Like I said acceptance criteria in the toilet. Here is an example of a student who was allowed to proceed to a more complicated task than he could handle. As you can see from the picture this poor guy has no clue how to run a 7018 uphill and more than likely had similar results even in the flat pos...

I started welding studies at midwest technical institute and am having a blast its a little rough welding 14 hours a day. But hopefully it will be worth it thanks for your guys advice and I will post pictures soon to show my progression if you guys would like that?

here is some stainless 304 and a solvent tank I welded up for my garage

I mig aluminum with spray setting in the production setting almost every day building industrial fans it is definitaly a whole other animal than steel but once you get a hang of it it is fairly consistent figuring out where to set the machine the three things to look at are stick out which unlike st...

Thats the weird part is my eyes never feel burned. I haven't done any aluminum in about 2 weeks so I went out and lit up on some for about 45 minutes late this morning and my face is beet red...Damned if I know :roll: i weld aluminum with a push pull gun on dc pretty much daily the more of it I do ...

Just curious if anyone has ever used one of these? Looks like they might actually make the push pull guns for Miller and Lincoln. This machine looks like it has some nice options. I have a Miller 252 but was interested in leaving this set up for aluminum. Now I've used a 350p before and really do l...

I have a Miller auto shade that I really like but I bought a Jackson Viking about 4 months ago and I use it most of the time and I have played with both of them so I know how to use them but I keep getting red cheeks like a light sunburn when I weld, mig or tig. My eyes are fine and I don't feel li...

bigworm40 wrote:Dose any one have any experience with this setup? I'm looking at getting a new setup and was curious about what you guys think.

Victor makes a good product its what all our regulators are at work and most of our plasma cutters as well

Hello everyone tim here ive been working in production based in mig welding aluminum, stainless, and mild steel for a couple years now. We build industrial fans and I weld the wheels I just bought a shopmate 300 dx which im thouroughly enjoying learning stick welding a good friend at work has been ...

Boomer63, I'm presently dealing with one particular new-hire, who's welding school apparently never emphasized "how to roll up your leads when you're done." This is a new "pet peeve" for me. In a work environment, I expect any machine I walk up to, to be ready to weld with. I do...

does anyone have any questions one should ask the advisor at the technical institute that I might not think of it would be appreciated? I would ask about their job placement program... Ask for a list of companies they've successfully placed graduates with, with statistics. Then look at those compan...

thanks alot everyone sorry ive been crazy busy and they told me they have a 100% job placement of people who are willing to wrk which i am so thats good and they said if im not capable of performing a process they will guide me to something I can do I start on monday so ill keep you guys posted as o...

did you try lowering your wire speed with mig the more wire you run the colder it will in turn be as there is so much more material going in and also make sure that your staying in the leading edge of the puddle very important on thicker material especially when ones worried about proper fusion

does anyone have any questions one should ask the advisor at the technical institute that I might not think of it would be appreciated?

Thanks so much for your guys input i have an appointment at midwest technical institute to see what they have to offer. I would consider myself to be fairly sufficient at mig welding i attached a pic of some stainless i migged. I have a good eye for decifering an acceptable weld and bad weld. I know...

Hello everyone tim here ive been working in production based in mig welding aluminum, stainless, and mild steel for a couple years now. We build industrial fans and I weld the wheels I just bought a shopmate 300 dx which im thouroughly enjoying learning stick welding a good friend at work has been t...