I'm fairly confident that the fingerprints have grown back to original (or CSIS would have brought me in for questioning). Because of my airline work, I have to apply for fingerprinting, retina scanning and background checks on a regular basis. ===== WerkSpace. Unfortunately welding could alter two...

Andrew457.

Welcome to the forum.
Just a curiosity ... how did you come about starting welding?

Tanks.
Alexa

MrKil. After my first day of quick tack welding that mesh without a mask, then looking at my face in the mirror, it was amazing how many new quint wrinkles I had around my eyes. Tanks for photo ... it flashed me back to a few years ago. You are not only learning additional applications of welding, b...

LucasDsmith.

You might consider adding about six foot of flex cable between the electrode holder and the end of your original cable.

Alexa

bubbas55 wrote:i was going to post some pictures but cant figure out how. ill do it later.
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Hey everyone, I'm new to this forum and would really appreciate an experienced welder/ welder repairman's advice on a problem I'm having. I've had some problems with the torch on my old Lincoln buzzbox, the wires from the lead that fuse to the torch were starting to come apart from the torch, creat...

Ron.
How do you manage with stick?
Alexa

My finger burn was not welding related. I bought a new lawn mower (Ferrari red). It had a plastic top cover over the engine and looked fantastic. 6.5hp and cuts grass like a dream. ($100 on http://www.kijiji.ca) Anyway, I needed to lower the four wheels in order to adjust the grass cut height. I ad...

Attached are pictures of my first welds with a new welder. Mild steel, 100% argon. 1st weld was the angle iron butted together. The welds were strong enough to take a hit from a 3lbs sledge. I know the metal wasnt clean enough, and I also didn't have the amps high enough, and Im thinking I may also...

Nathan. Union perform collective bargaining. So, if you want to bargain for yourself, then perhaps the union is not the path for you to take. And if you do not feel tranquil with seniority, then again, perhaps the union is not the path for you to take. There are many jobs out there, union and non un...

hey everyone, my name is tim from california, i am 18 and i work for Saf-T-Cab mig welding, using spray transfer method, heavy duty roll cages and cabs for construction and mining tractors and trucks. not new at welding, but i am glad to see there is a place for welding questions to be answered. ==...

Nathan.

If you are interested in unions, you might consider reading some trade union history. Especially of those unions that represent welders. Also you might make a visit to the locals unions headquarters to get more information.

Keep all your options open.

Alexa

I went to apply for a MIG welding job at a place that made cable spool trailers for utility companies. The stacked dime welds were on all of the trailers. He had me run a bead on a lap joint and it came out quite nice as far as MIG welding goes, using the same settings that he had been using. Figur...

TW302.

At the welding school, did you get any tig orbital experience?

Alexa

Thx for the advice, I'll definitely put it to use. Another good suggestion with the long arc, always appreciate it... ===== SkyDawg. If you are using low hydrogen rod (example 7018), it is recommended to not use a long arc, for the risk of porosity. (Even though there might result porosity, it does...

Goforthjp. My guess is that you would not be doing that much welding, so consider stick welding it. In that case you could buy those few rods of E309 (assuming the keg is the non magnetic austenitic stainless steel). If the hotrod will be 'living' in a humid climate, you will notice in a short time ...

TECHNIQUES OF REPAIRING WELDS The first time I open a topic ... hopefully it is in the correct section. I would enjoy having input from everyone concerning the techniques and tools used to repair welds. It is a very encompassing topic, that moves across the various welding processes but also the var...

What do you prefer,leather, cotton or hybrid(miller weld-x,indura or traditional fr). I use a cotton long sleeve shirt when I am mig or tig welding and leather when I'm stick welding. ===== Arc54. For stand up fab work with wire feed I use a leather apron. For anything out of position, a loose fitt...

so i just got the call that i have to take my drug test then we start work on the 8th of next month. what does a 1st year apprentice have to do on the job. i was told that we wont be welding untill 3rd year. so i was wondering are they going to have me sweep up or take out the trash. i wouldnt mind...

Ranking seems a little repetitive ... over kill. In that the number of posts and the date of joining the forum are already part of the data supplied for each member. It makes little difference, but I would recommend not utilizing the ranking system.

Alexa

No undercut, 1mm suk back on peno, 2mm reinforcement ===== Otto. Rereading Australinwelder's last post ... yes ... it does seem like those are part of the acceptance criteria. This brings to mind, that at times a weld can be saved from repair or cut out, if the isolated area of suck-back is less in...

nathan wrote:how do you weld titanium?

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No undercut, 1mm suk back on peno, 2mm reinforcement ===== Australinwelder. If you had adequate penetration during from the root pass, you might be accidentally causing the suck-back during the second pass by running too high on the heat. This technique is intentionally used during the second pass,...

Nathan / Otto. I enjoyed both of those reads of how welding was initially triggered. I was soldiering, and would slip up into the mountains for a couple of days. Part of the requirement of passing time with a young mountain woman of whom I was growing fond, was that her Father would 'invite' me to h...

Nathan. Welding information is very availability across the internet. As each year passes, there is less and less need of the textbooks. So you will be able to construct yourself a virtual library and carry it with you on a memory stick. There are many approaches to learning welding technology. One ...