Return-Path: Received: from relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.37] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2624374 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 04 Oct 2003 21:16:28 -0400 Received: (qmail 22696 invoked from network); 5 Oct 2003 01:16:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO frontiernet.net) ([170.215.97.8]) (envelope-sender ) by relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (FrontierMTA 2.3.6) with SMTP for ; 5 Oct 2003 01:16:27 -0000 Message-ID: <3F7F6392.8E68A5AC@frontiernet.net> Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 20:19:30 -0400 From: Jim Sower X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: I welded!!! References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------A94B96F9CBA2F617F45CE91A" --------------A94B96F9CBA2F617F45CE91A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You're probably right. Makes perfect sense to me. Russell Duffy wrote: > The vendors at OSH had lots of workshops. Would that be a > source of instruction? How about the local community > college?Certainly, anything you can get will be helpful, > particularly if it's free :-) I looked into the typical > class that you can get locally, and none of them really > appealed to me. They more or less have to teach you the > history, basics, and techniques for every type of welding ever > created. I'm really only interested in TIG, and only as it > relates to the typical jobs required for aircraft > construction. That's why the SportAir workshop was > appealing. It only covered 4130, and aluminum TIG welding. > Now that I've practiced a bit, with some success, I think I > can probably get more for my $350 if I use it to buy argon, > filler wire, and scrap metal to practice with. Rusty (can't > wait to try cast aluminum) > -- Jim Sower Crossville, TN; Chapter 5 Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T --------------A94B96F9CBA2F617F45CE91A Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You're probably right.  Makes perfect sense to me.

Russell Duffy wrote:

 The vendors at OSH had lots of workshops.  Would that be a source of instruction?  How about the local community college?Certainly, anything you can get will be helpful, particularly if it's free :-)   I looked into the typical class that you can get locally, and none of them really appealed to me.  They more or less have to teach you the history, basics, and techniques for every type of welding ever created.  I'm really only interested in TIG, and only as it relates to the typical jobs required for aircraft construction.  That's why the SportAir workshop was appealing.  It only covered 4130, and aluminum TIG welding.  Now that I've practiced a bit, with some success, I think I can probably get more for my $350 if I use it to buy argon, filler wire, and scrap metal to practice with. Rusty (can't wait to try cast aluminum)

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Jim Sower
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Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
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