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trucker40
02-20-2008 19:41:29
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Re: How about a fun little quiz? in reply to 135 Fan, 02-19-2008 13:57:56
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Im no expert,and have not gone to any welding school,and I know that grinding a weld,and not taking a lot off of it makes it stronger because it removes stress from the weld.Plus peening the weld does this too. Those welds looked alright what I saw,but I dont think some of em got the attempt at humor. Welding is one of the better jobs I can remember having.I had a good feeling when I was 18 to 22,and I would walk in that factory to work.I think I felt like whoever it was that built the pyramids.I didnt think I was going to spend my whole life doing it,but I have kind of spent a lot of time welding.I thought I was a good welder when I could weld a weld with 7024 and it would peel the slag off.Lots of the old drunk guys I worked with couldnt do that.Then really nobody cared.Since I could do that I got more to weld,untill you get burned out on it.I didnt like mig,but it was a break from stick,and I got good at that.Then I thought after a couple of months that I was a good mig welder,in that factory.They had cranes and stuff and wanted you to weld everything flat as possible,weld weld weld all the time.Ater a couple of years of that,they got a job that had to be uphill.I was happy they chose me to be one of those uphill welders.After that I thought,if I am so good a welder maybe they will pay me more money,so I asked for a raise.The boss said "welders are a dime a dozen,next you will say you are going to quit and by tonight I will have another welder as good as you,maybe better". Now I know that welding flat is not by any means the only way to weld.I know there are lots of better welders than me.But if you want it to hold,I can do that now.I know welders are not a dime a dozen.I also know that its not hard to be a good factory welder if you weld flat all the time.In real life you usually have to crawl up inside some machine at a bad angle,then sort of guess where you weld at something,then grind it off and do it right,time after time.The stuff that breaks is usually already broke some place you cant even see without a mirror.Now when you do that and make it look good,I dont think you can say "dime a dozen welder" any more.I also know there are people that weld stuff every day that is not in ideal situations like way up in the air,under water,inside tight confined areas,and lots of places that a lot of "welders"wouldnt even try and think about doing unless it was in a shop,laying flat.Nothing wrong with that welding flat.But just to make it more realistic do it standing on your head with a blind fold on then send a picture.Those who like to criticize a lot try this as well,then maybe you all will like to grind a little more,and be a little less critical.But I bet everybody would get a laugh out of seeing a picture of that.Sorry I dont have any idea how to send a picture,and dont want to learn either.
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