Hey man I appreciate your knowledge and I been doing flux core for about 6years on little projects. Now yes I'm in school and it's going pretty good so far as learning how to weld. I'm what y'all might call a late bloomer. I'm forty making a career change because I can't worry about the past would've and could've. Ain't no time like now! So thanks for sharing man. Looking forward to the video.
@ RoLdHaR, I'm 51 been a farrier for 30 yrs. One more school year hear at the college and I'll have my cert in multi process. Practicing now for 1" vertical up and overhead unlimited. So keep on it you have some time.
I’m 43 and a high school dropout, been welding for 10 years. 3 1/2 years ago I decided to attend a community college code welding program on a part time basis. In the fall is my last semester. So it seems your getting on the boat I’m about to exit. Welding school has cleared up a bunch of misconceptions I had, and was told about welding. I feel I have learned more about welding in the last 3 1/2 years than the 7 years I welded before that. One thing about welding school, all instructors are not equal. If the instructor is not pushing you and checking your progress, chose another until you get a good one. Some of them are only there to collect a pay check and do very little as far as your advancement goes. Make sure your instructor can do the weld he is asking you to do, by showing you, and if they show you and weld like an inch or 2. That’s not enough, make them do more, don’t waste time your paying for. The best instructor at my school does a hands on lecture every day, and pushes me aside when I’m doing crap welds, and lays down a good portion of weld to show me my errors. Lastly, you won’t learn to weld if you spend only 2 1/2 hours twice a week when attending a welding program, you must put in overtime. Good luck in your welding program.
Everyone that does a beginner setup video shows build a dedicated truck. When you are trying to get in the business and still work another job I feel like a trailer setup might be better. You can tow it with a light pickup that you still use as your every day driver and customize however you want once you start making profit you can build a dedicated welding rig
He is spot on!! I took my time and found majority of my tools between OfferUp and Craigslist…I came out pretty good and kept some coins in my pocket. I’m in an area where there are 3 huge shipyards and folks are always selling equipment…I prefer to buy things out right so I own and not have the worry of owing anybody anything.
Im soon to branch out and start my career as a rig welder slowly but surely i hope and will make it im located in riverside ca. been watching you since you started youtube and damn uve come a long way. I currently do some out calls and incalls but now that im getting a newer reliable truck ill be limitless FINALLY
Welds leads can be had for cheap on marketplace sometimes depending on your area but personally if you have the cash I’d invest in 150 foot of stinger and ground. More expensive but there’s been quite a few times that 125 has screwed me and there was no way to get the truck any closer. Just my .02
We have a Ranger 225 and it works. I prefer the preditor generator and omnipro 220. The omnipro pushes around 5-7lb of .035 a day. I can load the preditor and omnipro buy myself. The Ranger needs a hoist or it's tied to a vehicle for the whole project.
I’m 14 and i just got my first job luckily it’s for a friend and I have a very portable welder but by the time I’m 16 I’m hoping to have a welding rig probably a shitty one but for the next two years I’m gonna work my ass off and save my money to buy the stuff I need 😂
@@wadewilde5456 ehh not great I’ve had to fix a bunch of my four wheelers and life kinda punched me in the face so welding is on the back burner right now
Good vid ! Only in my opinion and it’s not tule of thumb I’d go to school for welding at least a year Break out go out as a welder and take different jobs . Field, Shop , Shipyard pipe , plate vessel, heat exchanger , pipe shops You will learn something at everyone of those place that will build character and skill And become well rounded
I started my welding business in 1979. I bought nothing but used equipment for years. Later, I branched out to doing hydraulic repair. My current rig is a F550 with a Miller 325 efi, pto driven air compressor, 4 ton chain, and Smith torch set. The one thing I would add is getting 2 plus million in insurance. Some companies will require more than that.
Hey, how's it going? I appreciate all the content you've been putting. Out, we need to get this younger generation into the trades I've been welding for 20 years and stepped away, but I'm getting back into the wild industry because, in a year and 6 months from now it's going to be on fire. They will not find enough welders for the jobs. That are opening up.
I'm in Las Vegas, and a buddy of mine are trying to figure out how to start a mobile welding Co. Truck, machine, Ln is what I need. I have everything else.
So now your a member of the tailgate sasquatch club. Joined several years ago running into the gooseneck trailer. So you tell your friends the Sasguatch came at night and smashed it.
You should already know what you’re doing for the most part, it’s all good trying to start and learn as you go, but if you don’t have basic fab skills and know how to weld well I wouldn’t start my own business
I highly suggest working for a fab shop or a structural company for a few years. There’s so much more to being a welder than just welding. I’ve been doing it full time for almost a decade and about 20% of my day is welding. You’re going to make plenty of mistakes while learning, why not get consistently and reliably paid while learning.
@@Hardstyler981 I recommend anything Hypertherm. I would buy the biggest one your machine can run. That will probably be a 45 or a 65. I run a 105 on my truck and I can sever cut 3” steel.
You can run ANY tool that has brushes on DC. These motors are called universal motors. Almost all vacuums are brushed motors, chop saws, grinders, anything that needs a butt load of power fast and hard. Never met an air compressor with a universal motor. Don't do that or you will burn up the motor and risk the welder as well. Anything with a transformer like a radio won't work. I have never checked switching power supplies like the newer cell phone chargers but I think those would be OK because they work differently than most other transformer type power supplies.
If you're going to do structural work out of a rig you need a suitcase and some c02 and your off to the races. You're behind the 8ball without a feeder in the structural game.
Man, le diste recisimo a la puerta de la ram, durísimo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 cosas que pasan, varias veces ya hemos reparado las nuestras de varios golpes diferentes, están trabajando así que eso puede pasar.
Get ready, younger generation us. Old-timers can't stick around forever. We got about 10 maybe 15 years left and 60% of us will be out of the working force retiring.
@@TheWeldLab Dewalt D28715 the one you showed looks like it. But I’ve ran some band saw from Milwaukee that is ac/dc as well with no issues on the ol girl.
Hey brotha, names bowman, looking to get into welding myself for a career, wanting to learn more trades, become more of a wekder fabricator in sorts, I can't stop learning about this trade, and I need to get out of my shitty job so I can put my family in a higher spot, just like everybody else, im just ready to get on that money and not stop, I want to learn so much, any information I can further look into your school?
I’ve seen guys using a trailer. It’s nice if you don’t have the money for a 2nd vehicle. You can drop the trailer when you’re done for the day. Plus it you mount the welder up a few inches on a bracket. You can fit longer pieces of plate, angle, whatever in side
I do , as it costs me approximately $110 of fuel in my machine for a 10 hour day which would be out of my pocket if I didn’t include that in my consumables cost. Sometimes I charge for travel time/fuel if it’s more than an hour drive.
Don’t understand in America why everything is stick welded, here in the uk everything is mig welded unless it really has to, like out in a field with a break down with farm equipment but it’s usually done with little petrol generator welders not these big diesel ones. Literally stick welding is never done here at all don’t understand this bollocks of yanks thinking stick welding is stronger, it’s just inefficient and slow
Basically this is how most young people think and it’s the truth they want a new truck brand new with all the bells and whistles cause they wanna look like ballers and they end up going bankrupt I seen it happen
