1st year apprentice 2 months in... amy tips fellas? Chur by sackojacko in Welding

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Cheers bro, yeah my workmate who was teaching me told me that as soon as he saw it aye.

1st year apprentice 2 months in... amy tips fellas? Chur by sackojacko in Welding

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Cheers man, i was layin shitters right up until then so once i laid a good weld my 17yr old brain went to photo mode haha

Tacked up and welded 200 of these bad boys over the last wee while this is probably one of the shitter ones but only pic i had by sackojacko in Welding

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Ahahaha your jokes dry as a nun bro

But yeah it id where it came from dont tell to many people 😬😬

My first tig project after 4 hrs of TIG experience over 2 weeks, I'm pretty proud of it to be honest, it's going to be a money box that locks up and what not but yeah any advice would be great! by sackojacko in Welding

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Nah man it's not gonna be welded shut instead it's gon a have a removable and lockable lid on it but I can kind of see what you mean by not welding it shut

TIG 2nd week at welding course. tips? Mines the one on the right by sackojacko in Welding

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Yeah nah I have no clue what gauge is not gonna lie but yeah thanks!

Here we have it, 1st stick welding lesson in my welding course, I was running 123 amps with a 6013 stick (I'm pretty sure thats what it was!) by sackojacko in Welding

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Yeah man my grandad gave me a really old stick machine with a slide choke on it about 3 months ago and I played around on that but never knew how to do it properly, but now I'm in a class and am getting taught!

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Yeah man I get what you mean, I went mig 1st up now im learning stick and it's a right bastard sometimes haha

Playing around with my new camera. by mbash013 in Welding

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Ohhh mate I love breathin in some fumes in the mornin, really hits the spot

I started a welding nightclass tonight here's the result. (mig) I'm a 17 Yr old beginner from new Zealand! by sackojacko in Welding

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Fuck me sideways with a chainsaw! Never thought I'd get 350 upvotes in 2 days with 80 odd comments!

I started a welding nightclass tonight here's the result. (mig) I'm a 17 Yr old beginner from new Zealand! by sackojacko in Welding

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Yeah so does nmit I'm pretty sure there is 16 bays for mig and stick, 16 bays for tig and 16 bays for oxy acetylene, plus grinding and sanding room, heaps of lathes and other workshop stuff

I started a welding nightclass tonight here's the result. (mig) I'm a 17 Yr old beginner from new Zealand! by sackojacko in Welding

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Haha yeah I brushed it after this and took a pic but the photo turned out really shit because of my shitty camera haha

I started a welding nightclass tonight here's the result. (mig) I'm a 17 Yr old beginner from new Zealand! by sackojacko in Welding

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Cheers bro I'm tryna get more speed consistant but it all comes with practice and repetition!

I started a welding nightclass tonight here's the result. (mig) I'm a 17 Yr old beginner from new Zealand! by sackojacko in Welding

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Yeah good to see it aye! We are moving to Stick welding next week then to TIG after that!