my welding handy work

[04_edge 10+ year member]

my oxy-acetylene handy work, i think its on 16 gauge...any one else on here weld, and anyone do it as a profession? Im going to get my ASE cert. in the spring.

and that was before this happened, which kinda effed my plans for going to school earlier.

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[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

stitches rock.

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Wow.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

what happend?

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

ya i had to weld a few years ago in high school, no pics though

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

do i spy a tendon with my little eye?

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

Holy shit that looks like that hurt, what did you do to it?

And Ive seen worse welds from a "professional" before.

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

My god I'm glad i'm going int cs... what's the worse that can happen? my foot fall asleep while programming? hehe

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

do i spy a tendon with my little eye?

ha, yes. i had a big sheet of expanded metal dropped on it by some kid this stuff i severed that tendon you see, and partially the one on the side, i couldnt use my hand at all for a while, and it took 10 weeks of physical rehab for it to get back to close to what it was before it happened

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

shit thats sick

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Wicked hurt.

nG

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

I weld quite frequently but usually use GMAW or FCAW. I can also do SMAW, but I rarely do it anymore because the shop I work in usually only uses 16 gauge box tube. Next semester, I am thinking of getting my 4G cert in dual shield GMAW and in single shield GMAW. One day, I will post some of the stuff I have made, but most of it consists of theatrical framing and prop construction. It is rare that I get a job that takes more skill than squaring 2 piece of steel. Although I am a perfectionist and always make sure everything looks pretty and is structural. As I learned from a vetern welder who has worked in an industrial setting for 20+ years, one bad weld can cost a few million dollars and waste a few days of work.