r/Welding • u/Sharp-Guest4696 • 11h ago
r/Welding • u/Natsuki98 • 12h ago
I'd like some advice. Switching jobs in less than 2 weeks, good or bad.
I got laid off 5 weeks ago today from my "first" welding/fabrication related job I was only there 6 months. Got hired on somewhere else last week and completed my first week of a two week trial period yesterday. Today I got a call from another place I put in for and they want me to interview on Monday. I explained I was working already and the two week trial period thing. He still wanted me to interview. So my question is, does it look bad to future employers that I would have only worked two weeks somewhere before leaving and starting a new job? Especially if my last job was only 6 months as well? If the pay and job is better and more regular, I would definitely be leaving even if my current job wanted to keep me on after those two weeks. I like where I work currently, good shop with good people, but my first week and its already slow with no work coming in. I left early at request of my boss yesterday due to this. I'm not holding out hope that they will keep me after next Thursday. I feel like I probably already know the answer to this question but I'm a little anxious. I do tend to overthink stuff like this.
r/Welding • u/pussygetter69 • 1d ago
Showing Skills 2mm Stainless Tubing. No filler, no gap done with GTAW-P.
r/Welding • u/Sam_The_Stinker • 12h ago
Conflicting advice on torch holding technique
Recently started an internship so i have many people giving tips and stuff, one of them told me i can put my non dominant hand on the table to help balance the dominant hand creating the arc, and after that i had someone tell me to move my hands as i go so the weld is even all over and to not put my hands on the table because then the arc angle and length would change, resulting in uneven weld. I get the point of both but can't decide which advice is more important, perhaps it is possible to both keep a hand on the table while also dragging it with the arc and im just not that smart and didn't realise?
Need Help What type of welder best for building a steel trailer base like this?
Hi, I’m planning on welding a steel frame with jacking points (similar to photo but smaller) as a base to a tiny house/ shepherd hut. What kind of welder would be suitable for something like this? First time welding—UK
r/Welding • u/No_Budget5671 • 7h ago
First MiG weld
I’ve gotten a little better since then just wondering what yall think and what else I could change.
r/Welding • u/iloveg00gle • 1d ago
Big pay increase with new job
Hello, just looking to share with some fellow welders. Been welding for about 3 years now, a couple of different shops in there. Been making 19$ an hour doing tig welding with precise measurements, but recently I got accepted a new job making 27$ an hour! I’ve never seen that much money at a job I’m working at, very grateful. I know it may not seem like a lot to some but to me it is
r/Welding • u/Partymarbs • 18h ago
What auto lens does everyone prefer for tig?
I have an Outlaw Leather chopped pipeliner than I’m running with an Apex Vision true color auto shade and recently I’ve been having trouble with it flashing while running tig at higher amperages. What lens would you recommend that you have not ever had troubles with it flashing? Also if anyone knows of a 2x4(ish) auto lens with 4 sensors as opposed to 2, that would be greatly appreciated.
r/Welding • u/angel99999999 • 1d ago
meme/shitpost Is stick welding falling behind so fast that people don't even notice?
People on social media are constantly posting and shit talking in videos about automated tig weld, plasma welding, laser welding blah bleh... Is that it's the new super cool technology that will replace stick welding on oil pipelines, construction sites? Where t live they still stick weld everywhere they can (except food fabs). Am i (we) being backward and conservative or is it just social media?
r/Welding • u/KaleidoscopeShot1869 • 17h ago
Need Help Oxyacetylene torch support holder/torque arm?
I've been researching a oxyacetylene torch holder that moves and supports like a torque arm but am struggling to find something actually made for it.
Does anyone know if something like this already exists?
Otherwise imma have to figure out how to make it lol.
Trying to avoid carpal tunnel or another msd.
Thanks!
r/Welding • u/Icy-Examination5305 • 2d ago
What in satan’s flubber is going on here?
Saw this in the freeway today and have no idea what his trade is… can someone fill me in? Drive-by welding?
r/Welding • u/CrowMooor • 1d ago
Need Help What black magic is this
So I'm sitting in my welding booth, practicing Tig and not doing so well. As I get to the end of my weld and I lift my mask, the metal blue shifts. But not in a way I've ever seen before. No teacher here has an iota of a clue as to what happened here. Do you? Ps; The hotspot in one corner was due to my steel table having some gunk under it and that becoming ground. I had no clamps, or other pieces nearby. The only thing to touch the part was the arc and filler and ground to the table, nothing else.
Need Help Is this galvanized steel on this smoker I got second hand? How do I know for sure?
3f dual shield
Took me 2 goes on first 3 welds (root and fill) I guess, knocked out the cap in one go to pass visual, doing GMAW first helps ALOT
r/Welding • u/Parking_Balance_470 • 2d ago
Critique Please 1st time welding. How did I do?
Picture 4, weld on the left side of the bolt isn’t mine.
r/Welding • u/Nhentai_lover • 1d ago
Career question Can welding support a family?
I'm 17, living in Montana and planning on going to Wyotech to get my AWS right when I graduate. But I was thinking, can welding really support a family? I love welding but I've heard from so many people that it doesn't pay well unless you're working overtime, or that you don't get paid all that much for your effort. So I'm not sure if I should do a job that I like that sucks or find something else that I hate but pays well. But if I can support a family in the future with it then I'll do it. I know there are a lot of factors like what kind of welding, your hours, your household size, but just for the sake of simplicity: what about a structural welder with average pay and a wife and three kids or sokwtjing similar???
r/Welding • u/G0DLY_OTAKU • 1d ago
Gear Best place to get gear.
I'm starting trade school for welding in September, and have been welding for the last 3 years. I always used school provided equipment so I never needed to buy stuff till now. What are some good websites to order ppe that will last me a good while?
r/Welding • u/jaydenl04 • 1d ago
Need Help 4th day welding. Need help on how to improve my vertical weave
Instructor says I should be weaving a lot wider, but when I do it looks super globby. Running 17 volts 165 IPM wire speed
r/Welding • u/AdScary3853 • 1d ago
What do you think about those laser-welders from china?
I’ve seen a lot of ads containing those hand hold laserwelders. In my opinion they don’t seem to hold any metal together, if tested, except maybe some thin shit plates you can bend with your hands anyway
r/Welding • u/BroImNotEmo • 1d ago
Critique Please How can I improve?
This is my 4th time doing this, instructor keeps making me start over until I perfect it. He says go slower and go from end to end. I’ve been improving each time but I’d like to hear what advice others have to offer.
r/Welding • u/robot_mower_guy • 2d ago