Welding courses

[chris]

Hey guys, I know I'm new here and etc..

I was looking at doing some welding courses (night courses) in Auckland, wondering if anybody else could be keen? Could be a good skill to know to touch up rust areas add flares etc..

If anyone is interested I'd be quite keen to do more research into it?

[Mr. Shine]

Could be interested in this, as I've often considered it.

[chris]

I think it'd be a good skill to know

I will do a bit of research on night courses and prices soon

[Mr. Shine]

I think Unitec does them from memory, and I think, if I recall, it was somewhere around the $500 mark? Could be way off, mind you!

Definitely a useful skill to know, especially if you make the investment into a welder for your own use at home or have access to one elsewhere!

[chris]

They aren't TOO expensive.. like you can get a medium duty home DIY welding unit for $99.00 at the moment from Super Cheap..

And if Unitech do them for $500.00 I think it' a worthy investment.. plus maybe we could get the cost down if we had a few guys from the club going?

[Angreal]

I did the unitec course a few years ago as part of my engineering degree. It didn't take long and I think we only spent two sessions on it doing tig welds and arc welds. At least I know a good structural weld when I see one.

It all comes down to practise and I have this ability to put the welds NOT where the joints are :p and make them super messy but I'd rather pay someone to do a good job than do a horrible one myself tbh. Mind you I think I'd demand a bit more when it comes to welding just due to my field. Just my 10c worth

[chris]

I have read that practise is key, any structural rust I'd defo pay someone to do

[SLYDIT]

yes it is all about practice.
i got really good at tig welding when i built my turbo system and MIG when i built my trailer...

id be crap at it right now though. its been a few years since i picked up a welder.

[Mad Kiwi]

I was just trying to find a welding and / or engineering night class just the other day (with no luck) I am very keen to do something like this. Especially being taught to weld aluminium....

Mark

[Angreal]

I can tell you now that Aluminium is a whole different ball park...

[Mad Kiwi]

Come on, surely you just point a tig at it and voila...?



Thats why I want to do a course. Steel to start and then gain access to the whole night course thing and go from there. Access to a kitted out engineering department is also part of why this course interests me...

Folders, cutters, benders, welders etc...Oh the things you could make....

[chris]

Haha so there are a few people interested? I'll see what I acn dig up soon.. probably not till sunday night though.. on another note.. Anyone going to beach hop?!

[Euen]

I did a very basic course that was run on Sundays at Glenfield college. I think it was run over 3 weeks by Glenfield Community College. Covered gas, arc, mig and Tig. As a starter it was very good. For me it was a refresher and intro to MIG/TIG. Having said that I haven't really done much with it since then although I bought myself a MIG last year as a birthday present with the intention of building a trailer.

It looks like they have a couple of courses planned in May/June. Check out http://www.gcc.co.nz/ and click on General Courses.

[Mad Kiwi]

Wow, $150.00 beginners course...1 session.
$200.00 Intermediate.....1 session.

Bloody hell I could pretty much buy a welder and mess some steel up (whilst learning) for that... so long as i don't blow up or elecrocute myself would be all good to go...