Basic welding workshop

Just throwing it out there, if there were such a thing would anybody be interested in a basic welding workshop.

Classes would be small and would cover basic welding, enough for those who want to learn to work on their own stuff, instruction by experianced tradesman, probably staring with mig welding.

What do you think?

if only it was in qld... i would luv to be taught by a pro to do it properly 👍

In the Whitlam years I did these courses at the local TAFE. Don't they still have these ?

grumble wrote:In the Whitlam years I did these courses at the local TAFE. Don't they still have these ?

Yes TAFE does have courses available, but they are usualy certificate courses that span over a year or two ( I maybe wrong).

I'm just curios as to weather people would be interested in say a weekend workshop that would give you enough info to continue at home on a project you might want to start but don't have basic skills to do so.

Just an idea at this point in time.

In the whitlam years? shit grumble you've probably forgotten it all by now😀

i did one (rural welding it was called) during the Hawke years. if your keen to learn, then they are very worthwhile. But I dont think they run things like this anymore.

Could be wrong though.

yep i would have a lash would mind knowing a few do's and don'ts

Special Air Service wrote:In the whitlam years? shit grumble you've probably forgotten it all by now😀

i did one (rural welding it was called) during the Hawke years. if your keen to learn, then they are very worthwhile. But I dont think they run things like this anymore.

Could be wrong though.

Thats why I'm putting out the feelers to see if theres any interest in such a workshop. And man your'e making me feel old now

Special Air Service wrote:In the whitlam years? shit grumble you've probably forgotten it all by now😀

i did one (rural welding it was called) during the Hawke years. if your keen to learn, then they are very worthwhile. But I dont think they run things like this anymore.

Could be wrong though.

Bloody hell Brenden I am not that old (I think) mine were trade courses and sponsored by the generous people of Australia as a goodwill gesture of my mate 🙅Gough.(there is not much of benefit that that govt did but this is one)
As my wife was posted to a school 100km away by some whacker I had a sh..load of time to do all of the post trade courses at no cost.This worked out very well and helped me in my job and subsequent business.There were downsides to it but we will not mention that.
If you can get he numbers this wil be a worthwhile achievement. Cheers Les

In . do we have to provide our own equipment ?

This might take a little time to organise, we just trying to get a feel for interest at this stage, there will be a cost involved but not too rude, its an idea that might be good for the inthusiast that wants to get involved with their own project and be proud of thier own achievements, and save a little money in the long run.

LOWBUG wrote:This might take a little time to organise, we just trying to get a feel for interest at this stage, there will be a cost involved but not too rude, its an idea that might be good for the inthusiast that wants to get involved with their own project and be proud of thier own achievements, and save a little money in the long run.

Forget the previous posts,will you be running this as an educational course . This sounds like a great idea and I hope you get a lot of enthusiasts.

I'd be interested if the dates and locations were suitable. Keep me posted if you get it off the ground.

great idea!

I organised something similar last year at our shop and we had a bunch of suppliers come and do demos on welding, grinding & cutting wheels, english wheel metal forming etc and it was a great night. My shop sells, amongst other things, welders and welding equipment and I always get asked about welding tips and diy classes. If there is enough interest in Brisbane I am happy to co-ordinate something up here.

Lowbug, I'll start another thread for the Brisbane guys and I would be happy to share any ideas etc with you if you want to do this. What do you think? what about some feedback from the Brisbane guys?

Hi lou0060

Where do I sign for the Brisbane event, this is me to a tee! I am sure I can bring along a few other welding waanabees.

Cheers,

David

great post guys who wants to run one in Adelaide?

I'll be in for one in Adelaide, welding is an art thats hard to do well if you ask me.

Guys look up xl.com.au I did mig and tig training of a night .
I know they set one up in Brisbane
See how you go with that

Put me down for the Sydney one mate!

Ok, so some interest has been shown. In order to get a feel for what you want in such a workshop, what is it that you would like to achieve by the end of it, keeping in mind that it is based on basic welding skills to start with.

Simple I'd just like to learn to weld!

cam070 wrote:Simple I'd just like to learn to weld!

Pretty much the same for me too. If I can do some basic rust repairs and small fab work, that would be great.

cam070 wrote:Simple I'd just like to learn to weld!

Thats the objective, basic skills you can take home and work with.

nice one mate, .. I did the TAFE one a year or so ago, spread over 6 months from memory, was great, from welding to panel beating..

Hutcho wrote:If I can do some basic rust repairs and small fab work, that would be great.

Ditto for me, just want to do some some basic rust repairs and some simple fabrication.

TAFE courses are too long and too expensive, and I'm not trying to get a qualification, just be able to do more work on my beetle and therefore enjoy it more and have a sense of satisfaction that I did myself.

I'm keen whenever you have details.

Cheers
Craig

Yeah I'd been interested in it also depending on date/location. Would be keen on learning how to adjust MIG settings properly and technique for good butt welds in sheet metal. Plus some tips for managing heat distortion.

These are all the things we want to address in a "basics workshop", now that we have a positive responce we will be working on plan to make available such a weekend workshop. As soon as we can put together some details we'll let you know. Keep in mind that these workshops will be kept small in numbers to enable one on one learning.

Keep posting the things you want from such a workshop keeping in mind we want keep it simple at first covering basics so you can take the info home and start putting it into practice.

Have you thought about oxy welding?

I know it's not that popular these days, but I prefer oxy for a nice neat weld on exterior panels. If done correctly, distortion is not a big problem.

Special Air Service wrote:In the whitlam years? shit grumble you've probably forgotten it all by now😀

i did one (rural welding it was called) during the Hawke years. if your keen to learn, then they are very worthwhile. But I dont think they run things like this anymore.

Could be wrong though.

In the Menzies years, at Ultimo Tech, we learned oxy welding - there was no MIG or TIG..........Stop laughing, you lot!

LOWBUG wrote:Keep posting the things you want from such a workshop keeping in mind we want keep it simple at first covering basics so you can take the info home and start putting it into practice.

Or...... take to work for serious foreigner action 👍

count me in , currently restoring vw , keen to learn more on the welding side of things

oh greg that is kinda funny! is there anyone running racecar fab classes in aus? cause they run motorsport classes down here but they are not really into the fabracation side of things.

HappyDaze wrote:

Special Air Service wrote:In the whitlam years? shit grumble you've probably forgotten it all by now😀

i did one (rural welding it was called) during the Hawke years. if your keen to learn, then they are very worthwhile. But I dont think they run things like this anymore.

Could be wrong though.

In the Menzies years, at Ultimo Tech, we learned oxy welding - there was no MIG or TIG..........Stop laughing, you lot!

I learnt oxy & stick. Mig's where still few and far between as far as home workshops where concerned.

used to be able to handle an oxy pretty well, but the costs of cylinder hire & consumables got me in the end.

If I was using it every day I would still have a set ready to go though.

hear what you're saying SAS, we're a BOC agent and cost of renting cylinders is not cheap, especially if you have oxy & actylene.

For the Brissy guys, I'll talk to some of my suppliers and also the local trade college who have a really excellent welding facility and see what I can come up with.

I reckon a 2 or 3 night course so people can go home try out the new techniques and then return for fine tuning etc.

will post more during the week. Also, to save confusion I'll post details for Brissy under a new threads so this doesn't get to confusing.

I might be interested but due to work commitments would need to know dates a long way out to be able to say whether I could make it.
Same story for me on oxy acetylene, one small bottle costs enough for the mig, let alone another two!

Yes oxy welding has advantages, and as said costs of bottles are a factor and can take longer to become efficient with, this is why this workshop will be based on mig welding which more people have access to and can get faster results with.

As far as when these workshops will be available, we are still working things out. So far the plan is to offer a weekend workshop over saturday and sunday dates still to be confirm. But still weeks away as we need to set up a venue and facilities and finalise details, we hope to contact each of you and offer dates. No one will miss out as there will be more than one workshop offered, and if successfull we can then offer advance workshops moving into tig welding for those that are interested and other areas of welding and potentially metal fabrication.

As this post was put forward to only get a feel if people would be interested in such a workshop, the responce has been fantastic and we are now putting in motion a plan to make this happen for you, the last thing we want is to dissapoint those who will attend, I'm sure that anyone who comes along won't be dissapointed.

Keep the ideas coming and let us know of you interest in such a workshop so we can accommodate to your needs.

If you do a TIG one, particularly on welding aluminium, I am there. Just let me know when and where.

Yes Tig welding is on the cards, but we need to start somewhere, and that is with a form of welding most common and accesable to most people.

So it will most likely be a weekend course as opposed to after hrs?

dam retail working me on weekends 🙁.

bajachris88 wrote:So it will most likely be a weekend course as opposed to after hrs?

dam retail working me on weekends 🙁.

Most likely at this point in time, again just putting it out there to see how viable this could be. If it comes off theres every chance that evening workshops could be available.

Bump - any news on the Brisbane event???

INTERESTED!

Well there is definately someone out there somewhere that could benefit from a basic welding course.
Check out this muffler I replaced on a car a few days ago.

This boys and girls is how you do not weld 🤪

Forget duckshit, this is duck with explosive diarrhea.

To add insult to injury instead of welding on another muffler hanger rod at the front they just wrapped fencing wire around the pipe and looped it through the rubber hanger.

And best part, this car was passed for a pink slip 6 weeks ago....
Mind you by the womans ex husband 🤪

I wont tell you about the other dodgy stuff I found with it.