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by sundaymorningstaple » Wed, 17 Nov 2021 6:32 pm
Buy yourself a small transformer type of stick welder for around $200. Be sure to check the amperage it draws and the load your house can take. Utube is your best bet or you can pay several grand to take one of many courses here in Singapore but that will certify you and teach you several types of welding (nice to have but only if you are going to actually use it). I was never topside certified but was fully capable of doing underwater wet welding. (Not to be confused with underwater habitat welding where a coded welder is required. (e.g., in situ pipeline repairs). I learned to weld on my own on the farm as a kid. Never had a course. When diving in-water wet welding putting temporary patches on holed hulls on steel boats or replacing sacrificial anodes on offshore oil platforms did not need coding or inspection. Or, when you get better, sheet metal welding on cars (I used to restore cars as a hobby). The last one I did was a 66 mini-cooper (that was here in Singapore in Seletar Camp where I used to live. Depending on where you live, you could run into trouble with the neighbours with the acrid aroma from welding. But it is a useful skilset to have, I must agree. I built a recumbent bicycle when I was in my 20''s down on the farm and used to ride it all over the place. Longest journey I made was 50 miles out and back on the same day.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers