NoCoast Wrote:
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> Jon Burke Wrote:
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> > ^^ Who the #$%#@# is this guy?
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> Not the one you are thinking of. There's an extra
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> Grant Hughes
> www.nocoastmotorsports.net
> Denver, CO

ah shit, I bet he gets that a lot.


Sounds like 'going to class' depends a lot on the school/instructor, which is typical.

Andrew, if you don't mind me asking, how much was the actual class? was it less if you didn't take it for credit?

I found a local art school/community class for $375....no idea if that's cheap or what, but its designed for 'artists' getting into welding: it covers mig welding, plasma cutting, and grinding.

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Jon Burke - KI6LSW
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/27/2008 03:42PM by Jon Burke.

You're close, go hang out with the weird people while you learn to weld...

http://www.thecrucible.org/classes/welding_classes.html

The class I took was $395/ a quarter, they only offered it as a credit course. A querter is 13-15 weeks. 2 classes a week, 1 hour of lecture, 2 hours of welding. The book was over $100 but it has some good information and then nerd in me does not mind paying for decent text books. I still have most of the text books for my major that I purchased in college.

Now the application process for the community college was awesome! After I filled out the web form and had checked the box that said "Graduated from High School" The page said they would be mailing my acceptance letter tomorrow.

The CC breaks to teaching down into 4 quarter courses: Stick/Torch cutting, Mig/Flux Core, Stick/Mig out of position/pipe, and Tig. They are all pre reqs for each other starting with stick. Again their focus is training people that could go get entry level welding jobs in industry not the hobbist. There was another school in the area that covered everything in one shot but I don't think they went quite as in depth as we are in my classes, I did not go with them because the commute would have been miserable.

Tim Taylor Wrote:
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> You're close, go hang out with the weird people
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too funny, that's the place i'm talking about.

Is there a Tim Taylor School of Welding? And no, I won't try to pay you in beer

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Jon Burke - KI6LSW
Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/

I also took a basic welding class at the local CC (Cerritos College, CA). The class was geared toward teaching you to weld for a living but the skills are the same for the hobbiest. We did Gas Welding, Stick, Mig & Tig and also did Oxyacetylene Cutting, Plasma Cutting, Carbon Arc gouging etc. A very complete class and quite useful.

I've got a 230V (or 220, or 240, whatever particular frame of reference you want to use) Lincoln MIG that I bought a couple years ago. I don't use it a ton, but when I need it, I've got it. It's come in handy for all sorts of things. I never had an Oafish-al class, but in high school I had a shop class where I got to stick-weld and oxy-acetylene braze. They had a TIG machine there, but I wasn't one of the dyed-in-the-wool shop-class guys, so didn't get to play with the newest toy. I grew up farming, and we had a stick welder, which was used consistently when making/reinforcing farm equipment. Lately, it's been mostly exhaust work on my father's an my cars. I'm finally starting to be able to weld up thin stuff without actually burning through, lol!

I still keep thinking about taking a class in the area, so I can see if there's something I can do better, or if I like it enough to try and do it professionally, or at least a good bit of a side-job to help feed the automobile addictions.

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Jorden R. Kleier
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1990 Mazdog Protege 4WD
1973

MAG welding is the best "Generic" for welding steel. If you want to weld steel then wire feed MAG(MIG) welders are the way to go. You can tack weld with it and weld thick plates. I took welding at my local community college for very cheap. If you want to weld roll cages....dont.. leave that for guys who know what they are doing because you dont want it to break when your rolling on your roof. Miller has some great portable brands. There is some welding supply stores near you in the google maps link.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=welding+supply+stores+near+west+orange,+nj&ie=UTF8&ll=40.882076,-74.334125&spn=0.473457,0.966797&z=10

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