geekhouse23's "LIFE'S WAITING TO BEGIN" Overland & Home build and all the Adventures in between!

You can get into a healthy welding setup for under a G. I constantly toy with picking up a kit and learning a skill vs having to beg borrow and steal just to get some 5 second job done.

 

Yes. I've discussed it on here.

It's becoming more and more of a necessity/reality. Perks of not having anyone to answer to...that and a simple dream of build of building cool shit.

 

Due respect to my happily married friends, being single is the shit!

 

All the respect. But, yes.

 

I'm about to rejoin that club ......... Marriage is a fucking joke. Why this state makes people stay in toxic fucking relationships is beyond me.

 

Sorry to hear that brother. I promise the grass is greener on the other side...

 

Definite good and bad to both. I'm very lucky, I get away with a lot for a married man.

 

Definitely. I was on the shit end of "getting away" with things...

 

I talked to a couple cetified welders at work, They said that the place that taught welding didnt want them to learn how to stick weld, Google says it harder to do than mig welding, guess i like the hard way

 

I've thought about those class they offer on Groupon. I'm sure it's fine for a base line to see if you like it or to "get the basics". But if I can get a decent kit off marketplace for a reasonable price using some of the money saved not taking the class, teach myself with the help of the interwebs, I don't think that class is necessary.

The internet has come a long way...

 

Never said i took classes, asked my BIL to teach me he just pointed outside and said the the welders on the truck, taught myself, worked for him for a while also got very good at grinding

 

Wish I was that lucky

 

What caster you end up with?

 

Toe too

 

I have more freedom than most people I know. She handles the money b/c I suck at it.

Motorcycle is off limits, though

 

I'd have to look at my spec sheet. I have a bent spindle so it took some playing to get a useable setup. I need to take it back to them and get it set with more forward caster cuz I rub the back of the well like a mofo on steep turns.

 

Stick is def harder to pick up than mig. But modern migs with preset dials and stuff are almost akin to hot glue guns with how easy they are. Getting good is a different story (I'm nowhere close), but getting stuff to stick is pretty damn easy.

I guess its a decision between embracing a longer learning curve on stick to mig and understanding the basics in depth or "lol, welder go bzzzzz"

 

Guys, I found the ultimate beginner's guide to stacking dimes

https://youtu.be/DuSIuaQug-8

 

I'm not a smart man, or a fabricator, and I understand it is satire, but I'm willing to bet I can do better than that...