Advice on purchasing welding equipment

[komatias]

As with all things engineering, safety is always a concern. If you cut corners in welding though, the dangers are more direct as you basically have a great big zapping thing in your hands.

The best advice I can give you is: if you are keen to learn to weld, take a course in it. Some colleges here in the UK offer night courses running for 10 weeks or so. Not sure what the state of play is in Qatar but you may find something that helps. They will talk you through safety, what you need and show you techniques live.

You can watch all the youtube videos in the world but you will still benefit from an instructor looking over your shoulder.

You could of course just buy equipment and try yourself but you will probably learn things the hard way (setting bits on fire, arcing your eyes.....)

Regards