Just, of course, make sure you are wearing the right eye protection
before you start. Skin burns can heal, and it should take only one or
two to persuade you to get some appropriate clothing, but eyes are
more fragile.
-Roland
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:08:00 -0500, you wrote:
::
::
:: -> if I
:: -> could only learn how to weld. I've read and read and read but
:: -> nothing sticks
:: -> in my head....
::
:: Step 1) turn on welder
:: Step 2) play with lightning
::
:: or
::
:: Step 1) light torch
:: Step 2) play with fire
::
:: Seriously. I did the same thing; read everything I could find, welder
:: sat idle while I developed a big case of FUD. Get some scrap metal and
:: *do* it. You'll make a lot of mess at first. Don't worry; no book can
:: teach you what you need to keep the puddle under the arc or set the
:: flame just right.
::
:: "Just do it." Then, once you get some pieces stuck together that don't
:: fall apart when you whack them with a hammer, *then* go back to the
:: books, and all that stuff will make perfect sense. "Ah, *that's* what
:: they were talking about!"
::
::
:: Do it. You'll be glad you did!
::
:: ==dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us======================================
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:: my heart is human / my blood is boiling / my brain IBM | who, who?
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