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Old 01-17-2010, 05:00 PM   #3
Amber Lamps
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Originally Posted by Cutty72 View Post
That's a great place to start.

First, just start making beads on a single piece of metal, to get the feel for it, and how it needs to flow to be smooth.
After you have that down, then you can move on to trying to make two pieces of metal stick together.
Exactly how I learned! FWIW I've seen welders for well under$100 that would be good for practice and small projects. I didn't bother to look at Derf's chart but I'd imagine that it deals with wattage/amp/metal thickness and possibly ac vs dc welding. Good luck bro! Oh and get a decent helmet, gloves and always wear long sleeves...I can post pics if you want. Nasty!
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