Hello from Wisconsin
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:30 pm
Hi guys, I'm Nick and new to this forum. I spent 10 years as a diesel/heavy equipment tech prior to this year when I decided to hang that up. In that field you end up doing a lot of repair and fabrication on things that are going to be abused with a lot of weight on them, so I became quite adept at welding. It was a logical choice to transition my skills into the welding field .
I work in WI at a bridge fabrication facility. We do very little with stick welding aside from tack welds, and almost everything we do is to fracture critical specifications. The main process we use is submerged arc welding (SAW), which I imagine a lot of you haven't seen as it was a new thing for me when I came here. There are a few vids of it on YouTube for those not familiar with it. Whenever I get a good camera I might make one myself so you can see it clearly. For all welds not in the flat position we use .052 dual-shield flux core.
Had a 500 lb. piece of C-channel land on my left foot on Dec 28, and am stuck on light duty sitting in the office til the doc gives me the go-ahead to get back out in the shop. So I happened to come across this site and thought I'd drop into the forum.
I work in WI at a bridge fabrication facility. We do very little with stick welding aside from tack welds, and almost everything we do is to fracture critical specifications. The main process we use is submerged arc welding (SAW), which I imagine a lot of you haven't seen as it was a new thing for me when I came here. There are a few vids of it on YouTube for those not familiar with it. Whenever I get a good camera I might make one myself so you can see it clearly. For all welds not in the flat position we use .052 dual-shield flux core.
Had a 500 lb. piece of C-channel land on my left foot on Dec 28, and am stuck on light duty sitting in the office til the doc gives me the go-ahead to get back out in the shop. So I happened to come across this site and thought I'd drop into the forum.
Helpful bunch of folks here if you ever need it.