Tried my hand at some welding today!
At my local community college they offer a free 'Women in Welding' workshop for any woman that's 18 or older to get exposed to some welding. They do this every two months or so. I was finally able to go today after having to cancel a few months back and man, how fun! After discussing some basics on safety and why they do this (basically to get more women interested in the field), we had three stations. One was plasma cutting, one was oxy acetylene welding, and the other was MIG welding. I've never done any sort of metal cutting or welding so this was entirely new and a great learning experience. I thought it was great and I learned a lot.
My plasma cut:
My MIG weld:
And my oxy-acetylene butt weld:
Obviously I've got work to do, lol. But hey! Wonderful program and I'm glad they're doing it. I sure hope they have programs like this in other places...I think I heard them say they have grant money for this program.
At my local community college they offer a free 'Women in Welding' workshop for any woman that's 18 or older to get exposed to some welding. They do this every two months or so. I was finally able to go today after having to cancel a few months back and man, how fun! After discussing some basics on safety and why they do this (basically to get more women interested in the field), we had three stations. One was plasma cutting, one was oxy acetylene welding, and the other was MIG welding. I've never done any sort of metal cutting or welding so this was entirely new and a great learning experience. I thought it was great and I learned a lot.
My plasma cut:
My MIG weld:
And my oxy-acetylene butt weld:
Obviously I've got work to do, lol. But hey! Wonderful program and I'm glad they're doing it. I sure hope they have programs like this in other places...I think I heard them say they have grant money for this program.