RocketSurgeon wrote:It's been 9-10 weeks into the course. 4G plate is kicking my......
I really can't complain, at all, about the course or the instructor. As it turns out, he used to work for the same company I do now. Doing the same thing, building the same section. Only, I do it with a $5mil robot.
We will be going thru combo-pipe later (TIG root/stick out). If there is time along the way, he will help me with my Al cert(s).
What process on the 4G? Stick, I presume, for AWS? Will the aluminum cert be GTAW?
I'm a bit envious, as I've never had any formal training (and my employer is unlikely to finance it, since my welds pass).
Stick for all the plate tests. It is for AWS.
The Al most definitely will be TIG.
I finally (knock on wood) made a good weld tonight on 4G. I made the work come to me instead of me going to the work. If I can make three more that are good or better in a row, I think I'll be confident to test out on it.
Chris NASA is not the enemy of the American taxpayer. AWS D1.1, D17.1
Sorry it's been so long since I've even looked at the forum, let alone post.
PROGRESS!! School is moving along quite nicely. I'm learning a LOT and able to move along at my own pace. I don't feel rushed or slowed from the other students or curriculum.
I've passed ALL 4 process qual tests and have passed my stick cert. I have to retest my FC. Afterwards I can choose MIG or TIG next. I just might have all 4 by the end of February.
I'll keep saying it, because it's true: The best $1500 I've ever spent.
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Chris NASA is not the enemy of the American taxpayer. AWS D1.1, D17.1
The class isn't over, but I have eared all the certs it had to offer.
Depending on who calls me up to put these certs to work, will sway my direction on the next technique I try to pick up (pipe or aluminum).
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Chris NASA is not the enemy of the American taxpayer. AWS D1.1, D17.1
As for where to go next, pipe vs. aluminum, both are in demand locally, and you can put either to use. I see why you'd want to see where your current education takes you before making a choice. Do you have equipment at home that you could use to study/practice either one?
I have a 200A TIG/Stick with all the bells and whistles (including a 50A plasma torch and pedal).
As long as I can get the He, I can even do aerospace Al alloys.
I will be getting scrap pieces of thin wall stainless tubing from a source so I can practice tacking for orbital.
Chris NASA is not the enemy of the American taxpayer. AWS D1.1, D17.1
I see you, too, have a red head in your life. That seems to happen at a disproportionately high rate for welders... Maybe it's related to our tolerance for pain...
I see you, too, have a red head in your life. That seems to happen at a disproportionately high rate for welders... Maybe it's related to our tolerance for pain...
Steve S
That's Amy. The admin for the course. My wife is taking the picture.
Chris NASA is not the enemy of the American taxpayer. AWS D1.1, D17.1
I'll try it again Friday night.
