hehe I'm just kiddin. But I got told that by a guy FROM Houston to be fair. That's alright, I grew up outside of Detroit........Houston is a BIG improvement! Ah yes...Detroit. My foreman is from Detroit. Still owns a couple slums over there I guess. Only place in America you can buy a house for und...

I know the distortion videos is going to be a series but are you going to cover how to straighten distorted metal, rather than just mitigating it? I've heard alot of things from heating it up to cherry red and letting it cool slowly to welding gussets and pulling it...all kinds of stuff.

hehe I'm just kiddin. But I got told that by a guy FROM Houston to be fair.

True. I also forgot Houston, the armpit of america.

Kind of like the impression that you will get shot on every corner in the US. And that the UK is full of whingers that cant play cricket.....oh wait. :lol: I kid i kid. Mick Uh, that part about the US is true :/ Depending on what city your in. Chicago, LA, New York, Atlanta, Boston...thats all true.

I have a few facebook friends that are "special class welders" fancy words for pipe only, their motto is "If it aint round, i aint hanging round" These guys have a 1 chance failure rate. Fail one, youre on warning, fail again and your gone. No wonder they whinge about shitty fit...

Hi I to was having that problem but I found that 1/8 root face and 3/32 root opening will not get the wright penetration. Even my instructor ask wbat the plate was set to. Reset the plate to 3/32 root face and 3/32 root opening worked fine. Sometimes it's just that simple. Everybody moves at a diff...

Alexa is spot on about watching the end of the rod because the toughest part of sticking a root pass in is judging how far to stick the rod in. Just for fun I have had some of my students lower the plate and put the root in from the bottom while watching it from the top. It gives a different perspe...

The whip and pause is usually what you start with. The drag technique is a little more advanced. With the whip and pause you have more control over the penetration because you can see the keyhole and watch it fill in. If you just let the rod burn into the landing you wont penetrate all the way. You ...

Nice looking table. I'd keep an eye out for some thicker top material though, you know there will be "that one day" when you need to do something that will mess that 3/16" up... ;) I think 3/16" would be fine for the top as long as it had plenty of support underneath it. Not to ...

I think that this idea is brilliant, but very expensive.
Now, if a fellow made something similar, would that be a patent violation?

Pretty sure it's only a patent violation if you sell it or otherwise make money on it. Least in the States.

I'm with AK. Thats too pretty to beat on or weld on.


My hats off to ya though looks like something you would buy in a store and assemble. Top notch craftsmanship.

What did you make the top out of?

Thats why you've never met an australian that was a sissy. They are all badasses. It's born and bred into them.

Probably has something to do with the fact that it was originally a prison colony. :p

It's not F****ing off if your getting paid for it LOL

I suppose the caveat here, is this may be a qualification test for a WPS based on AWS D1.1, rather than an actual certification. The other option is the guy who wrote the qualification parameters was working from (faulty) memory. I'd have to dig more than I care to, to discover the variances allowe...

BTW, that high-pressure hydrogen valve that has to be x-rayed? They're coming Saturday, so I get overtime to baby-sit them. I'll show them what's what, and go f#$k off for three hours or so. Steve S No you wont. If your like the rest of us you'll bring in a project you've been trying to work on at ...

Is there a system that circulates water through a headband under welding helmets like what is used in the cool suits race car drivers, football players, etc wear to keep their core temperature down? The football players now actually put on a glove on the sidelines that circulates icewater through i...

You know your old school when you call your 90's ells

I know a bad ass welder than can run 7024 forewards AND backwards!

Seriously though, if you want something done right, you gotta forge weld it....

kermdawg wrote:Is this possible?

rake wrote:7018 downhill is a waste of time. You will trap more slag than you'll deposit weld metal

Wanna run vertical down? Get some 6010 or 6011.

Try the right rod for the right job.

It was just a question :/

Why waste time? 5/16 8018 at 300 amps single pass boom done. Kinda milking that job with 3 passes of 6013 aren't you???

Is this possible? I never realized I hadn't done it before. Tried it last night with crappy results. Everything I tried, every heat I tried...nothing ran well.

I thought It was pretty funny hell anything beats production work like I'm Currently doing Grass is always greener bro....I've been in the field for 10 years now, and believe me, I could use some shop time to rest my bones. Something I can listen to the radio while I'm working and not have to worry...

You can get a craftsman tool bag for under 20 bucks from sears. Thats what I use, more than enough room for everything but my jacket.

Nothing a bit of grinding couldn't fix