It was thin walled pipe 4 inch in diameter and i believe they said it would have about 80lbs of pressure on it. If that sounds right

Hey i know its been awhile sense ive been on here sorry ive had alot goin on. Anyhow i got a question about flux core (it may be a stupid one but its been a long time sense ive done it) i was at work and saw this guy fcaw with 3/32 7018 as an extra filler for the light stuff we were welding. Questio...

I beleive that's the one he said although I did tell him that the power lines hire and fire everyday. they pay a lot more plus per diem and benefits all that but he said the travel wasn't worth his time

Yea hes not the brightest I'm actually kind of worried if there is any wiring stuff up I'm not so sure he should be doing it. That's why I try to just say hi and leave it at that it works sometimes

I'm not sure I'm guessing electrical instrument panels my friend is going to work for some place up in northern wv and he came over yesterday said hey you weld and stuff right and then asked me the question I first posted. Why? I haveno idea I have never been around an aircraft let alone worked on o...

Thanks iv tried looking a few others up also and they all seem really great do you by any chance have a prefrence

Just curious I've been wondering about this for a while, what kind of tools would a person have to have/use to install airplane panels/panel technician?


Curious I'm wondering about this is it like general electrician tools or what?


This is really Buggin me thanks for all the info in advance

Ya all watch this

I got this

One I've heard more recently from a few people iv been around that have never welded

"I can weld that" with such a proud look on there face

Thanks nail pounder I look forward to it

It's an offset I'm also thinking of putting a 28" L x 28" W x 28" T is the firebox dimensions.

And I saw your pig smoker wow!! So would I be better off to go with a regular on the top smoke stack instead?

Wow OK this is way cooler then the one I'm working on!!

Lol thanks nail pounder I did get around to seeing your post where you rebuilt your old grill. I was thinking of taking some flat bar and welding it on the inside around the edges so when I closed the doors it would seal really good and hopefully keep most of smoke inside so I get more smoke in the ...

OK thanks nail pounder!! And I do have a question? Would it be better to build the fire box our of the end that I cut off or would it be better to just build an actual box out steel plate? This tank is much bigger than the last one, which I did build the fire box out of steel plate for more wood roo...

I will thank you. I see what you mean about ss it would be 450$$ for the piece I really need. Its gonna be made out of a 330 gallon propane tank if you could post some pics of your I would appreciate it. I too like other peoples smokers this will be my 2 nd one unfournatly I don't have pics of the f...

The expanded steel is to make a cooking grate for a smoker and I'm in little birch,wv

Just wondering where the best place is to buy expanded stainless steel?

And what is the best rod to weld it with? It will probably be 304 or 316 stainless.

Thanks for any info

I will Gary thanks everyone I will post a lil journal type thing once I start in the apprenticeship and I get some real stories to contribute to the forum lol.

I will and thank you Steve and everyone else for educating me on this subject.

I'm glad there is a form like this if there wasn't I probably would of done something really stupid in fear of losing my job and making a bad impression if the thing was to break or some thing really bad happened

OK well he has decided to do something else after telling him what all could go wrong and I'm going to the apprenticeship in 2 weeks for the boilermakers union

OK now I'm concerned about this guy being my boss. Or shop foreman whatever's you wanna call him should I report him to OSHA?

Thanks for everyone's advice I just got off of the phone with him and he said yea it dose sound like a bad idea. He said he was gonna come up with a different winching/lifting system he wants me to still build the main piece tho and put the block on it which I will happily do. But I did tell him tha...

I was wondering about this because I am sure my welds would hold I have faith in the pipe. BUT working on transmission power lines tends to maka person really believe in freak accidents my main concern is the lifting mechanism the winch is there something cheap that would qualify for a better liftin...

Lol you both said it great boomer and steve. I didn't get any pics but I did good I think. Lol. And I dont mean to downgrade either boomer but in power line work all the linemen that do their job by the book (or try to do it ) the ones that have came straight from albat an have never worked in the f...

My boss at work wants me to make a material crane for one of our trailers. He wants me to take 2' of 4 inch structural pipe and weld it to a 1\2 steel plate and then bolt it to the said trailer. Then weld a another 1/2 plate 6"x6" to the top of the 4 inch pipe cut a 3 inch hole out put a 6...

Cool I can't wait for mike to start teaching me tig welding tomorrow!! he said tomorrow would be slow and he would teach me for the few hours that we will have. I greatly appreciate everyone's help I'm hoping I do good at tig I only got the rest of my life to practice lol