ive been wanting to take up welding for a long time and i keep missing the sign up dates for community college. i was going to just bite the bullet and buy a tig welder and start messing around.
id think i should start with mig and work my way up to tig but almost everything i want to weld requires tig.

when i do get in the classes i have to go in order and start with arc welding and i think tig is like the 4th class so by the time i get all the pre requisites out of the way i probably wont be in a tig class till late this year.

is it a dumb idea to get a tig welder (oconotig) if ive never welded in my life?

ps. ido have a buddy who was a fabricator so i think he knows a good deal and will help me out with hard ?'s

 

I learned TIG with no prior welding experience whatsoever. I tried MIG the last night of the course and it was very easy to pick up. Check with your local welding supply shop and see if they offer courses. I took mine through a local store that has a room set up for classes, clinics and even for if you want to try out certain products before you buy them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by daveG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I learned TIG with no prior welding experience whatsoever. I tried MIG the last night of the course and it was very easy to pick up. Check with your local welding supply shop and see if they offer courses. I took mine through a local store that has a room set up for classes, clinics and even for if you want to try out certain products before you buy them. </TD></TR></TABLE>
cool ill look into that. anyone know any good classes local to orange county?

 

you dont step up from mig to tig, almost everything about them is different.

a good step would be oxy to tig. oxy is really cool in my book.

 

yeah O/A is exactly like tig. make a puddle, add filler. the first time i jumped on the tig i was laying down perfect beads on steel, aluminum and stainless.

so if youre gonna go to school for welding just do O/A then quit and get your tig.

 

yeah same here.

not perfect. but pretty good for first time.

 

Here is an 8 hour progress ( 8 hours total ever welding in TIG ) of my TIG skills (not much ), https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1529129 get a good machine, do some reading and practice practice practice