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greetings
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:22 pm
by Least honorable
hello there, i am a welding student in quebec, and so you know a little' about me, after im done school i want to do 1 of 3 things: work in fab shops small or big, get my high pressure welding education to then either do pipelines or most likely do high pressure welding going from company to company, or make motorcycles if i get good with tig after alot of practice
feel free to say what you would do in my position, or say what kind of welding you do now
thanks,
regards
-Noah
Re: greetings
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:38 pm
by Farmwelding
Welcome to the forum and good luck with building motorcycles. Just practice the crap out of tig.
Re: greetings
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 12:34 am
by Otto Nobedder
High-pressure welding pays so nice...
Building motorcycles is very satisfying if that's something you love.
Fab shops suck. Even the best paying ones...
(Your mileage may vary.)
Steve S
Re: greetings
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:06 am
by Least honorable
Otto Nobedder wrote:
Fab shops suck. Even the best paying ones...
(Your mileage may vary.)
Steve S
compared to other jobs, id imagine so but since different jobs come along and its always new stuff i was thinking of doing it for like 3months (the lenght of time until the next high pressure course is open) then ditch the fab shop if you say it really is bad. i might just do either motorcycles or high pressure, thanks for your input
and when you said high pressure pays so nice, i assume you mean high pressure as a whole, and not just pipeline welding, correct?
sorry for many questions, but thank you for taking your time
Re: greetings
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 2:33 am
by Otto Nobedder
Yep.
I've never been a pipeline welder, though I've welded some high-pressure steam pipe.
My favorite was pressure testing my own welds to 9680 PSI after the NDE (x-ray) was done.
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Steve S
Re: greetings
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:14 am
by Mike
Welcome to the forum Noah.
Re: greetings
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:45 am
by MosquitoMoto
Welcome Noah.
I think I've replied to a couple of your other posts here and there.
Hey, regarding the motorcycle thing, I am into that too - in fact it was the primary reason I took up Tig. I bought myself a 'basket case' bike in a heap of boxes recently and that is how I am going about learning my way around frame modification and bike part fabrication.
The bike cost me very little, so all my experiments in modifying the frame and swingarm, as well as fabricating clip-ons and brackets, are a 'no risk' deal for me; it's not as though I stand to ruin an expensive bike.
Loving it. Would love to hear what you are considering building.
Cheers,
Kym