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I'm nervous about welding for the first time?

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I'm doing a basic welding class (we're doing oxy-acetylene and arc welding) that started last week, and in a couple of days we're gonna start welding for the first time. I'm getting really nervous because I've never welded before. I have a fear of something bad happening to me, or something happening to the equipment (like accidentally turning the tanks on/off wrong or setting the wrong pressure). When I think about welding, my stomach starts hurting because I'm so nervous. How do I get rid of these nerves? 

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    0861788249 2017-02-15 09:57:07

    Since you are taking the welding class, I am not going to tell you how to check regulators and such (that is what the class is for). I have been welding a long time and when I first started, I was a bit nervous too. Honestly, there was no comfort for me until I started welding and saw how easy it actually was. Follow the rules and you will be fine--> welding equipment is designed to help the user be safe; that isn't to say that things can't go wrong but you will quickly learn that you'd have to make a really stupid mistake to have anything majorly go wrong. MAJOR TIPS: oxy-acetylene--> keep the torch pointed away from you. (that's about it) SMAW--> never make your body the completion of the electrical circuit NOTE: if you have any medical equipment in your body such as a pace maker DO NOT WELD!!! You will do fine. Take it slow, follow the rules, and even if you forget something and start to panic--> calm down and keep your head.

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