Thanks! Yea, root and face. They just want to see the students leave here with a "cert" of some sort. Figgure it's the easiest/quickest for them to acheive. I can fab the jig to very tight tollerances in the machine shop. The whole course is 6weeks long. 10hrs a day, 7 days a week. Allied ...

The easiest one to get is on metalwebnews.org
The one on the .mil domain requires government acess credentials. Which I have.
Warning. It's 13megs so it'll take a bit to load but trust me, it's worth it. I think I have the thing memorized.

Wish I had a nickel for every shop I worked in that had an old fridge with a bulb in it for rod storage! :D It works. Now don't ask if it's UL listed for that! :lol: You might find that a 100 watt bulb is too much. 45-60 is what I've seen and used. It get's damn hot in there quick. You just want to ...

Hey, if you or anyone still needs a free kick ass welding manual I got one for you! :) Just google "TC9-237" I found several floating around on the web. It's the Army's welding theory and design bible. Like all government documents it public domain unless restricted.(hush,hush stuff) I use...

Sorry about the missing info. It's 1/4" plate in the flat position to D1.1 standard. The school here wants to start trying to get the students an AWS cert and the program is pretty short so they're looking at 1G, ASTM A36 1/4" plate as the easiest. They only have 30 hrs of SMAW in the prog...

Ok, was tasked to fab a guided bend test jig for 1/4" 1018 CRS to do face and root bends. I've tracked down a 20tn bottle jack,1/2"X4" steel plate and have all the steel rod you could emagine. Only thing missing is plans. I've seen one somewhere on the web where the jack is mounted in...

Just saying "Hey"!
Military welding/machinist instructor for the Guard, been working the trade for 26+yrs. Still learning though.
Hope to learn some new tricks and also help out when I can here.
Thanks,