Welding Certification test Q&A and tips and tricks
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I have an interview and I'm assuming a weld test with an aerospace manufacturer this week and one of their requirements is that I have 3 years experience tig welding thin wall aluminum. I have the experience tigging the aluminum but as far as thin wall goes I find that to be a little bit vague.....so I was just hoping that someone out there may have some experience with this sort of thing or perhaps just an opinion on what I should consider "thin wall". I must admit I am a little rusty on the aluminum tig so I have been out in the shed every night practicing but am wondering if I'm practicing the right positions with the right material......any input is greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Hey, welcome to the show.

I would say that thin wall would be something under 1/8 probably even under 1/16. Not sure how sucessful youll be walking in off the street with no areospace experience. It seems a little of a closed shop.

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Welcome to the forum. Good luck with your interview.
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Their all going to have their own tests but I had to do a .030 and .080 set of plates.
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Thank you all for your responses. Wes, what positions were the plates in?
Thank you
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Welcome to the forum dtrain.
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Last place I was at entrance test was 1g inconel in .030 and .080
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Thanks again everyone for your input and welcoming. I decided to buy a sheet of .020 and cut my own "plates". I'm practicing 2g and 3g as well as putting numerous mountain dew cans together so I hope I have all of my bases covered
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Get up some pics and we'll try and give some pointers...
Good luck.

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Hell, if you're welding pop cans together, you should be a shoe-in.

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A shoe and a half!!!
Get some pics up for our critique.

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That could just be the entrance test, but if you can do soda cans you'll be fine. After you were hired you had to qualify on inconel, titanium, stainless, haynes 188, and aluminum in .030 and .080. Then came training on the parts.
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This is my best can yet (ironically my first attempt)....one side good the other not so much. The hardest part of this is getting them tacked up without starting holes in the cans and my arc is constantly jumping from can to can. Practice makes perfect though
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Well,
Your weld is stronger than the base metal.
Lets see the bend.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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