Welding Tips and Tricks

How do you stay sharp? Went through 4 months of school to learn tig welding. I try to practice atleast 6 to 8 hours a week. My primary job at work is NOT tig welding. Sometimes a job comes around and I can't find my ass from a hole in the ground it is frustrating. I practice on different types of material different thicknesses I have followed the practice tips from this website wich have ben great. Any input would be appreciated.

When I wanted to learn/practice stick, I bought a welder and ran some 220 to my garage. Built all kinds of stuff outta it with some scrap metal I bought/found lyin around.

I plan on buying a DC Inverter and converting it to tig and get it hooked up in my garage. Not minding the price I think its an option. For me, finding scrap metal is the hard part

I bought a Dynasty 200 just trying to figure out how to turn practice into real world knowledge since I don't know what welding job will pop up next.

Continue to practice with the five basic weld joints in different positions along with different metals and thicknesses and this should keep you sharp enough to get the job done.