re: I want to learn to weld..

I was an instructor for 8yrs myself. Some ppl could pick it up fairly quick as far as the basics and some never could.

You have to be extremely patience, watch the puddle and be able to see the puddle, carrying the metal to put down a consistent bead. Constantly adjusting your speed and and angle from over head to vert to flat welding a bell hole on a 45 degree angle. And that’s left and right handed also.

But that’s getting into some serious welding where everything is X-Rayed. Welding exotic metals etc… it takes yrs to master it.