Originally Posted by
HandsomeRyan
... If you like to build stuff you absolutely should get a welder. I don't get to use mine much these days but it is by-far my favorite tool. I use the
Northern Industrial MIG135 and although I doubt you'd want to use this for fabbing up race car roll cages or airplane parts, it has done everything i've ever asked of it. Here are some pics of a bike trailer axle (super-hardcore) that I welded up with it
This runs off household electricity??? I had no idea there are electric welders! How does one learn welding? What metals to use, safety, etc? I don't mean building frames, but little things: racks, brackets, etc.
Adam