Hello. So I signed up for the forums because I've been watching Joes videos for a while and I had a few questions for you welders. I want to become a welder, either pipe or structural. I looked into welding school, but they are too far away and they are expensive. I can't afford it unfortunately. Given this info what's the best way to land a job?
A community college has some welding classes, but it's not a welding school. I'm going to take the classes to get all the experience I can. If I practice on my own and pass the tests for the kind of welds I would be doing would that be a good way to get my foot in the door and land a job?
Also out of curiosity, where would I be able to buy pipes with the bevel precut into them so I can practice root passes and all that? I dont have the means of making my own unfortunately.
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Nothing wrong with going to the cc, you'll learn to run beads and get to burn up more material then it costs to take the class. You can get pre beveled test pieces here (note: I've never personally used them so can't speak to quality)
http://triengonline.com/store/page2.html
http://triengonline.com/store/page2.html