Anything welding

Repair or replace? Oo


Still waiting to hear back from my buddy FYI. Havent given up on it yet lol. Would be way easier if our emails could talk to Newport News email system

 

I got another guy trying to get me on. Howard McGill. He took my info last week so ima call him later this week and see if there’s an update lol

 

And replace. Trace back till the pipe gets better. Then cut and splice in new piping

 

Whew good lol. When youd said repair i was thinking...man i hope they dont make you weld on covers (name is escaping me at the moment) over that crap.

 

Plitco covers?

 

My fucking god, that's a lot of welding hahaha

 

No.

That's a lot of fabrication prep. The welding is 10 minutes...tops.

 

Yes.

Maybe I'm just a slow welder. That's like half an hour of straight welding for me, at least. He welded all the bends, and then all the places where he doubled up plates.

 

I cant remember now....we rarely do it. But just a clamshell that gets welded over a existing pipe.

 

Yeah I have to be mindful of it when welding a lot in a short amount of time, like that skid plate above. Maybe with a 240 welder it’d be easier to crank the heat and move faster, and the duty cycle would allow that.

 

My Miller 211 did good. I tried to run a couple of those long beads non stop and right after one another. It's running on 240v.

 

Took me a whole damn day!

 

The best thing about this project was that I got a lot of practice. Got to try different settings, stick out, wire speed, and tried to move the puddle in different ways. I tried to make a straight nice bead like you see those pros on IG do with just a straight push or pull, nope, can't do it. Lol

 

Blah.

 

@weldertaco who u working for right now? Wasn’t u in jenkinsville sc at one time?

 

Honestly? I busted up there. It was a few years ago and I let nerves get to me. Busted on something simple too. That was back before they kicked Fluor out and all that.

 

Yeah that must have been you i talked to a while back prob 2 years ago. I almost went and tested for Carolina energy at vc summer right before they shut it down, instead I went and took 2 monsters and stainless sch10 for Thompson Construction Been working at a solvay chem plant in sc doing reactor repairs and replacing piping for 2.5 years at the same place. Wondered if opting out of the nuclear plant was a good idea turns out it was.

 

I still have regrets from busting but it’s life. Would’ve been cool to work at a nuke. I’ve been practicing my pipe for a little bit on and off but I’m ready for a test to get out of this structural life. Gonna hit the road once falls gets closer and jobs start popping up again.

2.5 years at the same place is a dang good gig for our line of work. That’s a blessing to many many people

 

Where my “stacked dimes are dumb” guys at?

Btw I know it’s not the best. This is like the 3rd Downhill 60 I’ve ran ever lol