Just started my welding classes at the local community college. 1st day was safety and we all got to try cutting with an O/A torch...never cut through plate steel before and it was awesome! Yesterday was my first chance to lay down a bead. We had the choice to start with O/A or stick and I decided to try O/A yesterday. Did pretty well, only burned through on my first try (1/8" steel, #1 tip). Most of the course is focused on stick welding but I wanted to start with O/A and then move on to stick. Wednesday's class will be just laying down a good bead on coupons.
Very excited, had a lot of fun and can't wait to start learning more!