OK...I am looking to start my fabricating skills and hopefully learn a new trade.
What is a good welder type to start learning! Is it posiible to learn by teaching yourself?

Thanks in advance!

 

I taught myself.. so i would say yes it is possible to teach yourself.

I started out welding with a Lincoln Pro-MIG 135

Something small like that is good to get an idea of how to weld good. I now own a Miller MIG 185 and i love it! Its well worth the investment which ran me about $700

 

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I started out welding with a Lincoln Pro-MIG 135

Something small like that is good to get an idea of how to weld good. I now own a Miller MIG 185 and i love it! Its well worth the investment which ran me about $700

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Awesome.
Do you feel its better to start with a smaller/economical set-up first? Or just buy what i feel i can afford and start there? I dont want to jump into a lake, if i cant swim yet

Sorry for the dumb questions.

 

Buy what you can afford.

Training wheels do very little to help you learn to ride a bike.

 

I have a Clarke Welder that I got from weldingdepot.com

I have to say I think I got a much better welder than the Lincoln for the price!

Thus far nothing bad to say! never even a bad weld!

 

I started off with a lincoln sp125 and pretty much tought myself, if you have a friend or someone who knows how to weld and what the weld should look like they can help you. Very easy goal to accomplish, I took the class in high school for a year and a half and learned just about every process, took 4th in a regional welding comp and moved on to the state comp. in washington. the only advice I can give you is no matter what don't put it down it's a great trade and you can do alot of you own work at home or make a few bucks on the side doing exhaust jobs, or what ever some one may pay you to do.

 

Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated!

I signed up today for a welding class at the comm college, Mt Sac.

I will post some projects when we get started.

 

I actually bought my first welder today its a Hobart Handler 140, it seems do do anyhting i want with it, im not the big fab man, but i plan on tryin to make things in the future with it, what they will be i have no idea but i really like it so far. it cost me $469.00 oh and it still uses the 110 so i can use any plug in my garage!!!