!@#$ Inspectors
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 1:37 am
So, I was going to run a job out in CA using E71-T1 as I stated in an earlier post. Got a call today, got a new inspector, and he says I should run T8 unless I feel like putting up wind screens, or having problems with him. Original fella had no problems as long as porosity didn't become an issue. I guess that means I will be needing to certify with Innershield-232 (or33?) this week. We've burned some innershield at the quarries and while it's held up okay, I never liked it as much as SMAW or GMAW.
Playing with assorted rolls of stuff I found laying around the shop (picking up wire tomorrow) I've come up with the following: Upside down "U"s (frowns), don't hold the edges as long as I'm used to with the solid wire, slow it across the middle or end up low.
I got the Bernard self-shielding gun with my eXtreme, but the largest innershield wire I had laying around was .045, so I had to run it through my Roughneck 400. I still need to practice with this gun and with a larger diameter wire, I was thinking .072?
And advice on which wire/size I should use would be appreciated. Any technique advice would be appreciated, as well. I got some great advice on my dual-shield setup, walked through the 3g/4g first go round with it. Thanks for any advice up front!
Playing with assorted rolls of stuff I found laying around the shop (picking up wire tomorrow) I've come up with the following: Upside down "U"s (frowns), don't hold the edges as long as I'm used to with the solid wire, slow it across the middle or end up low.
I got the Bernard self-shielding gun with my eXtreme, but the largest innershield wire I had laying around was .045, so I had to run it through my Roughneck 400. I still need to practice with this gun and with a larger diameter wire, I was thinking .072?
And advice on which wire/size I should use would be appreciated. Any technique advice would be appreciated, as well. I got some great advice on my dual-shield setup, walked through the 3g/4g first go round with it. Thanks for any advice up front!