I hope you're not welding in the laundry room. :?: No. Our laundry room is connected to the garage. With two doors. One to the house one to the garage. So I can run an extension cord to that room and use the welder in the garage with the one to the garage mostly closed and the other door closed to ...

I just got a everlast 160sth and wanted to be able to use the 220v dryer plug from time to time. The welder is a 3 prong and the dryer is a 4 prong dual voltage nema 14-30R. I've included pics of both plugs. How do I go from the 3 to the 4 without rewiring the welder. I'd still like to use the 110v ...

STILL hiring. We're up to 17 now, starting with five last year. Too damn busy to keep up, but "busy" is a good problem to have. We're flush with mechanics, so mostly looking for another welder (Mechanical skills still a plus, as we're not a production shop and there are times with no weld...

DLewis0289 wrote:Still have a pancake hood as goofy as it looks it serves a purpose.

Cost/value/performance.....The Fiber-Metal pipeliner wins in my opinion.

Always wondered about the pancake hood. What are those for?

Just wondering if you've done any tube welding 1" sch160 inconel or any other nickel based alloys. I've done a bit of nickel based stuff working on gas turbines, but no tube welding. I want to eventually end up in aerospace welding so maybe you can give some tips on that.

Depends on where you're at. We have tons of pipe welder/fitter work down here in Houston. Its not on the pipeline but its been pretty steady lately. Oil and Gas will have a use for you when you can't stand working the line anymore.

Sent a PM to you sir. But heres a job posting i know they are hiring at. This is for a pipe welder/structural welder/fitter position. Call and talk to luis. Weld test is 6" sch80 6g .035 (GMAW) mig root, .045 (FCAW) fluxcore fill and cap. Its a no a/c shop also. Houston Vessel Manufacturing 162...

Step 1. Create a short and sweet resume detailing what you can do and what skills you have and what weld processes you have used. Then there are the tests Plate(3g 4g) & Pipe(6g) are the main tests you will need to pass. Google welding resumes to get some ideas of what to put. You can pretty muc...

Thanks for the tip i'll check them out. I went by the shop today and it turns out the settings for the machine are on the paper they give you with the guidelines of the test on it. Now theres nothing to it but to do it. I'm going to try and get some practice at a friends house I haven't wire welded ...

Hi guys I have an opportunity to work at a shop that fabricates pressure vessels for the oil and gas industry. They want me to take a 6g 2 1/2" schedule 160 test with mig and flux. I was just wondering if anybody has any tips to give me on machine settings and technique. I've done a fair amount...