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There have been several occasions where I've wished I knew how to weld.

Now that I have the time and want to replace/fix the rocker panels in my van I found a 3 hour course to learn to weld. https://www.les-affutes.ca/en/workshops/welding/the-fundamentals-of-electrode-welding/

Do you have any particular recommendations other than the broad "practice, practice"?

(By the way I see that there has been much activity in this sub but I also know that the only way of having activity is posting)

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Commenting to boost activity.

I'd like to learn too. I took wood and metal shop class in middle school, but not in high school, and I don't remember why. I think if I had, then I would have had the foundation to keep practicing on my own, even though I didn't want to do it for a living.

Same for me, there have been several times in the past when knowing enough to do some basic welding would have been helpful.