I'm a semi-experienced welder - far from an expert. My roomies have a 13 year old son who wants to learn to weld. He's smart enough, but has a short span of attention - it's probably not going to help to put a book in his hands. I want him to understand some theory before he starts blasting uncontrolled bursts of 220V stick all over my welding table. Any videos that you would recommend for this? None of the libraries in my area have much of anything for welding books, and there aren't any videos at all.
I plan to start him on my 220V AC stick welder, so he can learn the basics, but I'll let him try MIG once he's able to make clean welds with the more difficult stick.
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Re: Welding videos, I'm teaching a 13 year old
Hit youtube.
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I think you should start him off with the MIG and skip the stick completely.
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That's what I was thinking too. But why not teach both. You never know when you need stick.
(38 years, and still haven't needed stick welding, LOL)
(38 years, and still haven't needed stick welding, LOL)
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Re: Welding videos, I'm teaching a 13 year old
I like the ARC idea, great place to start as it teaches how to make heat and add filler.
MIG doesn't teach that much beyond point and hope sticks. Much faster to get false skills and bad habits.
Start with Oxy-Acl, then ARC, and MIG will be a snap
MIG doesn't teach that much beyond point and hope sticks. Much faster to get false skills and bad habits.
Start with Oxy-Acl, then ARC, and MIG will be a snap
Yeah some may call it overkill, but you can't have too much overkill.
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Re: Welding videos, I'm teaching a 13 year old
If I still had my oxyacetylene torch, he'd be starting with that - IMHO you learn more about penetration, weld puddles, and how to avoid slag inclusion that way. However, I have the stick welder and the MIG to teach with, so they're what he'll learn. He may never want to use stick if he starts with MIG, like people who learn how to drive on an automatic transmission and never learn to use a stick shift. I'll spend some time combing YouTube for a place for him to start, but I was thinking of a full DVD so he could start out with theory, not just "here's what a good weld looks like, good luck trying to imitate it".
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