Anyone know any welders?
I just went through a basic MIG course and stuck some pieces together and it was so fun - I am stoked and want to do it some more. I need to find a welding class to get some practice down.
I highly recommend taking a class, welding is what built the modern world, and without it we would crumble.
Mig not so much; if you can caulk a tub, you can mig weld.
Stick or TIG take much more skill (and are way more fun) and will in turn make you a better MIG welder. Take classes in those processes you won't be disappointed
Mig not so much; if you can caulk a tub, you can mig weld.
Stick or TIG take much more skill (and are way more fun) and will in turn make you a better MIG welder. Take classes in those processes you won't be disappointed
Anyone know of any Bay Area welding classes or better yet someone with a good welder for sale? I still am not sure what to get, but I want to be able to do TIG (because it's so coooooool and I can tell people I TIG weld woo1!!!!!!11) and MIG (because it will be really useful). I found a few nice home-type units and some other stuff on CL but again, not sure what to get. If I found a good name-brand (say Lincoln or Miller) unit, I would possibly just get it as I have a friend who is in the same boat, with a shop, and we could pitch in on it. But classes would be great for some practice, and I still cannot, for the life of me, find that place in Santa Clara that people were mentioning.
Anyone know of any Bay Area welding classes or better yet someone with a good welder for sale? I still am not sure what to get, but I want to be able to do TIG (because it's so coooooool and I can tell people I TIG weld woo1!!!!!!11) and MIG (because it will be really useful). I found a few nice home-type units and some other stuff on CL but again, not sure what to get. If I found a good name-brand (say Lincoln or Miller) unit, I would possibly just get it as I have a friend who is in the same boat, with a shop, and we could pitch in on it. But classes would be great for some practice, and I still cannot, for the life of me, find that place in Santa Clara that people were mentioning.
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Anyone know of any Bay Area welding classes or better yet someone with a good welder for sale? I still am not sure what to get, but I want to be able to do TIG (because it's so coooooool and I can tell people I TIG weld woo1!!!!!!11) and MIG (because it will be really useful). I found a few nice home-type units and some other stuff on CL but again, not sure what to get. If I found a good name-brand (say Lincoln or Miller) unit, I would possibly just get it as I have a friend who is in the same boat, with a shop, and we could pitch in on it. But classes would be great for some practice, and I still cannot, for the life of me, find that place in Santa Clara that people were mentioning.
evergreen and chabot both have various welding classes
when i talk about machines its lincoln or miller,i prefer miller but i use the machines for work,if you are just going to use them for light home workshop type stuff you can look at the sub-brands and save some money
some high dollar inverter MIG's will have a dc only TIG function,if your only welding steel thats fine but you will still need seperate shielding gas for both of the processes.
you will need to look at 2 machines one for mig and one for tig most quality tig machines also include a stick function.
buying machines is VERY need oriented. you will really have to narrow down your needs and budget then fit the machines to it there are a million options
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I highly recommend taking a class, welding is what built the modern world, and without it we would crumble.
Mig not so much; if you can caulk a tub, you can mig weld.
Stick or TIG take much more skill (and are way more fun) and will in turn make you a better MIG welder. Take classes in those processes you won't be disappointed
Mig not so much; if you can caulk a tub, you can mig weld.
Stick or TIG take much more skill (and are way more fun) and will in turn make you a better MIG welder. Take classes in those processes you won't be disappointed
evergreen and chabot both have various welding classes
when i talk about machines its lincoln or miller,i prefer miller but i use the machines for work,if you are just going to use them for light home workshop type stuff you can look at the sub-brands and save some money
some high dollar inverter MIG's will have a dc only TIG function,if your only welding steel thats fine but you will still need seperate shielding gas for both of the processes.
you will need to look at 2 machines one for mig and one for tig most quality tig machines also include a stick function.
buying machines is VERY need oriented. you will really have to narrow down your needs and budget then fit the machines to it there are a million options
when i talk about machines its lincoln or miller,i prefer miller but i use the machines for work,if you are just going to use them for light home workshop type stuff you can look at the sub-brands and save some money
some high dollar inverter MIG's will have a dc only TIG function,if your only welding steel thats fine but you will still need seperate shielding gas for both of the processes.
you will need to look at 2 machines one for mig and one for tig most quality tig machines also include a stick function.
buying machines is VERY need oriented. you will really have to narrow down your needs and budget then fit the machines to it there are a million options
To tell someone who has no welding experience "if you can caulk a tub you can MIG" is pretty silly honestly. But whatever. Maybe "if you can capably caulk a tub blindfolded and wearing oven mitts you can MIG." I started with oxy/acetylene when I was 7 yrs old but it's been a few years.
I would consider myself starting from scratch at this point. Yes I can get a nice bead down in perfect working conditions but there is more to it than that. TIG and Stick require more actions being performed at once, so it would seem logical to start with MIG, to practice working with your hood and gloves, setting up tooling, etc, with less to think about at once. When you get handy at MIG, then, start working in other simultaneous activities. I could be way off of course.