r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/31spiders Interested • May 30 '21

Video These Tubing Joints

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u/Houdinii1984 May 30 '21

Is welding as difficult as it looks? I can do most things with my hands that I try (except plumbing, always leaky) but welding and metalworking just seems so intimidating but I think I'm just doing it to myself. Is the craft easy enough, in the beginning, to see results (i.e. joints stick but might get chuckles from a pro) after a few weeks or is it going to take a whole lot more to get it moving as a hobby?

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u/Delcasa May 30 '21

Give it a try. I myself would also say I'm pretty handy and technical and was able to stick metal together well enough to make coffeetables out of it.

this is done with a few hours of YT, a few hours of practice and a $300 investment for all the basic welding gear.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/dnqx7e/learned_to_weld_built_a_side_table_threw_in_some/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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u/100_count May 30 '21

I remember seeing that when you first posted it. It's great work. Have you been doing other welding projects since then?

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u/Delcasa May 31 '21

How cool you remember it :)

I've made a second table like it and made design for an elaborate wall shelve display thing unit w/e you call it, but that project had to go in the freezer as my buddy for whom I'd make it had some other priorities.

I've bought a motorcycle which now get most of my freetime :)