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Learning how to weld?
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<blockquote data-quote="SixPak" data-source="post: 15276521" data-attributes="member: 142259"><p>[ATTACH]65085[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I picked this book up and taught myself how to weld. We had a nice Lincoln TIG welder where I worked so practicing was no problem.</p><p>This was probably 25 years ago so there may be better books, and this particular book may not even be in print anymore. But if you can find it, it is prolly one of the better ones out there. I found it in the bookstore of a community college I was attending that had a pretty good industrial arts program.</p><p>As far as a welding rig goes, a nice entry level wire feed unit will prolly set you back around $1200.00. These machines will run on 120/230V. Then you'll need a bottle of inert gas and the type/length of wire you'll be using, gloves, mask. Figure roughly $1500.00 to get started. But you can spend more depending on what bells and whistles you get.</p><p>One thing to pay attention to is the duty cycle of the machine. Stay away from anything less than 10%. 20% would be a good starter. Keep in mind the higher the duty cycle, the higher the cost. The duty cycle represents how long you can continuously run a bead before the machine overheats.</p><p>A TIG/MIG welder is prolly the most versital machines out there. I have welded just about everything there is to weld with them, stainless, cold steel, aluminum, even fixed a broken key for a fellow workers car one time so he could get home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SixPak, post: 15276521, member: 142259"] [ATTACH]65085.vB[/ATTACH] I picked this book up and taught myself how to weld. We had a nice Lincoln TIG welder where I worked so practicing was no problem. This was probably 25 years ago so there may be better books, and this particular book may not even be in print anymore. But if you can find it, it is prolly one of the better ones out there. I found it in the bookstore of a community college I was attending that had a pretty good industrial arts program. As far as a welding rig goes, a nice entry level wire feed unit will prolly set you back around $1200.00. These machines will run on 120/230V. Then you'll need a bottle of inert gas and the type/length of wire you'll be using, gloves, mask. Figure roughly $1500.00 to get started. But you can spend more depending on what bells and whistles you get. One thing to pay attention to is the duty cycle of the machine. Stay away from anything less than 10%. 20% would be a good starter. Keep in mind the higher the duty cycle, the higher the cost. The duty cycle represents how long you can continuously run a bead before the machine overheats. A TIG/MIG welder is prolly the most versital machines out there. I have welded just about everything there is to weld with them, stainless, cold steel, aluminum, even fixed a broken key for a fellow workers car one time so he could get home. [/QUOTE]
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