I am a union carpenter/millwright in the St. Louis, MIssouri area. Journeyman scale is $34.63. The benefits package is over $10/hr. Health insurance alone is over $6/hr. Our monthly dues is $23. Now, what comes off our check stubs is 3%, that's called dues check off. Here in the St. louis area the g...

Here is the sketch my instructor drew: http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt112/gryphon1994/4DFBF29A-EE50-4F6E-814F-265F23857E5F-901-000003E434874B1C.jpg The booth I am in doesn't have a real table to it, so I took a pipe clamp normally meant for gluing up boards, welded some channel to it, then cla...

Okay, thanks!

I'll post pictures over the weekend.

I am standing at the end of the plate/groove. I start my arc on the backer plate tab, then drag it towards me. It makes it easy to see the arc length, but i have a hard time seeing any of the puddle behind the rod. So maybe that's my problem???

My instructor drew a cutway sketch on the chalkboard the other day. He is saying it should take just 5 passes with a 1/8 " diameter 7018 rod. For me, after passes #2 and #3, what I have resembles somebody's butt crack. So pass #4 goes right over the middle to fill in the crack. Then 5 and 6 goe...

Great, I found those videos. It looks like it is in 3 parts: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCS9t2CB6Vg&feature=relmfu Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyR9IqZIt0c&feature=endscreen&NR=1 Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtDECC69OV0&feature=plcp I haven't watched a...

Hi everyoyne, I am new here, so please bear with me. I did try a search here first with "4G" and "overhead" looking for information, specifically a video, on that test with stick, 7018, 1/8" diameter rod, on 3/8" thick beveled plate, 1/4" gap, with a 1/4" back...