so i just got the call that i have to take my drug test then we start work on the 8th of next month. what does a 1st year apprentice have to do on the job. i was told that we wont be welding untill 3rd year. so i was wondering are they going to have me sweep up or take out the trash. i wouldnt mind ...

im taking a 6g test on 2.5 inch sch 80 carbon steel. tig the root with a 3/32 gap this works great. then i do a hot pass to almost fill the bevel. my problem is my cover pass(atom arc 3/32 7018 at 75 amps) is under cut on the higher side of the weld. i have been weaving the cover pass, but would two...

i have an interview with pipefitters jatc on 5/15. i hope that i get in.

has anyone here tried to weld aluminum dcep with pure helium? if so does it penetrate more?

thanks

can you do one on purge welding . like s.s. tubing .0625 wall. this is what i do at work but, i would like to see how you would do it.

what do you do now?

I work in a non union shop been here for five years. i was interested in the pipefitters apprenticeship,do you have any advice? I have mostly purge welded s.s. tube and done some other s.s.(sanitary tanks).

he has a old barrel that i can try it on first. do you think that silver solder would be the best way to go? if so what kind of flux do you recommend?

this guy at work wants me to solder a 1/8 s.s. tube to the rail on his shot gun. he is going to machine a grove for the tube to sit in, then put a fiber optic sight in the tube after soldering. he says that the rail is silver soldered to the barrel already. do you know what kind of solder should be ...

I work in a shop in columbus and we haven't been doing much work. I was wondering if any one here knew of other shops around that were hiring?

just wondering what your take is. do you prefer the big or small lens in your hood. i work in a weld shop now and i am in welding school. i go to school monday and wednesdays and have to take my hood(large) back and forth. i want another hood but, i am thinking of getting one with the smaller lens i...