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Re: Any Professional Welders out there?
Posted by jp (more from jp) on Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:09:24
In Reply to: Re: Any Professional Welders out there?, Simon S, Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:08:40
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I have a certificate at home for a 60 hour welding class completion.
Tig is like soldering, only cleaner. It's nice.
Mig welding with gas is cheap, clean, and very functional.
Both are nice for thinner sheet metal.
For any of the heavy duty stuff a common choice is your standard AC/DC arc welder which uses the coated rods. This is great for structural construction stuff (pipes and I-beams and turning practice material into 15 pound ugly bookends for your home library.) The coating on the rods must be chipped and cleaned off the material it is deposited on. "Stick" welding requires much more skill than MIG and people skilled in stick welding will poo-pooh MIG welding because the equipment is cheap and doesn't require too much skill to do a simple weld. I think good stick welding is more of an art form than the other types of welding, but I would rather use tig or mig for automotive stuff or anything that will look pretty.
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