I'm a welder in Tennessee.
Ask me anything /b/ros
What do u weld?
>>686191620
do you weld?
>>686191708
Structural, stick 7018
>>686191620
http://www.wsmv.com/story/32045089/mother-of-3-spent-44-days-in-jail-after-sharing-name-with-suspect
How does this make you feel about your state?
>>686191843
Yes
>>686191880
Still better then any northern state, and cali. Kek
>>686192152
What is the closest big city to you?
>>686191620
can you weld my heart together?
What is the worst things to weld?
>>686192248
Knoxville, TN
>>686192452
Ever ride I40 towards asheville?
>>686192052
now give me a sexy weave to cap that off
>>686192445
Aluminum sucks pretty bad
>>686192570
Yea man. I love ashville
>>686192052
So you're in training?
Have you tried welding a pair of balls onto your forehead as a hood ornament?
Is it possible to tig Aluminum ? and if so is it a bitch or easier with tig ?
gas i found no problem except the speed the fucker melts
>>686192599
What's bad about it?
forget your shitty training stuff, real welding is taught on the job or in actual practice.
>>686192583
Ain't sexy lol, this is the first one I ever ran. Got pretty slick at it, but don't have any pics unfortunately
How is fucking your sister going?
Be a man and go weld on some pipe
>>686193028
It's a good break from you're mom
>>686192688
Well I live there and it's a liberal nightmare for me.
>>686192832
not OP but it has a oxide layer that melts at a higher temp than the aluminum on the inside
and when you start welding it it's super runny like water
>>686192698
Yea, bout to start sticking pipe
>>686192810
Tig is the best way to weld aluminum by far
>>686192857
Nah, I'll take all the certifications, free tuition, and job placement after the program.
>>686191620
How much money do you make in this profession?
>>686193149
>you're
show boomstick if dubs
>>686191855
Oooh it's cute the iron worker things he is a real welder
>>686191620
You arent a fucking welder OP, youre some nooblet in the cert booth for the first time. Come back in 10 years and stop posting ugly ass boogers.
>>686193126
I'm about to start sticking pipe in a couple days actually.
Here's some tig I was practicing.
>>686193589
Union?
>>686194068
Fuck the union
where u from in tennessee fgt. also Czech em
>>686194179
Your mom's house
>>686194156
Aw did someone fail the hard math and mech test? Or did you spill spaghetti in the interview you fucking pleb
>>686194413
Nah son. To much bullshit and time. I'm just gonna hit the workforce running
>>686194563
Good luck getting fucked by the big black dick that is every company with no one backing you, and retiring.
>>686194156
Spoken like a true idiot. I bet you got filtered out. Enjoy your 15 bucks an hour. I'll enjoy my 43.35 on the check and 69.19 full package
>>686195138
Oh and I'm a real welder on pipe. Once you can burn 9 chrome or inconel then you can can yourself a welder.
>>686195138
>15/hr
>Kek
Maybe uncertified
>>686194156
>>686191620
you ever get slag on your nutsack?
>>686195454
Sure you are buddy. Have fun bubble gum welding with your harbor freight mig in your garage
>>686195138
>15/hour
Seriously with as big of a shortage as there is, you'd be dumb to accept that kind of wage.
I have a friend on working in same state as OP fresh out of school making 35/hour non-union
>>686195996
>this
This dude knows what he's talking about
.023 or .030?
>>686195882
Hurts like hell
>>686195892
That's cute but I ain't burning rod for anyone on anything less than an XMT 350
>>686191620
Is your name Hunter Mac?
How much do you make per year? Per hour?
>>686196152
Given you're certified and not just some cuck with the cheapest welder they could get from harbor freight
>>686193467
>implying you have to weld pipe to be a welder
>>686196835
Agreed
>>686193467
on average they get paid better.
>>686196936
Oh you can stick metal together but unless you can weld at 10% xray on high purity chrome or heavy wall carbon or he'll even 2 inch schedule 80 and shoot the bitch everytime you're just playing at being a welder and if you can it's on pipe
>>686197223
Not in any refinery, nuclear plant, or coal burner in any state I've welded in
>>686191620
how come every time I get anything done on my exhaust, the welds are garbage? Do they think I'm not going to look?
Pipefitter steamfitter master race. Get the fuck outta here you drunk cunt
>>686197920
Majority of welding jobs aren't in those three categories.
>>686198253
Preach on brother 539 welder here.
>>686198320
R u dum
>>686197781
I'm gonna get certified in everything pipe I can.
I'm just welding plate right now. I start 2g stick in a couple days, once I run through 2,5, and 6g. I'll move on to tig. Carbon 2 5 and 6. Then free hand carbon, stainless, aluminum, etc.
>>686191620
Sup
>>686198515
That's good. Eat up everything they give you. Then go on the hunt for high purity shit
>>686198719
Yea man, that's where the real money is. The harder it is to weld, to more money you paid.
>>686198659
>>686198429
Google iron worker salary and welder salary.
Yes, the potential to make ridiculously more money lies in welding but iron workers make more on average.
>>686198956
Don't just learn it learn to make it xray everytime
>>686199265
First thing I ever welding when I got in school lol
>>686198253
>>686193278
Is that sephiroth?
>>686199382
Look up pipefitter/steam fitter wage because that's what I'm talking about. Iron works are only there to make supports for my system. They do not make more than us
Ever meet a chick do into welders you had to wear the gear while you fucked her and she only came while the flame was on
>>686192452
Knoxville is a town compared to New York. Your state is sub par.
lol we wouldnt take you in the union anyway your welds look like dogshit. enjoy your shit wages
>>686191620
Quit being a shitty junk iron welder and start welding pipe faggot
Haha I engineer aluminium structures and the welder a be all like - we hate you... Lolz
They once tried to get a stitch instead of a continuous weld past me on the inside of an open channel that was upside down and sitting on plate but I spotted the gaps in the heat effected zones and said oi bitches... Wtf is that shit... Rip it all down do it again... Lol made a lot of enemies that day.
We pay people more for aluminium it's just a prick to weld. Like if I asked you to shovel manure into a cart with a shovel. I'll pay you $1000 a cart... Then imagine I say ok, I'll pay you $2000 but you gotta use your hands... Same/similar work but just fucking gay.
>>686191620
You live near Lake City or what the fags call "Rocky Top"?
>>686196387
If you got slag on your nutsack you are a fucking retard
>>686195138
You a 63 guy?
>>686200162
Lol no its not, Nashville would be compared to NYC
>>686200309
Lol what? No
>>686200801
>Born in Knoxville, TN
>Lived in NYC
>NOTHING IS THE SAME
>>686201070
Closer to Oak Ridge or Maryville then faggot?
>>686193214
>>686192599
Aluminum isn't bad if you tig it. Aluminum mig is fucked, but still doable.
Clean your material really well (i.e. brush the piss out of it), and turn your heat up really high.
>>686201357
Kinda
Here in Kansas, we don't have any welding unions. Missouri is the closest place for me.
Most I've ever made being a dedicated welder was $14 an hour, and that's pretty alright for Kansas. I'm certified in structural welding, but I specialize in stainless and aluminum tig. Certs aren't worth a fuck in Kansas, you can either do it or not.
I've changed career paths, because welding as a career is completely fucked. Have fun wrecking your health and well being, to be treated like a piece of shit for 50 years (if you even live until retirement).
DC local 602 journeyman reporting
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>>686202297
Wasn't a choice fag.
>>686202461
You're a huge puss. Wrecking health how? Wear proper PPE and don't be a boi. Double up on eye protection and wear a Low profile respirator. Between that and ear protection you're golden.
>>686204259
Ppboi*
Chicago Local 63 Architectural and Ornamental IW reporting in.
>>686191620
When you wel is bit of fire out torch an hot wear rglor an hemet so on't bun u or blind?
>>686191620
There really is all types here. thanks for reminding me.
>>686191620
What's most weld?
>>686202461
Treated like shit? The contractor sucks my dick and I get away with murder because Im a pipe fitter welder