Thread: old guy student?!?

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Originally Posted by billy zz

my motivation is twofold
knowledge is a good thing at any age
and most importantly
i got tired of paying someone a wage that is 10 times what i make.
to do something i know i am capable of doing myself

Billy,
I predict that you will love the new skill, and find a whole new level of enjoyment "gluing" metal together! I'm no welder, but I try and I'm getting better slowly, but metal work is just plain fun!

I felt the same way. Everytime I got into something that required welding, I called the mobile welder down the road. Got tired of supporting his family, so I went to the local community college at about age 40 and took up stick, MIG, cutting. Purchased a Lincoln 200 amp MIG and a cutting outfit and never looked back. Even at my advanced age today, I would love to learn TIG. I'm not sure that I have the eye/hand coordination to make pretty little rows of dimes, but I'd like to try. As far as welding goes, I don't think there is anything quite as pretty as TIG done right.

My late, great friend, Glen Neyenhuis used to talk with me about metal being alive. If you work with it long enough, you'll understand what he meant. There's nothing quite as sweet as massaging something of value from a rack of raw material.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

I felt the same way. Everytime I got into something that required welding, I called the mobile welder down the road. Got tired of supporting his family, so I went to the local community college at about age 40 and took up stick, MIG, cutting. Purchased a Lincoln 200 amp MIG and a cutting outfit and never looked back. Even at my advanced age today, I would love to learn TIG. I'm not sure that I have the eye/hand coordination to make pretty little rows of dimes, but I'd like to try. As far as welding goes, I don't think there is anything quite as pretty as TIG done right.

My late, great friend, Glen Neyenhuis used to talk with me about metal being alive. If you work with it long enough, you'll understand what he meant. There's nothing quite as sweet as massaging something of value from a rack of raw material.

hell tig not to hard if you can gas weld you can tig . if you were not so far away you could come over and i show you. it is more about time under the belt and getting in position and be come part of the machine .were i have some hard time with my fibro. some aluminum can be a bitch if full of junk .but when clean it.s fun to weld