HEY THERE JUST LOOKING FOR AN ENTRY LEVEL PIPE WELDER POSITION DOWN HERE IN BAKERSFIELD CA BEEN WELDING FOR TEN YEARS JUST GETTING INTO PIPE IT SUCKS RIGHT NOW BUT JUST LOOKING FOR SOME ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO TO GET STARTED I HEAR ITS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW BUT WHO YOU KNOW DAMN THATS A BITCH LOL!!!!!!!!!!...

4m welder wrote:10%?? wow...always been 100% for me. Is this oilfield?

hey man i tried a 6 inch pipe with a penny land and a sawzall blade to gap it and about 90 r so amps it came out great thanks man and a 3inch with a penny land and gap came out great too

yea its oil fields some company may even do 50 percent from what my buddies tell me he say rarely they do a 100 per x ray i gues they to cheap lol!!!! theres a shop over here were they do a 100 per but its all 1 g roll outs with mig dont understand why thats not a diffucult position they dont do all...

o rite bro thanks again the test thet give down here in kern county some companys do want it tig but 95 % want it all stick all the way out thanks again and they xray your stuff were your at down here they want to x ray test coupons and when your on the job they say 10 percent x ray

ok im gonna try that tommorow thank ill let you know how it goes i assume this it what you do for a living thats coo thats my goal and dream thanks again man and another question this is the same on all pipe size r differnt gaps and landing on differnt size just need to be schooled

1/8 rod...not gap, just saw that. run 95 on a 1/8 gap downhill....fun, fun orite im gonna try that i use a piece of 16 ga. for space and about a tight 3/32 land for a 1/8 5p rod about 80 90 depend on pipe size smaller pipe i lower amps but im gonna try a hacksaw blade its a little thinner and what ...

hey paisano not no expert either but a little experience when i run my tig rig i swapped out my standard cup and gas difusser for a gas lens set up sounds like your having problems with gas flow this will help out greatly evenly distrbutes the gas but the other hand i use a wide cup for aluminum sin...

hey i got a question for all the experienced and knowledgeable pipe welders out there im new to this so i was wondering about machines i bought a lincoln ranger 250 chopper series great machine give you that but the pipe downhill mode gots me a little confused was wondering i got a lincoln sqaure wa...