I have and read the Haynes book on welding. It was OKAY but didn't really get into technique all that much or how to read welds or anything. I've been watching youtube videos and most of them are pretty short and not very informative. I'll check out home depot to see what they've got their. I might bite the bullet on a couple DVDs I heard are really good. I'm not going to go crazy over board with learning this but I want to thoroughly learn welding as much as possible.