Recent content by Turkey_Bones

I am purely a hobby person that does stick and flux core with much lower end machines than those but I would also make sure you budget for a good helmet, gloves, and material cutting tools. I spend far more time doing prep work than actually welding. What I mean by this is cutting stock using my...

Thank you guys for the info. This gives me plenty to look into further.

So I have recently gotten into welding and also looking into machinist work. I do want a metal lathe and vertical mill eventually but I want to do more research first before going that route. I am a software engineer by trade and so this is purely hobby but I thought it might be fun to learn...