Welding Tips and Tricks

Just a litle freshing my Tig skills on pipe.. At work i weld mostly on MIG, SS or AL Oil/Fuel/chemical (containers trucks) I recall when i did this test like 8 months ago and i weld like 5-6 passes to fill that bevel No it takes only three whit 2mm wire..
I try consistanly to weld some 6g TIg and Stick so i dont forget it.. I try visit/post often again.. Thanks JODY you wore best thing whit me learning welding and how metals behave..I got that spark from your videos.

Hey, there, Aleksi86

I have not heard from you in a while.

That's a nice root, especially considering the general condition of the pipe.

Are you still working at the same place? How is it working our for you?

Steve S

HI STEVE Hoping that you would answer.. Works are going fine Im the man who now welds all the tanks/containers at that stage (photo) Then it goes pressure test and and then others start to make that casing and rear kabinets,pumps ect you know.. Xrays have been fine last ones wore 8 shots by 25inch long and 6 was flawless and 2 was litle porosity but passed.. I have started to get good foothold that i do their all welds what are xrayed.. And i like it.. But i think this wont be my last work Place.. I would like to some day start my own welding bussines like a Rig Welder. Or going to weld factories,power plants coded work.. To make more money and keep my intres growing on welding i need more challenges in future.. The best thing by me has been that fealing when you learn new, or my skills grow up and i see it my welds

Hi, Alexi,

That's a good place to be, to be the "go to guy" for the code welds. Right now, I'm the only code welder in my shop. My supervisor is qualified, but he's not "up to date". (Here, under the ASME codes, if you haven't done a code weld that passed in the last six months, you must re-test.)

I completely understand the feeling you get from learning or mastering something new. That's what keeps me at this job. We are a small company, so I've been learning every aspect of the job from start to finish. I can do everything from rebuilding the axles to installing the wiring, building the cabinets, doing the pressure testing (and for vacuum-jacket vessels, the helium leak detection), and have even redesigned the subframes for a new style air-ride suspension. I've gathered enough experience that the boss asks my opinion when we take on a new challenge, and that's a good feeling.

Learning something almost every day keeps me interested, and mastering as many skills as are offered to me gives me the chance to advance with the company.

I'd suggest, if they'll allow it, that you do the same; Learn as many different aspects of the work from start to finish, until you've learned all you can before you seek different work or go to business for your self.

I'm glad to hear it's going so well for you!

Steve S

YEAP At the moment everything is going fine in work Like you can imagine that probaly 90-95% that container/tank welds are made By me.. Older guyes makes parts ready for me and i just but them Place and BZZZZZ ZAP its there i weld whit Fronius machine 300A Pulsed, specialy made for excotic metals welding, whit good pulling gun. I just asked my boss that could i do the piping at next one coming Aluminium tank, and he said that its a good idea, because i cant learn it anyway else.. I have just get "litle" boared welding now fiwe SS tanks somewhere 300meters weld at each.. But im still liking my job esspecialy when i can do XRAY checked welds. All the other guys have somewhere 20 years of metal working in their backpocet.. I layed litle at job interwie that ive been welding longer then realy, but i had three 6G certs TIG/STICK and a pile of other welding certs.. And he taked me at job, over of 25-30 other welders We weld pipes whit TIG and allmost all else whit MIG.. Its not easy to do Xray qualifity whit MIG on aluminium and our AL is spesific on this kind of jobs (dont now remember the numbers) By the way while ago we had allso at service somekind gas container which had 10mm (four inch) thick steel jacket and no man holes except at the end bolted heavily.. I thinked that man it would be COOL to get weld something like that, it looked so round and uniform eaven it was so thick stuff... Maybe some day

Impressive

Alexi,

I am happy for you! You have found something you love to do that pays you money, and you seem to be very good at it.

Enjoying what you do is priceless. Most people do jobs they don't like, because they don't know anything else.

When you don't enjoy your job, it's time to find another.

Steve S

Yeap you said it right... Thanks Markus you too. I have to write one grinding style/tool (That cutting site) what makes aluminium welding running smoother, and easier to find porosity on weld layer or welding crappy AL...