Your gonna encounter some QC's that have very little welding experience or none at all. The QC's job is to verify correct material, correct weld filler, welder certs are current , correct weld process , and other essential requirements. I understand a QC requesting a weld be capped w/multiply string...

Hello all ! new to the forum and tig welding. I recently purchased a cheap DC inverter arc welder and it has the capabilities for scratch start tig. Is there a way to convert this to a lift start or make a lift start to add on to it. I f this has already been answered on this site can you point me ...

Hey man tried out your advice but it seems to be impossible to get a bubble wide enough to cover the entire cap area without turning it up hot enough that it would sag horrendously. So far my best looking beads have been weaved. Continued to get fuckin pissed off today because no matter what i try ...

hey folks im gettin readdy to take my pipe test here in a week or so and everythings goin great, roots good fills good caps fine except on 2g and the overhead section of 6g im still gettin some pretty bad sag. Not gettin too much undercut though just a lumpy bottom end of my 7018 cap pass. I've tri...

Im looking for a welding job in the upstate south carolina region. I need about 5,000 to pay for Arclabs. i got discounted 2 grand but still in need. I would like to do any type of welding an can do stick/tig/mig and cutiing and stuff. thanks for any replys. Are you planning on going to school ? If...

i'm taking a 6g 2" mig test probable tuesday. i'm mostly a tig and stick guy. which is good cuz i'm foing the same test with those as well. but wondering what the volts and wire speed should be. i'm thinking 16 or 17V with about 165ipm. i know stainless runs hotter and you have to use less amp...

here's how i do it. first of all i would just like to mention that i weld with the workpiece in a vertical position, turning it around with a rotary table. - first of all i make sure that the bevel nose is ~0, this makes for easier penetration. - then i clean of all the parts using acetone or somet...

I am new to the forum, just registered a few minutes ago. I may be "out of line" by posting this here, if so please forgive me. I owned and operated a small (one horse) welding and fabrication business for 10 years. In past year and a half I lost my largest customers due to "buy out&...