Recommend placing a cheap metal thermometer in there too.

i have a 4" aluminum pipe line to weld using the mig process i need advice on joint prep and welding the line effectifly ===== 6010. You have stated very limited information ... only the pipe diameter and the process. There are many variables to know before someone can make an attempt to comme...

Jkr. Every shop is different on that spectrum of allowing the workers to participate in decisions. I try to meet the supervisor during the evaluation and I ask to see their shop, to try to size up the super and get a feel for that shop. Over half the jobs I have turned down after talking to the supe...

Hello to all forum partners, I´m working in industrial electronics topics, and my company has extendend my functions to a Tig welding machine. I need to learn about it, so this forum is a great help to me. Thanks in advance... ===== Star_ting. Explain more as to what aspects of TIG welding and equi...

So today I had a welding assessment for a company I interviewed for. I would like some feedback on this. It was a 3G open root with 1/2 6061 aluminum using 4043 filler. It was 13 stringers total. Please keep in mind I have no aluminum experience and I mean NO experience and I winged this with the h...

JDIGGS82, First, welcome to the forum, Second, Congratulations on the new job! (From your perspective, I suppose I have the order wrong... 8-) ) I have yet to understand why a company would want their MIG work to look like TIG, when it's possible to TIG it just as fast with a pulse mode. MIG is abo...

Always got a kick out of a guy spitting in the floor or stub bucket. I'm a chewer myself, but you won't catch me doing it. Got a job once for simply showing up with a hood and jacket. ===== Vince51. What do you mean by: "Got a job once for simply showing up with a hood and jacket."? Tanks...

DEBRIS FORENSICS Noticed that some older inspectors study the stubs and debris at a welding location to understand at a glance how the joint may of been welded. For example, to speed welding up, the welder may stray from the procedure and use larger diameter electrodes. Another example, the use of d...

new to the forum world, just started welding bout 6 months ago but been a HE Mech. for almost a decade trying to change it up... got my 3G certs for smaw and fcaw but needed to challenge myself. 6" sch. 80 3/32 gap 3/32 er70s2 filler for root and 'hot' 3/32 7018 out(6 fill passes 4 bead cap) g...

Open source welding.

update on the nyc welder license requalification issue. after laying out the dough for the aws structural test and some tense moments waiting for the results I now hear retesting won't be necessary. go figure?! ===== Jwmacawful. Everything has its pros and cons. So ... did anything positive concern...

TamJeff.

Tanks.
I enjoyed that repair of yours.

Alexa

Your shielding gas should well encompass the weld zone anyway. The only time it really doesn't, is when your torch angle is off, which it will be from time to time in certain situations. Typically, in such instances, you will naturally be adding filler in the right place anyway with regard to gas f...

Werkspace.

The chemistry.about.com was quite the website.

Tanks.
Alexa

I would like to see a comprehensive video on all of the consumables used in tig welding. Discussion of cups, sizes, brands and durability. Some talk of tungsten types and their use according to amp usage and work material. Proper tungsten grinding etc. ===== TallyTig. You have mentions a few topics...

I dont know if anyone heard but they are putting a new pipeline thru NY and NJ (where I live) and there are welding trucks everywhere (have seen some pretty cool welders) but anyway I was talking to one of my friends who brother is a pro welder and is working on the pipeline.He told me he was makin...

BlackCat.

Thunderstorms and weld puddle control ... in the long tradition of Perun, Indra, Zeus and Thor.

Welcome to the forum.
Alexa

Good for you on reinventing yourself. I was laid off form my last job of 10 years by a new manager who wanted to bring her own cronies in. Said to hell with the business I was in after 25 years and started doing renovation/handyman stuff. I'm not rich but I'm happy. Pulling for you 100 percent. Goo...

DelRayDella. From the photo background, it looks like you run a wood shop and a metal shop. Did one job similar in the past, where we were fabbing welding up the skeletal structures for cinema props. All the approximately 6' x 12' bases required wheels. The heights ran up to about 40' and we built t...

TamJeff.

I'd be curious to know what type of hood you would come up with if you decided to make one yourself.
Probably not worth your time ... but we spend our freetime doing all sorts of 'rewarding' projects.

Alexa

Idbtx. Just to understand better that rod and slag, run some single passes on a flat plate. Start with a very low amperage pass, then gradually increase the amperage for each pass, until you a running excessively hot. Make a note of the difference of the slag peels off as related to your amperage. A...

(...) Any tips, tricks, video links and advice on how to do flat ( not to convex nor concave ) weld beads in GMAW. (...) :) ===== Wolverine. What type of joints are you welding (wall thickness, bevels)? Often a flat cover pass with depend upon the planning of your passes, in particular the second t...

IronmanJay. An interesting topic you posed for us. I tend to follow some of the members' that suggested trying out welding at a limited dosage. Not knowing or understanding the IT specialization, I was wondering if you could go part-time or consultancy in the IT field, while slowly building up your ...

Wlhb. Since I am assuming you are talking about austenitic stainless steel (example: 304, 316, etc.), you might consider locating tubing onto your pipes and circulate a liquid or gas coolant. And/or, after the hot pass is in, you could also pass a coolant (liquid or gas) through the bore of the pipi...

[quote="delraydella"] (...) I have never worn gloves or any type of protective clothing when welding, it's just too cumbersome for me, and a few spark burns never bothered me that much. (...)

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Delraydella.

Were you a machine shop worker before you started welding?

Alexa