I self taught myself to weld about 30 years ago.. Been very rewarding and I have even done welding for pay for some good size projects (primarily friends or people I know through other means), even though that was never my intention.

I'm working for a small company that designs and installs DC power plants, stationary (BIG) battery systems, UPS systems, emergency generators etc.. That requires us to move some VERY heavy equipment.. I've built a number of custom pieces of equipment to do this on the job.

Watching my Dad welding and building things when I was a kid took some of the mystery and, intimidation out of it..

Do some book reading on the subject and, practice at the same time... that will get your proficiency up quicker. and off course if you can find a mentor as mentioned above.

Learn to weld and then, learn fabrication.. almost yet another skill how to plan, design and build.. There's a good book by Ron Fournier on that subject on the linked page below.

GO FOR IT!

Aa little page on the subject I put together some time back.....