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It's real easy to weld two flat pieces together, and it can be a real over-confidence builder. When you go to weld on a vehicle frame, you'll discover it's in an awkward spot, overhead, hard to reach, needs cleaning badly, and your visor won't sit exactly right for you to see what you're trying to do. That's when a little training can go a long way to prevent some really nasty bodily harm. Dripping melted steel really cuts through clothing quickly...


That is so true and it's usually in those situations when my welding sucks the most. Once I had a fairly good sized chunk on molten steel fly down the waist band of my jeans <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> Ouch!

I made an exhaust for my Miata once. It was not an easy task for someone of my fairly limited experience. It turned out OK with a nice twin tail pipe that was straight, but getting the darn exhaust leak free was harder than I thought..sheesh. I had that exhaust on and off the car several times plugging tiny holes.

Having said it was a nice feeling knowing that I had made it and it worked...eventually. Welding is a very satisfying thing to do when it goes well and very frustrating when not <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

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