Originally Posted by AF
I could use a course under my belt too. I can do basic tack welds, and I've done some arc welding (I suck at arc welding)

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for some reason i got the hang of it in a few min, laid beads on steel plate like i knew what i was doing. all i did was read up before i dug a 40 year old arc welder out of the garage and tried it. i was surprised after i knocked the slag off the beads how well it came out.