First month of Welding training

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i need to take some classes but im a boob

really the only thing stopping me from making top dollar bodywork wise is i don't weld, so i'm basically a nonstructural repair tech, but structural repair is where the money is at, and alot easier honestly. (for the most part)

like the structural tech dude at my shop gets the big money insurance jobs, and the bigger money repairs

in ohio we salt the roads with shit that makes cars disintegrate rapidly. so if a pickup truck comes in and they're cheap, we'll do a grind and fill. thats my territory. you gotta grind the rust off, sandblast the remaining shit out, and basically pack it with body filler and reshape it. but if you can weld, you get the guy who wants an ACTUAL rust repair, and not a bandaid. in which case you cut the metal completely out thats rusting, and weld new metal in its place, grind off the weld shit, and smooth it out with a light coat of body filler and metal glaze

its MUCH easier to do, because you don't have to play sculptor, and it pays like twice as much.

but your probably getting all advanced and shit and going to like weld bridges together and get that crazy money

I SEE YOU