Welding

Every new school year brings new things to learn and new challenges. This year the new challenge in my autoshop class was to learn how to weld. The second week of class I was already using the MIG (Metal Inert Gas) welder. My teacher taught me three types of welds, a tee joint, butt joint, and lap joint. At first it was pretty hard because I wasn't accustomed at looking through the mask and wearing such thick gloves. Within the next couple of weeks I began to get better but it still wasn't enough. I wanted to become proficient at it until the point where I made little or no mistakes.

Lap Joint