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mentalcorsa
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4th Dec 04 at 23:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
as above cheers
BeArDy
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night school at collage but for someone to show you takes 10mins its all about practice.

i can weld most things now a days, just getting my head around tig welding will ally (i find Tig welding alot easyer and tidyer)
Marc
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Ask me very nicely

Marc
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I must point out that the City & Guilds courses 201 and 229 are being discontinued soon.
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all the best welders i know have all been shown off there dads and praticed
Dave
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Hire/buy a welder, get some metal and have a go. Best way to learn something like that is from your own mistakes.
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaDave
Hire/buy a welder, get some metal and have a go. Best way to learn something like that is from your own mistakes.


defo as at the end of the day its your hand holding the welding torch, if needs be get a book and then go for it
hire a welded about £15 a day
mentalcorsa
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ive got access to a welder just dotn have a clue what i need what i gotta do etc , 1 of the reasons i just wanna learn welding 2nd uncles got really bad cancer and aint got long left , hes build acar from scratch almost and jsut needs a few bits doing , he carnt any mroe so im gonna finish it for him
CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaDave
Hire/buy a welder, get some metal and have a go. Best way to learn something like that is from your own mistakes.


What he said ^
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a bloke from stanners (the make of our welders) came and demonstrated a plasma cutter, dad wants to by one they r so cooool, but we r havin loads of oncrete put on at the mo so i am not allowed one to play with

had to make sum puller legs to take my steerin wheel off today ad all our ones are designed for trucks.

also made a alloy playe to cover the hole where the ashtray was and put my neon switch in it, and i get paid for it, mwhahahaha.
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moral of the story - - - - get a plasma cutter.

and yeah weldin is all bout practice
CorsAsh
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I made my own wheel puller too, sod payin £15 for something I'll prob only use once
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well i kept hearin the vaux ones fit crap and dont work that well
Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by loo_goblin
moral of the story - - - - get a plasma cutter.

 
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