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You will take your time to tame steel and familiarize yourself with the basic tools, hammer, saw… and electric tools like a drill, a grinder, a saw, a jig.... You will assemble your realization without welding, mechanically, by riveting, screwing … as needed. You will learn how to tap and thread… Tips to make work easier will complete your skills.

2.  « mechanical assembling and arc welding  »

To assemble your realization, you will learn to discern when it is necessary to assemble mechanically or by arc welding.
You will learn mechanical assembling, riveting, screwing and to tap and thread.
Before welding, you will learn to consider forms you have to assemble, their thicknesses, the usefulness of a chamfer… You will learn how to set the welding machine up and select the correct electrode.
Then you will be initiated to the arc welding technique.
This overview of different techniques to work steel will make you feel at ease to express your creativity.

Collect all kind of metal objects, or pieces, which forms please you and take them with you. You will learn to differentiate metals. You will cut off what you need for your realization, and make steel connections if necessary. You will learn arc welding when it is steel (reminder: steel is magnetic!) or assemble mechanically the other metals.