Thanks for the advice and the wishes. Yea I plan on waiting to buy my own welder until I know for sure whats good, whats not, whats cheap (both $$ an quality) and whats a good product. Yea I think I did the right thing choosing this profession. I wish I had started last year. I intended to get into ...

Hey Russell. The course is going good soo far, I think. Few days of safety videos and intro and all that jazz. Then he showed us the shop, how to set up, and then gave us an assignment and sent us to do our thing. I signed up for the entire diploma program, but you can just take any portion for a ce...

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Thanks for the warm welcome Steve. Cool, most days I'm a night-owl so I can appreciate a 3am response. I was up til' 4am yesterday (today) just surfin the net.

Hi all! So I'm completely new to welding. Last week I started the Welding and Joining program at Gwinnett technical College, and will receive a diploma upon completion. I was in the Navy for a little over 9 years as a "Master at Arms" law enforcement specialist, and got burnt out on that c...