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I’ve been taking a 30 hour welding class just for hobby type stuff, customizing my trailers and toolboxes, repair around the house, making stuff I want. My beads are improving but I’m mostly concerned with strength, I want to be able to trust my welds. So I’ve been practicing at home doing this t-joint fillet weld over and over with mig, then cutting and buffing it to check out my penetration. I’ve finally gotten my weld from this:[External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied] To this:[External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]
The first picture was a couple weeks ago, the second was this week, and I just hit the same result 3 times in a row out in the garage tonight, so I’m pretty pleased with my progress.
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Well done, it’s always great to see results from the time you put in.
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that’s great man! I know I need more practice for sure
That’s cool I would like to start welding again it’s been a long time.
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It’s great that you are taking welding classes.
Welding is something I wish I would have done but never did.
LarryS wrote:
It’s great that you are taking welding classes.Welding is something I wish I would have done but never did.
Take a look around, there might be a short evening class in your area. Mine was too short really, but gave me an opportunity to do things I couldn’t have otherwise, like run a plasma cutter, try a torch outfit etc. I’ve already ordered me a torch set, plasma cutter is next.
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Nice work brother, always wanted to learn metal working more than being a hack lol
Welds look great to me ?
Looking good bro.
We do some welding here and there. Got a few lincolns around the shop. Practice makes perfect bro,keep at it. Dont forget the sunscreen 🙂
Thanks for the encouragement gents. Hopefully soon I’ll be doing well enough to post up some cool projects I’ve done.
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Awesome work Figureitout. I miss welding I took a bunch of classes in High School