Learning to weld?

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*Sigh* since you insist on being so pedantic I will spell it out slowly for you.
I was pointing out that you need to find a learning source. Books were just one example. (I also mentioned polytech as another source which would provide guided practical experience) I then said that practical experience and practice was the best thing. there, understand now?

Are you related to Robert Taylor ?

Reread what you wrote.
It shows you are not a welder.


IMD , I am not showing off with the pictures but after 30+ years on the tools you should have learned something.
I regard welding no different to machining,i taught myself how to use a mill and lathe,what took me years to find out,a toolmaker or turner could have shown me in a fraction of that and to a higher standard.
No different now,an actual course would teach me things i wouldn't even think of. ?????

I remember around 1985 on the Wiri oil storage terminal tank job (Akld) which PDM Johns/Perry had come over from Australia to run.
Vertical up had a fairly standard pattern,one of the boss's was an old guy by the name of Charlie.
One day he asks me if he can show me another technique.
He showed me while i watched and asked questions what i still use today,closer pack and much faster and always clean there is always something to learn.
I have never had a cut out, only because of how i was taught hands on.

For home use a MIG is probably the easiest and most versatile,personally i use my Lincoln Invertec V200T.
A small MIG would have been handy all the same.

At the end of the day you are only as good as the foundation.
Once you have that solid foundation,other forms of welding are easily within reach even if only for at home projects.