**Solid Core MIG Welding for Beginners**

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**Want to learn how to weld one hunk of steel to another block of steel? MIG Welding for Beginners will turn up the heat on your DIY skills!** 👉 [Sign up for ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solid-core-mig-welding-gmaw-for-beginners-w-alec-registration-1993040352345?aff=meetup)**[Solid Core MIG Welding for Beginners](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solid-core-mig-welding-gmaw-for-beginners-w-alec-registration-1993040352345?aff=meetup)** ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Ready to spark your creativity and join the ranks of metalworking masters? Ever wanted to learn how to weld one hunk of steel to another block of steel? Dive into ***SHOP151: Intro to Solid Core MIG Welding (GMAW)***, where we'll turn up the heat (and the Inert Gas) on your DIY skills! This $60 class runs 60-minutes and aims to be a crash course that will have you fusing metal like a pro in no time. This class expands on our introductory course SHOP150, upping the game by using solid MIG wire and a 75-25 percent mix of Argon and Co2 INERT GAS to shield your welds from nasty contamination. Less smoke! Less Spatter! Zero slag! It's a step up in welding technology with a step up in the price of the class. Inert Gasses are kinda' expensive! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ In this hands-on session, you'll be introduced to: **The Basics of Welding** * Welding 101: Demystifying the art of melting metal (without melting your shoes) * What MIG welding is and its advantages * Safety considerations in welding * General MIG welder anatomy **MIG Welding Equipment** * Introduction to MIG welding machines * Learning the lingo that'll make you sound like a welding wizard - MIG welder components and their functions * Additional materials used for MIG welding (wire, shielding gas, metals) * Preparing your workspace and equipment for welding **MIG Welding Best Practices** * Important reminders for safe and effective welding * Setting up your MIG welder (wire feed speed, voltage) * Setting the proper inert gas flow for…