Subject: Re: Neophyte needs advice

From: [email-masked]
Date: 4 Dec 1996 14:43:04 GMT

Check with your local high scool continuing/adult ed program. A high
school near me (Evanston, IL) offers a welding class. After three
entertaining evenings learning how many ways there are are to blow oneself
up with an acetylene tank, etc. the instructor turns you loose. Once you
can lay doen a decent bead, anything goes. About half the class is art
guys like myself. 

You can often experiment with stick, torch, mig, even tig techniques, and
determine what works best for you. Plus, in my situation, there's a full
metal shop we have access to. For four bucks an hour, you can't beat it.

As a recent thread touchingly pointed out, such opportunities are
vanishing, but they so still exist in places. Get out there and support
them. 

--Randy Mosher

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From: [email-masked] (Fitch R. Williams)
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 06:34:33 GMT

"Brent Williams" <[email-masked]> wrote:

>I am a graphic designer that would like to do some sculpture that requires
>some light welding. Are there books that could get me started? Where else
>might I get instruction in metal work without going throug a complete
>machinists course? Any help is welcome, Thanx in advance....B.

The Lincoln Electric published book I mentioned to you in my
E-mail is the "Procedural Handbook of Arc Welding".
Wonderful book on electric welding.

Fitch
I write these off line - just before I got back on I noticed
my E-mail reply didn't make it, couldn't understand all the
header to find out why.