well after about 4 or 5 months of fighting for it it sounds like i will be changing jobs within the next week. I will be going from grind/cleanup with the occasional "substitute" welding job to a full time mig welder. the reason i am posting this is because several of you have helped me through open posts, pm's, and texts as i learned how to weld and i want to thank you all for the help. In the last few months i went from never touching a mig welder to welding production and some high pressure stuff on my own time. I still have a lot to learn but my boss is going to teach me as i go. I am so grateful to be part of such an awesome community of folks that will help someone they never met so thank you to everyone that helped out