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Glen Complete noob from Utah 07-16-2013, 04:21 PM
DaveO Welcome, Glen! Good on ya for... 07-16-2013, 04:49 PM
Glen It's a community education... 07-16-2013, 04:58 PM
DaveO That sounds perfect-... 07-16-2013, 05:15 PM
Mr120 If you get a good instructor... 07-17-2013, 04:25 AM
Jason I too am a Software Engineer... 07-17-2013, 05:05 AM
m j mauer Welcome to the forum. 07-17-2013, 12:52 PM
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  1. Default Complete noob from Utah

    As you might notice from the join date, I've been lurking here off and on for quite awhile. I'm finally almost ready to buy a welder, but decided to take a welding course first. The classes start next month so I'm excited for that. Most likely buy a moderately priced everlast when I have a better handle on which type to get.

    I'm a computer programmer by day, have some basic woodworking tools(router, miter, table saw, sander, etc.), but have yet to do any work with metal. Love looking at some of the projects here. Hopefully I can do something half as good as those one day.

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    Welcome, Glen! Good on ya for taking a welding course- what kind of course is it? It would be great to get the exposure to different processes to help in the buy decision.
    DaveO
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    It's a community education course taught at nights. It's once a week at night for 4 hours for 8 weeks, so 32 hours total for $170 which includes the class + class materials. I don't have a lot of info on it, but none of the adult ed programs near my house did welding. It was all art stuff or woodworking. The description doesn't really get into much detail, but I heard it was good and they covered the different types.

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    That sounds perfect- reasonably priced, covers multiple processes. A lot depends on the instructor, but it sure could turn into some formal instruction with generous access to machines.
    DaveO
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glen View Post
    It's a community education course taught at nights. It's once a week at night for 4 hours for 8 weeks, so 32 hours total for $170 which includes the class + class materials. I don't have a lot of info on it, but none of the adult ed programs near my house did welding. It was all art stuff or woodworking. The description doesn't really get into much detail, but I heard it was good and they covered the different types.
    If you get a good instructor you can't go wrong at that price. Even being able to practice on your own will give you a better feel for what welder you will want to get.

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    I too am a Software Engineer currently and have experience in wood working and construction. I learned welding and auto work along with metal working as a hobby. My education is actually Networking and Information Technology but yet I ended up as a Software Engineer building DLP solutions... I would think that you will catch on quickly.
    Jason
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jason View Post
    I too am a Software Engineer currently and have experience in wood working and construction. I learned welding and auto work along with metal working as a hobby. My education is actually Networking and Information Technology but yet I ended up as a Software Engineer building DLP solutions... I would think that you will catch on quickly.
    Must be something about software engineering that makes welding attractive. Woodworking too apparently for that matter. Maybe the creative side of things? Yeah, I think you'll do very well.

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    Welcome to the forum.
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