Richard, If you noticed, the video only shows 40' of the 60' build. I think the short section is shown with an extension (10''?) not shown in the video, at the far left of the "assembled outside" image. There also seems to be a bolt-up on the last 10' section on the right. Speculating, for...

All valid points. The job search is a constant. A year on a first job looks good on a resume'. That said, I made $11/hr in production in 1989/90. How much more can you expect to learn where you're at? That was always the line I would draw. When I had learned all a job was going to teach me, I would ...

weldin mike 27 wrote:Have word that TamJeff from tampa is up in Georgia. Safe and sound, hopefully.

Yep, he checked in on FB this morning. He'll get wet, and might have to duck tornados, but he's much safer there.

Steve

My wife is sheltering with her family in Titusville, in an up-to-code concrete-block house. God knows how, but they purchased a generator two days ago to replace the smoked one I can't get there to fix. With the westerly track, I think they'll be fine. I'm concerned for a friend in Tampa, though. St...

I found the page on FB and posted condolences. I pray they are well received, as it's not fresh but still "soon".

Steve

Welcome! Yep, it's Jody. Joey is one of his sons, the webmaster for this forum, the WTT website, and the weldmonger store. The podcast is a wealth of information, as well. It's on many of the popular sources, like iTunes and iHeart radio, or you can find it here: http://www.wttpodcast.libsyn.com Steve

Okay, I just sent an e-mail to the Palmer, AK chief of police. Hopefully, he can answer this or point me in the right direction.

Steve

I haven't heard anything about this. I'll do some checking. His grandfather was my basketball coach in high school. Did you find out anything about this, yet? Steve I tried to find the obituary but couldn't. Anyone else have any luck. I didn't have his last name either so it was a struggle from the...

Welcome! Have you checked gas flow through the hose between the regulator/flow-meter and the solenoid? An old hose can collapse internally and block flow before gas reaches the solenoid. I'm assuming you mean you get little flow directly from the solenoid output. If that's not what you meant, check ...

Doing well, here. Harvey was little more than an annoyance in SE LA.

"Busy" is a good problem to have.

Steve

AKmud wrote:I haven't heard anything about this. I'll do some checking. His grandfather was my basketball coach in high school.

Did you find out anything about this, yet?

Steve

In this system, 10% overpressure is all that's required, as the test is pneumatic and the energies stored are immense. I don't know if that was initially done or not. The system was in service for at least 3 years without failure, but thermal cycling from ambient to -423F and back was going to produ...

I can't resist posting here. We've gotten one excellent hire directly from this group, and he brought another excellent hire from the school he took additional training in. I've had a couple other good candidates from here, as well, but it wasn't a fit for them.

Steve

Scary stuff. We reworked about 250 welds like that in sch. 160 stainless, where the builder just butted and crowned them just like your macros. This was hydrogen gas service with a MAWP of 8800 psi :shock: Crazy thing is, the client swore it was a 10% x-ray job, but couldn't find the documentation. ...

...is still hiring. Since a lot of folk don't scroll past the topics, I thought I'd mention here I bumped the job listing back to the top in the employment section. If you know anyone near Slidell... We'll take anyone from green kids to retirees if they can do the job.

Steve

I use alumabrite aluminum cleaner. Muriatic acid from the pool supply or masonry section of your box store. Certain toilet bowl cleaners are acid-containing and will work in a pinch. These all require a soak time... They're not as fast as Naval jelly on carbon steel.

Steve

Bump...

I like the idea, as well. Kind of a tribute topic. I also agree it should be a locked topic, without comment. It's not the kind of thing that should be able to be jacked, nor where anyone not in the know can criticize.

I'll run it by the admins.

Steve

Apparently, this happened June 23. He last logged on here about May 23. He last posted here in December 2016. I wonder if I had paid attention to his absence, would it have made a difference? I can't think like that, because members pop In and out all the time, and I had no reason to assume this was...

As far as I can tell, it's true. I will not share further until I've confirmed; The obituary will likely appear in Friday's Frontiersman newspaper out of Wasilla, AK.

Steve

Here in the states, the CGA580 is common to argon, argon blends, helium, helium blends, and nitrogen. One flowmeter will handle them all.

One issue, is the density difference with helium and helium blends. On a typical argon flowmeter, 10 CFH of helium will barely move the ball.

Steve

You can also rapidly rust bare metal from cleaning by hitting it with a 50-50 mix of white vinegar and household bleach. Just keep the surface wet until you get the patina you're after, the lightly rinse it with water.

Steve S

Thanks, guys! I have one procedure and test left... One vessel in the queue is aluminum, so I have to qualify separately, and qualify a separate procedure.

Steve

Yeah! We got our ASME "R" stamp qual yesterday. This li'l root pass was enough to send the fire marshal and board inspectors over the edge. I then went to lunch with them and the bosses and stuffed myself full. Great bunch of folk. It'll be 3-4 weeks before we have our certificate and stam...

Turned from Rudolph Valentino to Jerry Lewis, when I lost my balance and we fell...