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Discussion in 'Garage / Workshop' started by EL TACOROJO, Sep 17, 2010.

  1. May 26, 2016 at 4:51 PM
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    icetreye

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    Yeah too many names getting thrown around, couldn't keep up. And thanks man! I'm sure we'll meet again and we can talk racks all day. :thumbsup:
     
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  2. May 26, 2016 at 8:20 PM
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    Pierce Cake or death?!

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    Boss said, hey the plates too short.

    Here I am stretching it.

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  3. May 27, 2016 at 1:04 AM
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    You really need to do your research on these Multi voltage welders.

    Mostly they are just a marketing promotion allowing you the option of using a 240 volt plug .

    Although the newer inverter based welders are a true multi voltage welder at least the ones I have looked at
     
  4. Jun 1, 2016 at 1:12 PM
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    I just bought one and it arrived yesterday and i got to play with it a bit. I blew a hole through 3/16s plate with it on setting 4 of 5, for a 110 it has some balls, I cant wait to finish my SAS with it. I was borrowing a lincoln weld pak 100 for my SAS and it took a shit on me. As for 110 vs 220, if you are running flux core on a 110 machine is fine for what we do. Most of the frame fab work for my axle swap i would have been blowing holes in the frame with a 220 machine or it would have to be cranked down so low i might as well have used a 110 machine, this includes welding on a Toyota axle housing. I am rarely welding over 3/16s, and if i have to it will get multipassed and or preheated. Just my opinion.

    Cant run 220 out to my garage unless I install a new panel, no open slots, and rip out half the ceiling in my basement. I want to kick who ever drywalled my basement ceiling in the balls.
     
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  5. Jun 1, 2016 at 3:19 PM
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    Awesome! Thanks for the input.
     
  6. Jun 4, 2016 at 8:18 AM
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    i guess I have been really lucky when going to school having teachers that had real world experience in their fields .

    Not only did I learn to set up any machine with dials that just had a arrow pointing up.

    Flow Meters the same way you had porosity you increase flow to it went away

    Learned how to trouble shoot most any process problem and get back up running as soon as possible

    This was in my 10th grade class .

    I am not sure if teaching these things is to much liability now days .

    Helping a friend process some new hires these were local area votech grads about 100 miles from where I live.

    Knowing full well They were required to do a hands on welding test the first three showed up in shorts and sandals " I asked would you like to get changed "

    "Why " "

    Thanks for stopping by "

    I asked the owner was this a joke "No now you see how hard it is to find people "

    I am mean I covered the Digital Meters with tape .

    Only the Female Applicant passed the test!!

    Always to late
     
  7. Jun 7, 2016 at 3:42 PM
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    weldertaco

    weldertaco Mr.13%bodyfat

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    Opinions? Help? Advice? Lol. 1/8 gap 3/32 filler ~75amps. Trying so hard to get a testable root. Its getting better but not where it needs to be yet :pout: KIMG0285.jpg KIMG0283.jpg
     
  8. Jun 7, 2016 at 4:20 PM
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    Your making this hard on yourself !!

    I know low budget working with what you have laying around

    Can often cause drinking and divorce

    Do you know for sure just what your welding on.

    When testing for real nice new material either turned with a lathe or one of those fancy pipe bevel machines.

    GTAW clean clean clean and some more !!!

    I know you know this.



    Inert purge with coffer dams

    Just what code are you trying to pass.??

    What are you looking for in your passable root ??

    Are you cutting coupons out and bending them?? It is the only way to really test them Then they need to be prepared correct or more flaws then you have will show up.

    Just what machine are you using??
     
  9. Jun 7, 2016 at 4:39 PM
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    Practice and more practice.
     
  10. Jun 7, 2016 at 4:55 PM
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    I think I answered all your questions!
     
  11. Jun 7, 2016 at 4:56 PM
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    Welp I guess maybe more practice if ya got all them answers set ..
     
  12. Jun 7, 2016 at 5:03 PM
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    Got signed up for my 3rd semester of welding class (Pipe), gonna start dropping into the summer class a few days a week after work and get used to running 6010 again and maybe try to learn GTAW on steel instead of just aluminum.

    My teacher is excited I'm coming back even though it's just to get my associates instead of just a career certificate.
     
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  13. Jun 7, 2016 at 7:29 PM
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    Replaced the feed table plate on the wood chipper.
     
  14. Jun 8, 2016 at 1:33 AM
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    My bad it was a long day I am not at my best after work better in the morning.

    I have seen worse at the Local union training centers that passed .

    Just don`t teach yourself any bad habits
     
  15. Jun 8, 2016 at 6:01 AM
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    weldertaco

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    Guess so. Bout time to go run some more beads!

    That's awesome man. What happened to ship yard welding ? But definitely learn Tig (gtaw) if you can! Tig is where all the demand is and the best paying jobs. There's 15 structural welders for everyone 1 combo welders. The demand for jobs and pay rates make that obvious. If you're gonna learn Tig and want to make big bucks, learn left handed and scratch start. Spoiling yourself with the foot pedal only hurts you.

    Lol I wasn't offended in anyway with your reply. I deal with a lot worse when I'm at work.

    I'll just keep practicing. Gonna try to backfeed some today. Never done it before so should be fun
     
  16. Jun 8, 2016 at 7:22 AM
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    95 taco

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    I still have the contract but the hire date was pushed back due to a ship that they are currently building being in the way, but I'm not sure if I'm going to accept the job when it comes up because I plan on getting a bachelors degree and I would rather work part time at my current job and do school full time than work full time and school on the weekends.

    One of my buddies from last semester learned TIG scratch start, he's pretty decent with TIG now.
    But my teacher will probably have us set up on the pedals just because it'll be easier to learn with the fast school schedule.

    I'm honestly not planning on welding as a career, I decided to take the 3rd semester because I wanted an associates before I went for a bachelors and because I need to learn TIG better for my '65 C10 project (MIG would work with it but TIG will be easier).
     
  17. Jun 8, 2016 at 1:53 PM
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    If your having a hard time scoring pipe coupons

    Use plates the basic hand motions are the same .

    4"x4" x 3/8" or 1/2" what ever you can score easy to bevel with a track burner.

    Lots of schools I get into use plates for practice because the prep work is easier.

    Plate is easier to come by as well.
     
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  18. Jun 8, 2016 at 2:06 PM
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    We are very limited on pipe so we use a lot of plate.
    We don't have the ability to lathe bevel our pipe either, we use an foxy/acetylene cutter to get the bevel and use a grinder to create the land.

    We usually make T bars out of 3/8" plate with the base being 4"x8" and the T 2"x8" and weld on them until they are full and when we get used to running beads in that position we go to plates with and without backing straps.

    I believe we have to do the navy handicap test (I think that's what my teacher called it) to pass the semester, along with a 6G test, both with SMAW and GTAW.
     
  19. Jun 8, 2016 at 6:22 PM
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    Im curious what a navy handicap test is..... never heard that before is all.

    Is it pretty common in the "real world" to not use eb rings (backing rings/consumables/heard them called lots of things) when doing pipe welds? Just curious cause pretty much all the pipe welding our guys do for nuclear cog stuff has eb rings or some sort of consumable insert. Pipe stuff usually gets VT/PT/RT inspections while canopy welds are just VT/PT though
     
  20. Jun 8, 2016 at 8:20 PM
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    I've always heard em called "chill rings"
     

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