[TriLUG] way WAY WAY OT: need some welding lessons

[John Mitchell]

On 11/10/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Fee Ubuntu CDs to the transfer of knowledge in need.  There, it's Linux related.
>
> Does anyone on this list know how to arc or mig weld?  I am in
> constant need to fab antenna and camera mounts for the strangest
> places and angles and my wood and cobbled metal mounts are horribly
> unprofessional looking hence I'd like to fab my own.  But that
> requires some welding, a skill I have not yet acquired.
>
> I suppose I'd rather MIG weld (from what I've seen of it, I like that
> sizzle sound) but I don't know if these set-ups are very portable.
>
> Any takers on teaching me to weld small bits of metal to make mounts?
   I was going to suggest (for example) Wake technical Community
college but they seem to have only Stick welding(bottom of page):
http://www.wake.tec.nc.us/conted/schedules/bcn.html

   Perhaps another local community college type place??

john mitchell