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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Jasman on September 18, 2012, 08:42:19 PM
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Hey, I don't suppose anyone know where I can do a crash course in Welding in SE QLD? reading this forum gives me a serious case of skill envy and it would be handy get some better skills. There is a limit to what you can learn on YouTube and things like welding penetration are hard to learn without seeing in the flesh.
My local tape only runs a course that runs over a couple of terms which I don't really want to commit to at this point.
Jasman.
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TAFE does a good course for 200...
I've been tryin to get on the course for a while.. but down here they are cancellign all sorts of courses... :(
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Hey, I don't suppose anyone know where I can do a crash course in Welding in SE QLD? reading this forum gives me a serious case of skill envy and it would be handy get some better skills. There is a limit to what you can learn on YouTube and things like welding penetration are hard to learn without seeing in the flesh.
My local tape only runs a course that runs over a couple of terms which I don't really want to commit to at this point.
Jasman.
All depends on what level you want to work at, it's something you don't just get a crash course in, if you want to weld with a skill level that will allow you to build a CT that you would be confident in towing down the highway at 100kph without a bad weld letting go and your CT cartwheeling down the road, then go to TAFE.
Alternatively, if you want to put down a couple of dags on the box trailer mudguard when it breaks off, then get yourself a chinese stick welder and have at it ;D
cheers
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TAFE does a good course for 200...
I've been tryin to get on the course for a while.. but down here they are cancellign all sorts of courses... :(
Lost, Try NMIT in Heidelberg West, thats where I will go maybe next year. Too far away?
Wayne
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Google Skills Tech, they do regular evening courses, Bracken Ridge, Eagle Farm and I think Acacia Ridge, better book now before Campbell N closes all the Tafes...
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Lost, Try NMIT in Heidelberg West, thats where I will go maybe next year. Too far away?
Wayne
Dont go that far for me holidays!
I've been tryin Dande, Box Hill (10mins from werk), or Franga.. No go anywhere.
Tommo hit the nail on the head... if you wanna build a trailer or serious stuff, learn properly so I dont run into your falling apart trailer on my way on holidays.... :angel: ;)
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Alternatively, if you want to put down a couple of dags on the box trailer mudguard when it breaks off, then get yourself a chinese stick welder and have at it ;D
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I'd even do this if you want to get into more serious welding later. Sure, you don't want to learn bad habits, but any experience is going to count in your favour. Always good to be able to handle a stick welder even if you do graduate up to a MIG later in life. The el-cheapo ones from Bunnings, etc, are so cheap that there's little reason not to get one and just give it a burl. By the time you buy gloves/helmet/wire brush/cheap angle grinder/etc you're still not in very deep.
Good luck!
Matto :)
(to refer to what I do as "welding" is an insult to all the proper welders out there. I melt metal.)
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Jasman have a look here.
I did my welding / fabrication cert 3 here at Bracken Ridge whilst doing my Fitter & Turner Apprenticeship many years ago.
http://coursesearch.skillstech.tafe.qld.gov.au/tafe/training/MEM30305_Certificate_III_in_Engineering_Fabrication_Trade/Brochure_78_425_85_424_84_83_527_528_75_526.ashx (http://coursesearch.skillstech.tafe.qld.gov.au/tafe/training/MEM30305_Certificate_III_in_Engineering_Fabrication_Trade/Brochure_78_425_85_424_84_83_527_528_75_526.ashx)
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Thanks for the feedback people.
I'm not looking to build a trailer at this point (maybe later) but I would lke to expand my options for small jobs and projects.
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Jasman
If you have access to a TAFE course then don't muck around, just do it. There is a lot more to welding that meets the eye. I started by doing a small amount during an automotive mechanics course in Sydney many years ago then followed up with a two year night course that even included arc welding copper. Even then the course did not include all types of welding.
Building a camper trailer might look easy but it will involve choosing the correct welding equipment and consumables, joint preparation, down hand, verticle and overhead welding, setting the job up to eliminate distortion as the weld cools and a lot more. It is not something you learn in a crash course.
You mentioned small jobs and projects. I am about to start some welding repairs on an old cast iron wood burning stove. It will involve using a old modified barbeque to slowly pre heat the parts from cold up to a point where I can take them up to just under red heat with a large propane burner. I will then oxy weld the previously ground out and prepared cracks. The final step will be taking them up to a dull red heat before starting a long period of slow cooling.
I brazed and arc welded cast iron at TAFE but did not use oxy on it. This method has been used successfully by a man in Canada for many years. I contacted him after finding him on the net but I would not have been able to fully understand what he was telling me without those TAFE courses.
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Dont go that far for me holidays!
I've been tryin Dande, Box Hill (10mins from werk), or Franga.. No go anywhere.
Tommo hit the nail on the head... if you wanna build a trailer or serious stuff, learn properly so I dont run into your falling apart trailer on my way on holidays.... :angel: ;)
G,day Lost, I can give you a pretty good crash course in arc and mig in cranny ,it's not that hard the prep work is where the art is Cheers Graham
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If you are in Brisbane I can help you with Mig, Tig, and stick at my work sometime, it's like riding a bike, once you've got it it's pretty easy.
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Invest in a good mig and gas bottle and have a crack at some non structural projects
It's like driving a car, the more time behind the wheel he better you get
Good gear makes it easy to do a good job
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I am about to start some welding repairs on an old cast iron wood burning stove.
Make sure you drill a hole at the end of the crack to stop it going any further.
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I know this is an old thread but it may be a help
http://springfieldtechcentre.com.au/course-booking/4590302916/Welding
Located in Springfield
I am going mid March will report back
Cheers
Cyclone 71
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Yeah I'm going to have a look at their open day on the 27th primarily for the metal shaping course. Seems like a good facility but will see it in the flesh next weekend I suppose
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