There was/is a great info resource called anvilfire.com. The founder Jacques Dempsey passed away about a year ago but I read some people were going to preserve it. Great forums and lots of free advice in there. They would answer any questions on anything metal related. Really great. Welding well takes a lot of practice. A cheap MIG-type machine will tend not to have enough heat adjustment so it can be very frustrating to use, even if you have enough experience to improvise partial work-arounds. It is money and time wasted imho. But it sounds like you have patience and are having fun so more power to you!
Thanks for the link, that will make for handy reading!
I don't have any particular plans to become a good welder for the time being. I figure when I do I will need to just take a proper class and have someone walk me through it. Typically I find I can get to "solidly mediocre" through YouTube, books and some practice, but there isn't a lot I would want to do with welding where mediocre would be enough.
"Wow, you did a very mediocre job welding up that go-kart!"
There was/is a great info resource called anvilfire.com. The founder Jacques Dempsey passed away about a year ago but I read some people were going to preserve it. Great forums and lots of free advice in there. They would answer any questions on anything metal related. Really great. Welding well takes a lot of practice. A cheap MIG-type machine will tend not to have enough heat adjustment so it can be very frustrating to use, even if you have enough experience to improvise partial work-arounds. It is money and time wasted imho. But it sounds like you have patience and are having fun so more power to you!
Thanks for the link, that will make for handy reading!
I don't have any particular plans to become a good welder for the time being. I figure when I do I will need to just take a proper class and have someone walk me through it. Typically I find I can get to "solidly mediocre" through YouTube, books and some practice, but there isn't a lot I would want to do with welding where mediocre would be enough.
"Wow, you did a very mediocre job welding up that go-kart!"
"Want to ride it?"
"No I don't!"