Sry for the late reply fellas, been a busy few weeks, got my times a lot better and welds are looking good. Thanks for all the advice and welcomes, will be working hard on my skills, look forward to getting some Travel/work in in the next couple of years, maybe in the future ill be able to offer up ...

Welcome to the forum. Man, I'd love to get to go to Ireland some day! Are you in the states or in a school in Ireland? Glad to meet you. Hi Jroark, thanks for the welcome pal. I have just finished up pipe school in Ireland, just cutting my teeth in my first pipe job now in a fab shop doing carbon a...

Welcome to the forum! Steve (otto) just about said it all! Remember, no matter what kind of job you take, you skill grows like a balloon expands; it does not grow in columns. If you get a job welding TIG, you will find that all of your skills in the other processes will increase as well. The more y...

Thanks for the reply's fellas, took all the advice and managed to get my welding time down to 62 minutes per butt today , still a way to go but the foreman seamed happy enough with today's Improvement. I'm still a bit sloppy on the cap but i guess the hand just needs to get used to the extra amps, t...

Thanks for the welcome fellas.

Thanks a mil wheresmejumper, ill see how far I can push the amps up, hopefully my hands will keep up

TIG fingers on the top of the 'to buy list', first pay check in more that a year will arrive next week, so ill be heading straight to the the weldmonger store

I think its to do with leaving scratch marks on the weld from the cup, bit extreme i would think but that's how they want them, ill blast that question to the one of the senior welders tomorrow and find out for sure, I'm using 2.5(3/32 i guess :) ) filler wire and dabbing very often as its so hot, t...

Thanks Coldman, ill have a look at rhe the vid on jody's channel and try it out, I don't really have a say as to the prep, its a little bit hit and miss, sometimes 4mm, sometimes a little over 2.5 :/. But at least I know now im not a milllion miles off the mark tho with time, ill try and speed up th...

Thanks for the reply Rick The WPS states amps between 100 and 140 , 3 passes, I'm putting the root in at aprox 130 depending on gap, then 140 for fill and cap, I'm free handing the 3 runs( walking the cup is not allowed on the cap ) and to be honest I have very little experience walking the cup as i...

Howdy all, just joined the forum so taking the time to say hello
I'm a novice pipe welder who has just finished pipe welding school and im now trying to claw my way into the trade and a few good jobs, might have some fun along the way too,

Pleased to meet ya all in advance

Hi all, just finished up at pipe welding school and on work experience at a local shop, all my experience so far is in welding school I am trying to get a feel on how (Bad/good) my work rate is, I'm welding 6 inch sch 40 carbon steel pipe, GTAW complete, about 50% is in the 1g position, rest is 2g o...