Awritey then....Still alive but barely.....lol...Finally my whinin about doin pipe musta wore um down...Got transfered a week ago..I'm LOVIN it.....Started on thru pipe...Then got to fab & weld some hangers...Finally got to weld some flanges......This pipe is the SHIT...hahahahahahha...Oh yea..S...

Awritey then.....Pics it is...lol.....I'm managing to keep my ol ass awake to do the show & tell thing...Just for YOU guys...Just got the word this am...I can go direct when my times up with the headhunter...Was glad to hear that....6 weeks jst turned into 4 months....I awta leave here with a ni...

2014-03-24_14-52-07_547.jpg Hey Gang....Im still alive..(barely..LOL)..things are goin great...My boss is lettin me run a couple beads here & there on the machines I'm building...I shuda never said anything bout bein a millwright..BUT....I do have some GREAT news....One of the guys I met has a ...

Well Gang...after 4 hrs of orientation & safety..Got sent to the motel (with pay..LOL)...Wiz tester was a no show today...Steve..When I'm done...(2 months) I can yak all I want about it....These guys were ANAL bout cell phones, cameras an security..(The machine they shipped over is completely co...

DDDAAM J...That good for a first weld...If mine looked like that I wouldn't have been whinin...Think them fast freezers are the way to go on pipe......Yea...Went & took the gate tests...Two days later I'm in Mississippi....LOL...Millwright/welder...Todays the cherry....Gettin ready to roll out n...

AZ..It's a D1.1....1" plate...plate I been showing is 3/4..Close enuf I think..

Now thats cool wes...I'll check it out if my dremel goes south....

Hi Dylan...3 & 4 G on 1" plate...Structural...For a red iron crew....

Having the wrong collets installed..I had already smoked both ends of the 3/32...The next day my little sharpie diamond wheel showed up....SOOO..I hooked it up to my dremel..and sharpened up everything again..Got a tungsten grinder for $8.00..lol (those 300-400 $ ones are nice,but this works for $8....

Like the title says....I'm goin for it...Feel like I gota shot...Thanks to ALL that helped get me to this point...LEFT TO RIGHT...HORIZONTAL..VERTICLE.. OVERHEAD.. And some 6010 i ran on an old junk craftsman I found in my brother in-laws shed....

Here's what I did...Used wrong collet in HTP body....Live an learn....I think the pyrex needs a longer stick out..I was out an 1/8 or so..Read & saw( from AK's link) they come out 6-8 diameters....A LLLOONG way... Now I'll go stand in the corner...LOL

A Honeymoon Dick??? LMAO...Len...I gota steal that one if you don't mind..Mama was sittin hear readin ..& she's crackn up too...DAM!! Ok Rereading your replies(len,nick & John) Got me thinkin....A couple times i had to dis & reassemble..Tungsten was loose( slid in & out)...I feel a B...

Ok Guys...Excuse the scattered responces & the missed replies to richard & len...I was half in the bag last night..lmao..Let me regroup ...Soooo here goes..Richard...Yes that was the buisness end of torch....Len polarity was DCEN...Wasn't walkin the cup..Electrode (125)was extended bout 250-...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pyrex-Cup-Kit-f-Tig-Welding-Weld-Torches-Torch-17-18-26-/170347289837?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27a97d5ced Is this what you bought? Yepr Thats the 1..And as far as takin heat for NOT BUYIN AMERICAN....The "powers that be" made it almost impossibe not to......

AZ...That probly ain't never gona happen...Lmao...EXP rules bro...I know this from machining....This is new to me..You boys..SUP.. AZ..OTTO..You guys been tiltin tit to a greenie from day one.You got no idea how much I appreciate it...An No offence taken on the polarity thing..A lots lost in this te...

You nailed it AZ...wasn't walkin tho....The pics i posted in the stick section..couple a them were the pics this happened in...Torch was warmin up fast...Got some alumina gas lenses also....Didn't have a problem with them....Sup says it's "less than top quality"..That was my first impressi...

Jonathan....I'm green,but know reverse polarity is stick..(electrode positive)..Tig is (electrode negative)...I wasn't walking the cup..was close to work..with tungten extended .250-.312 outa the cup (1/8"dia electrode in this case) probably cup was .090-.125 from plate..My first impression was...

Ok Gang....lit up the tig torch with my new gas lens(pyrex kit fromHTP) on my Everlast 160sth...120 amps..Doing a open root weld on 3/8 plate.. 22.5 angles 45degree included.. .060 gap..(knife edge),,I didn't go an inch or two before this happened....On the pyrex cup you can see what looks like the ...

LMAO..I used to watch that TOO Steve...Ur givin away your age Bro....rotf...Man...Tell the truth ...Was that some lame shit or what !!!That was right up there with the Hi-Karate & the Aqua Velva commercials....Seriously tho...As far as gettin any money....I don't have any dillusions of my abilit...

Arizona...This WHOLE exercise has been about pipe..But I'm goin thru what i consider the logical progression to get there.. the right way..AT THE BOTTOM..U gota have a skeleton before start hangin things...(floors before Columns Beams joist walls)..Now that I have a goal in mind...I can watch & ...

Thanks guys for the supportive comments..Arizona...the height thing won't be a problem...(atleast it wasn't when I was in my 20's & early 50's) lol....Rodbuster,rigger & finally connector up in Middlesex Maryland when I was a kid..I helped fab a coal plant extraction system in steamboat spri...

Jonatha...No BS....You think I cud pass a 3-4G plate test now....Gota buddy that says he cud get me on with an Ironworker crew if i cud test & pass....I know I don't really know sh** yet..But....This does seem kinda easy so far..I been doin all kinds a stuff,,up & down hand plate on 45's &am...

Better than when I stared 2 weeks ago(3 weeks now)....When I can make it look EFFORTLESS like that BAT shit crazy canadian boy fieldres...and my beads look like his do...THEN I might say It;s ok..Till something better comes along...LMAO......That kid IS awsome in my opinion..You ever seen his open r...

013.JPG 001.JPG 016.JPG Yo Dylan...Weathers been kinda shity so I had to go under cover..Been playn with the Tig function on this little green machine...I THINK TIGS what I like...Here's some shots of my very first attempts..LOL..A root(like I said..attempts) on 3/8 plate open root..knife & 3/3...