How hard is it to learn to weld?

[difflock]

Sniff!

Depends which version o the English Language one spakes I do suppose!

Anyway see;

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=spatter+definition&oq=spatter&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0l5.5780j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

It appears the 2 words are interchangable.

 

[peatff]

23 hours ago, difflock said:

It appears the 2 words are interchangeable.

Not if you want to be seriously welding they aren't

Type "weld splatter definition" into google

[Rough Hewn]

Few years back an eco company building newt traps had a problem with the welder they had hired.
They asked me to have a look.
Mig setup fine, gas on, welds were fizzing, then when cool, the weld crumbled like a crunchy bar.
Never seen anything like it.
Several minutes of head scratching later, I realised the hire company had sent a bottle of pure oxygen.
F*ckwits.

[spudulike]

I have learnt that good tradesmen make a job look simple and almost as though anybody can do it but in reality, when you try to do it yourself, it isn't quite as easy as you had thought it to be.

I find that sometimes, these tradesmen forget the years of experience they have gained and the value this has to their customers.

In my experience, the guys that are most vocal are the ones that don't know and the ones that smile from a distance are the ones with the true knowledge....just saying!

[difflock]

But if my unskilled welding, on dirty rusty steel, results in big gobs being thrown off, that is most probably splatter!

A professional welder will be producing spatter = small fine globules.