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welding (was: Tranny woes)



Damn, that sucks.  I guess some references would definitely be worth
checking out.  I lucked out having an instructor that is a certified
welder and had done it full time for 20  years or so before deciding to
get into teaching(insurance and all that was getting outrageous for him)
and enjoyed teaching too.

John

At 11:06 PM 12/12/03 -0500, Mark wrote:

> > All in all it was well worth
> > the
> > $60
> > or $70 it cost.  I recommend anyone interested in welding look into a
> > class
> > like this.
>
>Look into it a bit though...  I took a one day welding "crash course"
>earlier this summer and it was a major disappointment.  The instructor
>sucked, he even said that he hated teaching welding since he was really
>an auto shop teacher...  Nearly three hours into the in-class
>instruction all we had established was what not to wear while welding,
>and heard completely boring off topic stories about his life...  NO
>theory on how to actually weld was covered.  After lunch he let us into
>the lab and just told us to "practice and get the hang of it" while he
>welded up a project from home.  All this for an outrageous price of
>$200, with no books or anything to take home, except a single photocopy
>of a proper lap weld.  Moral of the story, get some references...  (If
>you're in the Toronto area, DON'T take this course at Centennial
>College)
>
>Mark - 'Performance Welding' book on my X-mas list...
>80 S
>81 S  2.0 ABA/JH/4K