anyone can squirt out some beads with a MIG, but stick welding takes just enough skill to make it interesting, and if you can stick weld you have a half a shot at trying out TIG, you already know about scratch starting and arc length, and how to maintain torch angles the rest is just about gas and manual wire feed.
I clarified because your comment was sooo right, it is what you do when you can already weld, you don't even think about it, But when learning without a teacher you don't have a clue as to why it's all gone wrong and you remember seeing someone weld rust to rocks with an old coathanger wire for an electrode and all of a sudden it's just too hard so you give up.
I like stick welding probably because it is how I first learned to weld properly, Anyone can squirt out some beads with a MIG, but stick welding takes just enough skill to make it interesting, and if you can stick weld you have a half a shot at trying out TIG, you already know about scratch starting and arc length, and how to maintain torch angles the rest is just about gas and manual wire feed.
Whatever it is, do it today, Tomorrow may not be an option and regret outlasts fatigue.