Forgot the magnet

exnailpounder · Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:44 pm

Heres a good one. Set up a fillet weld and had to lay my positioning magnet down along the backside of the weld because of a space issue. When I lit up, you should have seen that arc wander. Worse than that was....I couldn, t figure it out. I tacked the piece and was sure I removed the positioner so it had to be the welder. After trying everything in the book, I looked behind the piece and saw that magnet. Glad nobody was looking but I thought you guys might appreciate my brain fart

Thats what I get for tippin that jar one too many times.

xwrench · Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:47 pm

As brain farts go, that's not too bad lol. At least there weren't witnesses.

Cheers.
-Eldon

Superiorwelding · Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:53 pm

It happens to the best of us. Well, at least it happens to me. I was running self-shielded flux core and switched to solid wire and couldn't for the life of me figure out why the arc was running funny and no penatration. After a few mins...ok maybe like 10 mins, I remembered the polarity was backwards.

-Jonathan

dirtmidget33 · Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:56 pm

Using TIG go in house for lunch turned machine off along with argon. Come back turn machine on strike an arc

No gas duh didn't turn it back

Superiorwelding · Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:02 pm

dirtmidget33 wrote:Using TIG go in house for lunch turned machine off along with argon. Come back turn machine on strike an arc No gas duh didn't turn it back

Now that I have done more than once.
-Jonathan

Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:21 am

Bumped the trigger on autofeed before Lunch and dumped most of a roll of wire on the ground.

Coldman · Mon Jan 12, 2015 2:08 am

Left the full argon bottle open overnight with a perished hose o-ring. Bottle empty in the morning. [ANGRY FACE]

Braehill · Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:13 pm

Left the welder on for a whole weekend and the other three people I work with walked by it at least a hundred times and never shut it off. Good thing the customer we supply pays the electric bill. I use a torch with a valve on it and forget quite often.

Len

jwright650 · Mon Jan 12, 2015 3:24 pm

Superiorwelding wrote:It happens to the best of us. Well, at least it happens to me. I was running self-shielded flux core and switched to solid wire and couldn't for the life of me figure out why the arc was running funny and no penatration. After a few mins...ok maybe like 10 mins, I remembered the polarity was backwards.
-Jonathan

BTDT ....

exnailpounder · Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:11 pm

I know we all consider ourselves craftsmen, but its also nice to know that other people get in a hurry or are forgetful. I have left my gas on overnight and drained the bottle and now I am TOO diligent about shutting it off and coming back to weld something and frying tungsten or making a mig weld just long enough to have to get out the grinder....God I hate that.

Wes917 · Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:20 pm

Superiorwelding wrote:
dirtmidget33 wrote:Using TIG go in house for lunch turned machine off along with argon. Come back turn machine on strike an arc No gas duh didn't turn it back
Now that I have done more than once.
-Jonathan

Kinda like, setup the back purge, get everything taped up and mounted, make sure the line is good to go. Grab torch and not turn on the purge. Grind