Hope you enjoyed this episode! Be sure to check out the free resources to learn to TIG weld here! DOWNLOAD MY PDF WORKBOOK HERE 👉 www.pacificarctigwelding.com/blog/how-to-tig-weld-aluminum-a-beginner-s-guide-workbook FREE ONLINE TIG WELDING CLASSES 👉 www.pacificarctigwelding.com/free-courses
Wow!! Amazing, brother. Well done. Your passion bleeds through to your channel and is the most comprehensive collection of materials I found not just on UA-cam but on the whole of the damn interwebs. I'm an automotive builder/ hobbyist/ enthusiast with a few drag racing cars. Work an office job by day, bodybuilder and automotive junky at night. Self-taught on mechanical and I LOVE LEARNING. I decided that welding and metal fab is my next target. You've taken a lot of the bite out of finding useful reference material in one cataloged location. Your articulation and communication are among the best of them. A genuine thank you for all you do!! SUBSCRIBED! 👍👌💪⚡️⚡️🙏 ... NOW, TIME TO START SHOPPING FOR MY NEW MACHINE!
After 25 years welding in industry and running my own welding business for 19, I started teaching high school welding this year and am experiencing all those things you describe. It’s like a whole new view of the thing I know so well and now I feel like I’m learning it at a deeper level as I learn to explain it to someone who knows little to nothing about it. I had turned down the opportunity to teach 3 times in the past and I am so glad I finally gave in. As an instructor, the most rewarding part is seeing your students put in a sweet bead knowing you were a part of that learning process. BTW, I have a recurring homework assignment that they watch UA-cam welding videos and come back to class with questions and your channel is on my recommended list.
I am just starting TIG welding myself, you have been a great teacher so far and your channel is a huge part of my TIG welding learning journey. But today, I will be sharing this video with my own students, not for the welding content but for the career pathway example you shared. So many of our youth are overwhelmed by choices as they start their own journeys. You provided a real, and authentic example of what a pathway to success looks like without packaging it in the same old, same old cookie cutter message that they are always fed. Thank you for sharing your story!
I quit a welding job today (new hire, 60 days in). The shop seemed really cool and high tech during my weld test and orientation, but once I was on board I realized the company had a tremendous stockpile of robot welded parts that needed refit/repair and my job was to spend all day grinding out those welds and replacing them. That in itself isn't so bad, but the contracts for those parts were overdue and "shit rolls down hill" so it's all my fault. Eff that
@@ErtsenPlayGames The parts coming off the robots take 3.5 hours of rework to complete on average (50ish units per day). For some reason it's more important to speed up rework than it is to fix the robots. Make it make sense
@@trailerpark187 It is such a bizarre business decision to produce junk parts knowing that you'll have to fix them later instead of spending some time to fix the actual problem. I don't understand the thought process.
Man you are great! I’ve been a welder/fabricator over 20years and I am still learning and love it. Your videos are helpful for the beginner and the old guy like me. Thanks for doing what you do!
Thank you Dusty, this explains everything. My father was a production welder for Electromotive. He taught me how to weld stick. I got into Mig and now I'm into Tig because of you. It's not easy to weld aluminium. I practice on a lot of scrap. I try to make my welds look good. You are an artist, It shows in your work. I find that clean and prep are the most important. You taught me that.
Dusty, i know exactly how this is. I was a farrier (horseshoer) for 35 years. I started doing horseshoe art a long time ago which evolved into full scrap metal art. Knowing that i was completely burned out of horseshoeing, i started on the path of aluminum welding two years ago with the thought of building and fabrication of aluminum components for farrier trucks and trailers. I took the leap of faith and pretty much gave most all of my horseshoeing business away to jump into the shop full time. My only regret is that i didn’t do this sooner. If it wasn’t for your videos and others like you, I wouldn’t have come this far in a short period of time. I have so much to learn but everyday it gets better
Love your passion for your craft. Super inspiring, and I know I'm not the only one who's benefitted tremendously from watching your videos. Thanks for doing what you do and pushing people to chase their dreams. Keep spreading the positivity!
Best of luck to you Dusty! Hard to believe you haven’t been at this u- tube thing full time given the amount of content and the layout of your instruction classes, very professional! I’m sure you’ll kill it being able to focus all your energies on it! As a lifelong learner I’m always trying to pick up new skills. Thanks to you and to other craftsmen I just purchased an everlast typhoon tig welder and look forward to taking your classes to get proficient and more with it! I’m really impressed with your metal sculptures/art and they have my mind exploding with art ideas to get my own online business going!
Dusty, I knew just a little bit of your story but so cool to hear "the rest of the story" LOL! Anyway believe it or not I'm 71 and just starting the TIG adventure. I've been MIG welding for about 10 years as my latent ambition was automotive restoration and light fab work and always had an insatiable curiosity with TIG. So just took delivery on a new TIG machine and compiling all the ancillary accessories that I've studied from the various UA-cam sources obviously including yours. Huge thanks for the education and your dedication!
came across this video from UA-cam algorithm. I'm glad I did, it's always nice finding someone who is passionate about what they are doing and willing to pass on that knowledge to grow the community. I subscribed!
Hey Dusty. I found you and your UA-cam during Covid Lockdown back in 2020 and whilst I had never tried Tig welding I wanted to do some kind of project with an old car or truck and build a rat rod. My son and I just bought a cheapie gasless Mig at first then I got a cheap and cheerful Stick, Tig and Plasma cut machine that only had DC Tig. My first mistake was getting the wrong gas I got C2 which was an argon CO2 mix . We started with that until I ran that out then went to straight Argon and our Tig instantly improved. I wish I had have known C2 was no good for TIG but a Mig gas only, but we all learn the hard way I guess. We have both played a lot and my son does quite a bit of welding at his job as a diesel Mechanic in heavy industry and Plant maintenance. Whilst you seem to focus a lot on Alloy (Aluminium as us Aussies call it) I have found many of your tips and tricks extremely helpful even though we are only playing with steel. I also looked at some of your online classes you had but could not see that you did any steel classes. I realise most of the techniques are similar however as a DC only Tig and DCEN machine Is there some material you have that I can look at that covers Steel Tig welding. Your teaching method is very good and you make things clear. Whilst I have looked at a number of other channels Yours is one of the better ones out there. I dont have access to a school here that just teaches interested learners , the Trade schools here only take apprentice or students that work in the industries, and the courses are very expensive and run every second week of the month. I only want to learn what I need for car restoration and minor fabrication. I am nearing retirement ant 62 YO. and just want to get a better handle on the TIG side for steel. I have been looking at a few other sites like weld.com, the fabrication series with Justin and a number of Fabricator channels that focus on car build, Kal Fisher from Make it Kustom , Fitzees Fabrication , Bad Chad Hiltz. Arron from Grage Fab and quite a few others. Love your Random act of Kindness ethos also. Tuning in From Australia. Cheers Michael
thanks Dusty. very inspirational video....I think it is one of your best. (not on the technical tig welding, but on the encouragement aspects) great job!!!
Hello from Russia, love your channel and your videos they really help me and I watch some vids more than five times. I love how you doing your job its fantastic, best of luck to you and thanks for your work.
Man I needed to hear this today and feel the same as others that commented just scared of failing and giving up my pension job but I know in my heart and soul I can do better and and help others on my own terms. Thanks Dusty you inspire me like Jesse James does \m/
Great bio!! Always interesting to hear why and where, love the channel and hope great success in this new endeavor, my guess is your going to do awesome 🤙🏼
I can relate, and at my age I need to have a side gig. My ESAB 215ic took me only so far. For ac tig starters I bought the YESwelder 200 with a foot pedal, props to Dusty for that.
Congratulations, it’s definitely a nervous time in a person’s life when you start a new direction but you seem to have the right mindset and drive to succeed 👍🏼👍🏼 I really enjoy watching your videos and I learn from them, thanks.
This has to be the craziest occurrence. This is the first video of yours I’ve ever seen. Similar background to me. Self taught welder from highschool age. Got decent at MIG and TIG but never had an opportunity to stick weld. Started working at a rock quarry and the only process they have are stick welders. Self taught that as well, kinda trial by fire, now 7 years later I am tasked with training all the new guys with fabrication and stick welding. Now I feel like I want to take a leap of faith in doing something new with welding but idk what. Some people close to me tell me I should do UA-cam or mobile repair on my own. It’s like this video is a calling for me to do something new and exciting.
ive trained a good many people while working at shops . ive thought about it for a while to start a welding channel .what i have learned over my 24 years as a combination welder. the fundamental stay the same but every person holds a rig a little different an angels an a little change in degrees can an will change so much in a weld.tig welding is such a fun art to learn
That's wild! Back in the mid/late 90s, my schooling also included: 1: Computer Visual Arts & Digital Imaging. 2: Film & Digital Photography. 3: Photo/Video Editing. 4: Sequence in Art, 5: Mechanical Drafting / Blueprinting. 6: Metal/Wood Shop w/ Arc, MIG, and O/A After a few years out of school and accumulating all of the tools/supplies, I broke out on my own.. Every local shop proved to be an absolute revolving door of complete jokes w/ severely lacking skills, and the higher-ups were clueless. So much for working for them Or even 'sub-contracting' for them.. I opened up a few custom-shops over the years, and killed it. [I did 100% Custom work - which was/is my specialty, as well as body/paint work, installs, etc.] TV shows: I remember Monster Garage, Robot Wars, Biker Build Offs [that a few friends were on..] Those were always a blast for seeing what everyone else was up to, doing, and/or at least trying to do. In my case, I already had a lifetime riding bmx/street/ramp on bikes, so also made custom bmx parts.. [Years later, that craze picked up Big-Time] Lots of people went into BMX frame/component production, including some friends who started the FBM bike co., etc. Designers/Fabbers/Welders had a Blast! [/ramble] 🤘😁
That's one thing I put on all of my applications. Job applications is I enjoy working for a company that likes to see their employees continue to get educated. Learn new things, try new things and keep the job interesting and unrepetitive something like that because I've worked at shops where you're just doing the same thing over and over again and it's boring and it's lame and you get aggravated. If you work at a decent shop where it's a lot of different stuff, it's it's constantly different. It's way more to learn, especially if you have a guy you work with that has a ton of experience. It's it's an amazing experience, but if you're just doing line work, we are just the same thing. It's not worth it man. If you're if you're in a job or you're not learning something new, you're wasting your time.
Man! Just visually brushing up on stuff before going back to school. Spied the frame and it's baby and the Odyssey sticker, SUBSCRIBED! Hell yeah! 🤘 You say B.C.? Do you remember Basic bikes?
That scared but pulled feeling I know what you mean, I was very afraid of horses until 5 years ago a few friends at work kept trying to talk me into trying a trail ride, part of me was really scared of them the other part of me was curious why people would like something like that. The curiosity and my gut said do it or regret it. I tried ended up liking it, then went on for riding lessons for five years now. Like 8 years ago welding scared me but wanted to make something, got tired of asking for coworkers to make something for me, got a little flux core machine, then a stick machine, ended up with a demo cheap TIG machine but had little idea how to use it ended up taking a TIG class at work, maybe eventually I'll go for an AWS level 1 just for heck of it. TIG is neat and quite versatile but its a bit slow and tedious after a while, all the welders I messed with at work I think my favorite was dual shield flux core.
At the point in my welding career where I no longer want to "work for the man" but also terrified and overwhelmed at the thought of running a business. I think that's a sign that it just ain't the right time yet
It will never be the right time if that’s what you tell yourself. If you don’t want to jump off the high dive waddle in through the shallow end. Assemble some equipment and try your own stuff nights and weekends. It don’t have to be welding. Even if you’re messing around with some angle grinders and an Omni pro on saturdays and sundays it will tell you if you want to continue a welding business on your own.
As someone that's made the leap to working for yourself, it's not for the faint heart. It definitely is rewarding and I would never go back. But also I would caution you to be sure you have plenty of runway as far as money in the bank and make sure it's something you really want to do. If you can keep your regular job and build up your business as much as possible that does a few things. You get you a serious amount of cushion when you do make the leap and it also makes sure you like what you're doing.
@@scrapmanindustries yea I've absolutely thought about doing side jobs out of my garage, but I know I would eventually want to take that further. That's the point where I would be unsure of what to do...lease a space, hire people, bills bills bills? I'll get there eventually. For now, I just know that I don't want to be working for somebody else making a wage for the rest of my life 😆
I want to become a welder. I can either go to school or join the pipefitters union. Should i go to my local community college and take welding and then try to get a job or should i just go into the piepfitters union? I really feel lost on what would be a better financial decision for the future as a career.
Hope you enjoyed this episode! Be sure to check out the free resources to learn to TIG weld here!
DOWNLOAD MY PDF WORKBOOK HERE 👉 www.pacificarctigwelding.com/blog/how-to-tig-weld-aluminum-a-beginner-s-guide-workbook
FREE ONLINE TIG WELDING CLASSES 👉 www.pacificarctigwelding.com/free-courses
Wow!! Amazing, brother. Well done. Your passion bleeds through to your channel and is the most comprehensive collection of materials I found not just on UA-cam but on the whole of the damn interwebs. I'm an automotive builder/ hobbyist/ enthusiast with a few drag racing cars. Work an office job by day, bodybuilder and automotive junky at night. Self-taught on mechanical and I LOVE LEARNING. I decided that welding and metal fab is my next target. You've taken a lot of the bite out of finding useful reference material in one cataloged location. Your articulation and communication are among the best of them. A genuine thank you for all you do!! SUBSCRIBED! 👍👌💪⚡️⚡️🙏 ... NOW, TIME TO START SHOPPING FOR MY NEW MACHINE!
After 25 years welding in industry and running my own welding business for 19, I started teaching high school welding this year and am experiencing all those things you describe. It’s like a whole new view of the thing I know so well and now I feel like I’m learning it at a deeper level as I learn to explain it to someone who knows little to nothing about it. I had turned down the opportunity to teach 3 times in the past and I am so glad I finally gave in. As an instructor, the most rewarding part is seeing your students put in a sweet bead knowing you were a part of that learning process. BTW, I have a recurring homework assignment that they watch UA-cam welding videos and come back to class with questions and your channel is on my recommended list.
I am just starting TIG welding myself, you have been a great teacher so far and your channel is a huge part of my TIG welding learning journey.
But today, I will be sharing this video with my own students, not for the welding content but for the career pathway example you shared. So many of our youth are overwhelmed by choices as they start their own journeys. You provided a real, and authentic example of what a pathway to success looks like without packaging it in the same old, same old cookie cutter message that they are always fed. Thank you for sharing your story!
I quit a welding job today (new hire, 60 days in). The shop seemed really cool and high tech during my weld test and orientation, but once I was on board I realized the company had a tremendous stockpile of robot welded parts that needed refit/repair and my job was to spend all day grinding out those welds and replacing them. That in itself isn't so bad, but the contracts for those parts were overdue and "shit rolls down hill" so it's all my fault. Eff that
😢 its sad things like that still happens mostly because of bad management etc
Company like that will sooner or later go bankrupt
@@ErtsenPlayGames The parts coming off the robots take 3.5 hours of rework to complete on average (50ish units per day). For some reason it's more important to speed up rework than it is to fix the robots. Make it make sense
Lots of companies think robots are the answer. But they don't realize the bot don't fix it F ups. They need s full time employee just to fix trash.
@@trailerpark187 It is such a bizarre business decision to produce junk parts knowing that you'll have to fix them later instead of spending some time to fix the actual problem. I don't understand the thought process.
@@Stop_Gooning they need a robot who can repair the weld of the first robot
Thanks!
Man you are great! I’ve been a welder/fabricator over 20years and I am still learning and love it. Your videos are helpful for the beginner and the old guy like me. Thanks for doing what you do!
Thank you Dusty, this explains everything. My father was a production welder for Electromotive. He taught me how to weld stick. I got into Mig and now I'm into Tig because of you. It's not easy to weld aluminium. I practice on a lot of scrap. I try to make my welds look good. You are an artist, It shows in your work. I find that clean and prep are the most important. You taught me that.
Dusty, i know exactly how this is. I was a farrier (horseshoer) for 35 years. I started doing horseshoe art a long time ago which evolved into full scrap metal art. Knowing that i was completely burned out of horseshoeing, i started on the path of aluminum welding two years ago with the thought of building and fabrication of aluminum components for farrier trucks and trailers. I took the leap of faith and pretty much gave most all of my horseshoeing business away to jump into the shop full time. My only regret is that i didn’t do this sooner. If it wasn’t for your videos and others like you, I wouldn’t have come this far in a short period of time. I have so much to learn but everyday it gets better
Love your passion for your craft. Super inspiring, and I know I'm not the only one who's benefitted tremendously from watching your videos. Thanks for doing what you do and pushing people to chase their dreams. Keep spreading the positivity!
This is why your videos look so professional . Thanks, Dusty. Appreciate it.
10:36 time to stick the sausage in the blender- it calls to me!
But really, you're the #1 instructor i had when I started welding 2 years ago.
You are truly an artist with a great mindset 👊
Best of luck to you Dusty! Hard to believe you haven’t been at this u- tube thing full time given the amount of content and the layout of your instruction classes, very professional! I’m sure you’ll kill it being able to focus all your energies on it! As a lifelong learner I’m always trying to pick up new skills. Thanks to you and to other craftsmen I just purchased an everlast typhoon tig welder and look forward to taking your classes to get proficient and more with it! I’m really impressed with your metal sculptures/art and they have my mind exploding with art ideas to get my own online business going!
Dusty, I knew just a little bit of your story but so cool to hear "the rest of the story" LOL! Anyway believe it or not I'm 71 and just starting the TIG adventure. I've been MIG welding for about 10 years as my latent ambition was automotive restoration and light fab work and always had an insatiable curiosity with TIG. So just took delivery on a new TIG machine and compiling all the ancillary accessories that I've studied from the various UA-cam sources obviously including yours. Huge thanks for the education and your dedication!
Just cool to hear your last 20 year journey
came across this video from UA-cam algorithm. I'm glad I did, it's always nice finding someone who is passionate about what they are doing and willing to pass on that knowledge to grow the community. I subscribed!
By the way, this is literally the first time I’ve ever commented/shared on any social media….ya got me!🤙🏼
Well then, I'm going to be the first to troll you because that seems to be what people do in comment sections. You suck! 😄
Hey Dusty.
I found you and your UA-cam during Covid Lockdown back in 2020 and whilst I had never tried Tig welding I wanted to do some kind of project with an old car or truck and build a rat rod.
My son and I just bought a cheapie gasless Mig at first then I got a cheap and cheerful Stick, Tig and Plasma cut machine that only had DC Tig. My first mistake was getting the wrong gas I got C2 which was an argon CO2 mix . We started with that until I ran that out then went to straight Argon and our Tig instantly improved.
I wish I had have known C2 was no good for TIG but a Mig gas only, but we all learn the hard way I guess.
We have both played a lot and my son does quite a bit of welding at his job as a diesel Mechanic in heavy industry and Plant maintenance.
Whilst you seem to focus a lot on Alloy (Aluminium as us Aussies call it) I have found many of your tips and tricks extremely helpful even though we are only playing with steel.
I also looked at some of your online classes you had but could not see that you did any steel classes.
I realise most of the techniques are similar however as a DC only Tig and DCEN machine Is there some material you have that I can look at that covers Steel Tig welding.
Your teaching method is very good and you make things clear.
Whilst I have looked at a number of other channels Yours is one of the better ones out there. I dont have access to a school here that just teaches interested learners , the Trade schools here only take apprentice or students that work in the industries, and the courses are very expensive and run every second week of the month. I only want to learn what I need for car restoration and minor fabrication.
I am nearing retirement ant 62 YO. and just want to get a better handle on the TIG side for steel.
I have been looking at a few other sites like weld.com, the fabrication series with Justin and a number of Fabricator channels that focus on car build, Kal Fisher from Make it Kustom , Fitzees Fabrication , Bad Chad Hiltz. Arron from Grage Fab and quite a few others.
Love your Random act of Kindness ethos also.
Tuning in From Australia.
Cheers Michael
thanks Dusty. very inspirational video....I think it is one of your best. (not on the technical tig welding, but on the encouragement aspects) great job!!!
but to be clear, I think your technical tig welding videos are great too.
Hello from Russia, love your channel and your videos they really help me and I watch some vids more than five times. I love how you doing your job its fantastic, best of luck to you and thanks for your work.
Man I needed to hear this today and feel the same as others that commented just scared of failing and giving up my pension job but I know in my heart and soul I can do better and and help others on my own terms. Thanks Dusty you inspire me like Jesse James does \m/
Government job?
The only reason why I’m still burning and fitting is because of the pension. It’s not just a 401k either.
Excellent advice! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Dusty appreciate all your videos
I’ve have learned a lot watching you over the years, so thank you for that.
I love your work. I want to take your course soon.
Glad you did, you have taught us so much. ❤
Great bio!! Always interesting to hear why and where, love the channel and hope great success in this new endeavor, my guess is your going to do awesome 🤙🏼
I can relate, and at my age I need to have a side gig. My ESAB 215ic took me only so far. For ac tig starters I bought the YESwelder 200 with a foot pedal, props to Dusty for that.
Congratulations, it’s definitely a nervous time in a person’s life when you start a new direction but you seem to have the right mindset and drive to succeed 👍🏼👍🏼 I really enjoy watching your videos and I learn from them, thanks.
Great story! Thanks for sharing.
This has to be the craziest occurrence. This is the first video of yours I’ve ever seen. Similar background to me. Self taught welder from highschool age. Got decent at MIG and TIG but never had an opportunity to stick weld. Started working at a rock quarry and the only process they have are stick welders. Self taught that as well, kinda trial by fire, now 7 years later I am tasked with training all the new guys with fabrication and stick welding. Now I feel like I want to take a leap of faith in doing something new with welding but idk what. Some people close to me tell me I should do UA-cam or mobile repair on my own. It’s like this video is a calling for me to do something new and exciting.
Great story! Keep up the great content! 👌👍
ive trained a good many people while working at shops . ive thought about it for a while to start a welding channel .what i have learned over my 24 years as a combination welder. the fundamental stay the same but every person holds a rig a little different an angels an a little change in degrees can an will change so much in a weld.tig welding is such a fun art to learn
That's wild! Back in the mid/late 90s, my schooling also included:
1: Computer Visual Arts & Digital Imaging. 2: Film & Digital Photography. 3: Photo/Video Editing.
4: Sequence in Art, 5: Mechanical Drafting / Blueprinting. 6: Metal/Wood Shop w/ Arc, MIG, and O/A
After a few years out of school and accumulating all of the tools/supplies, I broke out on my own..
Every local shop proved to be an absolute revolving door of complete jokes w/ severely lacking skills,
and the higher-ups were clueless. So much for working for them Or even 'sub-contracting' for them..
I opened up a few custom-shops over the years, and killed it.
[I did 100% Custom work - which was/is my specialty, as well as body/paint work, installs, etc.]
TV shows: I remember Monster Garage, Robot Wars, Biker Build Offs [that a few friends were on..]
Those were always a blast for seeing what everyone else was up to, doing, and/or at least trying to do.
In my case, I already had a lifetime riding bmx/street/ramp on bikes, so also made custom bmx parts..
[Years later, that craze picked up Big-Time] Lots of people went into BMX frame/component production, including some friends who started the FBM bike co., etc. Designers/Fabbers/Welders had a Blast!
[/ramble]
🤘😁
That's one thing I put on all of my applications. Job applications is I enjoy working for a company that likes to see their employees continue to get educated. Learn new things, try new things and keep the job interesting and unrepetitive something like that because I've worked at shops where you're just doing the same thing over and over again and it's boring and it's lame and you get aggravated. If you work at a decent shop where it's a lot of different stuff, it's it's constantly different. It's way more to learn, especially if you have a guy you work with that has a ton of experience. It's it's an amazing experience, but if you're just doing line work, we are just the same thing. It's not worth it man. If you're if you're in a job or you're not learning something new, you're wasting your time.
Thank you for all you do for us! 😊
Super vidéo ( comme d'habitude ).
Merci Dusty pour tout ce que tu fais pour les débutants.👏👏👏👏
Man! Just visually brushing up on stuff before going back to school. Spied the frame and it's baby and the Odyssey sticker, SUBSCRIBED! Hell yeah! 🤘 You say B.C.? Do you remember Basic bikes?
Thank you!
As the saying goes "If you really want to learn something, teach it to others."
good luck!
That scared but pulled feeling I know what you mean, I was very afraid of horses until 5 years ago a few friends at work kept trying to talk me into trying a trail ride, part of me was really scared of them the other part of me was curious why people would like something like that. The curiosity and my gut said do it or regret it. I tried ended up liking it, then went on for riding lessons for five years now.
Like 8 years ago welding scared me but wanted to make something, got tired of asking for coworkers to make something for me, got a little flux core machine, then a stick machine, ended up with a demo cheap TIG machine but had little idea how to use it ended up taking a TIG class at work, maybe eventually I'll go for an AWS level 1 just for heck of it. TIG is neat and quite versatile but its a bit slow and tedious after a while, all the welders I messed with at work I think my favorite was dual shield flux core.
Hi Dusty, keep up the good work! Owen
At the point in my welding career where I no longer want to "work for the man" but also terrified and overwhelmed at the thought of running a business. I think that's a sign that it just ain't the right time yet
It will never be the right time if that’s what you tell yourself. If you don’t want to jump off the high dive waddle in through the shallow end. Assemble some equipment and try your own stuff nights and weekends. It don’t have to be welding. Even if you’re messing around with some angle grinders and an Omni pro on saturdays and sundays it will tell you if you want to continue a welding business on your own.
As someone that's made the leap to working for yourself, it's not for the faint heart. It definitely is rewarding and I would never go back. But also I would caution you to be sure you have plenty of runway as far as money in the bank and make sure it's something you really want to do. If you can keep your regular job and build up your business as much as possible that does a few things. You get you a serious amount of cushion when you do make the leap and it also makes sure you like what you're doing.
@@scrapmanindustries yea I've absolutely thought about doing side jobs out of my garage, but I know I would eventually want to take that further. That's the point where I would be unsure of what to do...lease a space, hire people, bills bills bills? I'll get there eventually. For now, I just know that I don't want to be working for somebody else making a wage for the rest of my life 😆
0:06 is that a Billabong tshirt? my man
This was beautiful.
Thank you.
Gd story boss! Glad your happy
very good dude..very good. greetings from italy!
I really like your videos. I have a Lotos LTP200D (red) and I was wondering if I can weld aluminum with it. Thanks for the great videos.
Around the 8:45 mark... 20 years of experience, top man in the shop, and "I really wasn't making that much money." There's the problem, right there.
Love your videos any chance you could make one with mig aluminum welding
I want to become a welder. I can either go to school or join the pipefitters union. Should i go to my local community college and take welding and then try to get a job or should i just go into the piepfitters union? I really feel lost on what would be a better financial decision for the future as a career.
Monster gurage got me started 2
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I need help..
I just can't see what I'm doing??? Bad Helmet?
I think most of the people I know under age 40 that are welders started as artists.
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"Hello, hiring authorities? yes - I'd like to report a job hopper ..."
thought you could slip one past me? nice try.
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Follow your passion.jobs will always be there.