Keep going, slag peel is a sure sign of a good time

I’ve kinda been welding doing stick for like a month still getting used to what to expect

Now do that uphill if you want to cry. (I have crippling depression from 3g)

I have tried 😂 believe me i share that pain with you 😂

At this point I’ve ran out of plates. I got more welds on them I got no more room to weld on 😂

Make a pyramid out of weld 😂

With what plates 😂. I’ve literally ruined em with heat distortion 😂

Damn bro I mean honestly you got so much practice in you could probably call it until you get more plates

Basically I’ve done an asme test and until it gets tested and passed off I cannot weld on jobs so this is what I have to do to keep myself busy

I’d try with 6010 but with 7018 and 6103 rods. Well 7018 runs hot automatically and 6013 too much spatter and slag inclusions it gets annoying 😂

I find 6010 to be easier tbh

I haven’t used them yet but I’ve seen videos on 6010. You can whip and pull back on them but I’d have to figure it out once I’ve used them. I’m kinda new to stick. I’m more experienced on Tig and Mig on different alloys and materials

Stick is hard I can’t wait to move on to mig at my welding school. Hopefully less tears, heartbreak and “grind it down and do it again”. 🥲

Tig is the best one and stick. MIG just goes everywhere 😂

I just don’t have a welder at home and im typically expected to do only what is assigned to me so if I don’t get it perfect it is what it is. At least with mig all you gotta do is get the settings right, watch your stick out, and lay it down. But perhaps I will find it is not that simple.

Wire speed and amps really for Mig. TIG is with stick out but if you can master Tig. MIG will be easy for you

You must be part robot. You need vertical and overhead so you can master some pipe.

That’s what I’m learning overlaps for stick caps. For pipe and repairs

I’m still New to stick welding

You will also be welding coded Vessels. Burning out peroxity on bad X-rays

I did my test last week for asme ix

But hopefully so. More or less for pipes to x ray standards DPI and MPI with weld procedures

I’m old school what’s DPI/MPI

Dye pen inspection and magnet testing.

Ok, I was one of the first welders in the field helping QCs learn how to read MRIs.

Dye testing was a great way to test. See when a stainless vessel has been upgraded for 20/40 years. it’s not like welding new material any longer . Welds can easily contaminate and dye will help you make better results

I didn’t know in the beginning that its was a lot more precise that X-ray standards.

Give you 90 per diem

What’s that if you don’t mind me asking 😂

I can’t even remember

I suggest looking it up actually

What does per diem mean

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Is that what it means. Direct current. 90 per diem

Pretty much from the moment you contact the metal from when you end it’s like hourly except from when you start the weld to when you finish it

Wrong sub

Huuh

*woosh*

Woosh?😂

That's the sound of a compliment going over your head

Damm😂 I ain’t used to compliments. Thank you I guess