The Brawny Man's Intro
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:53 pm
New to the forum but an avid viewer of WT&T.
A little about myself. Everybody either calls me The Brawny Man or Big Ben. Fairly "new" to welding but it's been in my family ever since it's been discovered. I've had many jobs ranging from logging to customer service.
I started college last year takin basic courses and decided to try my hand at welding. Fell in love with it...it's in my blood now. Goin for my Associates in Welding emphasizing in Engineering. My instructor is encouraging me to pursue the inspector route.
Main goal: start at the bottom, get as much experience as I can, and make a decent living in the field.
I've got a solid year of experience in SMAW, vertical, horizontal, flat, and overhead utilizing 7018s, 6010s, 6011s, and good ole 6013s. Done some practice bends on 1" steel plates V-Butt w/backing strip. Done pretty decent with a few inclusions (gotta keeps those corners tight).
I love to stick weld...I've ran a few beads with MIG and it's a breeze. Tig on the other hand...shew boy. Now that's some skill that's gotta take a skilled hand. Not there yet haha.
I work about 60hrs a week and go to school full time too. It's hard but hopefully it pays off.
Lookin forward to learning from you all and maybe sharing some info of what I learn as well.
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A little about myself. Everybody either calls me The Brawny Man or Big Ben. Fairly "new" to welding but it's been in my family ever since it's been discovered. I've had many jobs ranging from logging to customer service.
I started college last year takin basic courses and decided to try my hand at welding. Fell in love with it...it's in my blood now. Goin for my Associates in Welding emphasizing in Engineering. My instructor is encouraging me to pursue the inspector route.
Main goal: start at the bottom, get as much experience as I can, and make a decent living in the field.
I've got a solid year of experience in SMAW, vertical, horizontal, flat, and overhead utilizing 7018s, 6010s, 6011s, and good ole 6013s. Done some practice bends on 1" steel plates V-Butt w/backing strip. Done pretty decent with a few inclusions (gotta keeps those corners tight).
I love to stick weld...I've ran a few beads with MIG and it's a breeze. Tig on the other hand...shew boy. Now that's some skill that's gotta take a skilled hand. Not there yet haha.
I work about 60hrs a week and go to school full time too. It's hard but hopefully it pays off.
Lookin forward to learning from you all and maybe sharing some info of what I learn as well.
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