Improving your welding?

[PhysAssist]

How come astronauts and proctologists got there titles backwards?

Jumbo shrimp- a large shrimp or small jumbo?

Hot water heater- cold water heater or hot water cooler?

Military intelligence?

 

[dragoneggs]

Jumbo shrimp- a large shrimp or small jumbo? Hot water heater- cold water heater or hot water cooler? Military intelligence?

A new 'oxymoronic' thread in order?

 

[PhysAssist]

A new 'oxymoronic' thread in order?

Hey Dragoneggs,

I have to credit George Carlin with my contributions thus far, but if others are interested in continuing it, I'm certainly game for it.
Thomas

 

[PhysAssist]

A new 'oxymoronic' thread in order?

Hey Dragoneggs,

I have to credit George Carlin with my contributions thus far, but if others are interested in continuing it, I'm certainly game for it.
Thomas

 

[dragoneggs]

Hey Dragoneggs,

I have to credit George Carlin with my contributions thus far, but if others are interested in continuing it, I'm certainly game for it.
Thomas

Yeah I picked up on that... I started reminiscing in my head about the hippy dippy weatherman and the sports score report. :laughing:

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Let's improve our welding in here, keep this thread alive before I bring out the pallets.

 

[BlacknTan]

No one will improve their welding by typing on the computer...

The only way is to lay down weld and practice.

 

[CalG]

So let me get this straight. You came on the job and had to fight the old guys tooth and nail to make your improvements, were successful, made improvements. Basically more than ignore the old guys, you had to devalue their experience and over-rule them. Then you became an old guy and now "old guys rule" again. Well anyway the more things change the more they are the same. I'll be an old guy before too much longer and you can bet I'm taking notes

l.

This happens a lot! ;-)

 

[CalG]

To the topic:

Years ago, I got my ticket welding aviation seating products.

I can TIG .040" and under 4130 like no one's business. (At least well enough to get the coupons through ;-)

Now, I have a set of bottles (with aviation tips ;-) and an AC buzz box.

You don't want advice from me!

The pros often come across as seeming to fail to understand the reality of an AC buzz box (nor the utility), and so the advice to change equipment comes from a willful lack of experience. Not all that much help for the novice, really.

So I like to read the simple success of the innocent, along side the seasoned and sage advice from those who have done it all.

Resting on laurels sort of pisses me off ;-)

Mostly, I hate it when someone posts their new fabrication project and get's shot down for the weld appearance! STOP BEING SO JUDGEMENTAL! ;-)

 

[dragoneggs]

Well I decided to buy a HF 20ton press and the first thing I did is test some of my fillet welds using a 110v MIG :shocked: on 1/8in coupons I cut up. I was pleased to see that my welds held up at least enough for me. Also enjoying the press which I outfitted with a pneumatic bottle jack. Put some caster wheels on it and the whole setup was less than $200. And I have a spare hand crank bottle jack to boot!



My current shop is small so I put most everything I can on wheels!