Welcome to the Forum amigo. What manner of work did you participate in when you were active? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Worked in several job shops in the Dallas, Fort Worth area. Precision sheet metal and machine shop and general fabrication. Aluminum, steel, stainless. Had my own small ...

Welcome, TJ, I began completely self-taught. There was no internet to reference, and my local library was too small to have any books on the subject. I continued to combine self-teaching with observing others for many years. I've still never taken a class, but I reached a "tipping point" ...

Welder fabricator retired after 45 years. Worked at multiple companies and finally retired from my own very small business. Do a lot of piddling and sell some stuff on ETSY.