I don't know whether to get rid of the guy that made these welds, or move him up the ladder for bluffing our welding technician. He has BSing skills, not sure of any others.

Looks like a chickenman weld.

Hope that's not a submarine.

I don�t see a problem.

you have mistaken a grinder for a welder.

that is management material right there , he's gonna be your boss one day

I bet he is a great grinder.

He welding with a catapult?? It looks like mine

Send that thing to paint and get him welding on the next one� Time is money!!

Is that a cat turd?

He is no doubt a grad-u-ate of one of the O-colleges here in Oklahoma...:)

I�d get rid of your weld tech!

I don't think that is OSHA approved.

Your in trouble

You're

Would you reveal what that thing is? I mean if its going on the front of a mad max vehicle its fine

Lol, it's just a rolled piece of plate,,,,, a cylinder about 8' OD. If you look closely you can see the seam tacked together. The tacks are the semi horrible welds. The really bad weld is just a piece of flat plate I think he threw in there and made an attempt to weld up to keep the other tacks from breaking. It's not working. The seam has to pass 100% X-ray.

Tulsa go tech had a great welding program. College is no place for a welder.

no way that would pass a wet mag test.

Yall use Flux core for the weld out or just fit up?

Submerged arc when we can, flux core or stick rod the rest of the time.
The "T" seam welds on the right are sub-arc, the two welds on the left are flux core.

This is the end product, before blast and paint and refrac. It's the bottom piece of a 200' smoke stack going to a refinery.

Surely you fired him and then reprimanded the tech who hired him

Maybe breathalyzers after lunch would fix it ?

I asked him what he wanted to do when he grows up, he said he just wanted to play the guitar

Looks like some marked LOF on the SAW and stitch welding is not allowed in ASME section IX FCAW or GMAW, however stitch welding is allowed in Farm Code 2002 or those that have an aversion to following AWS D1.1 or other consensus codes.
As far as the original post, I would recommend 911 on speed dial training for all associated employees.

If you're looking for a job, we need a bass player IMMEDIATELY!

This is the quality of GTAW welds I produce.

Is that before or after?

After. These are the types of welds used on gas and water systems for the Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Industries.

That's pretty,,, we keep all our pipe/bong welders in a different building.

I hope that is a root pass

Single pass root and cap. Auto-genus.

I understand now, your PQR does not require FJP, therefore the WPS and WQR supports PJP on your weld. Nice work

You almost got it right (it's WPQ/WOPQ instead of WQR but I understand because I was an old welder) - ASME Sec. IX QW-350. Do you need an Inspection job? CWI(?) or we could train you to our SNT-TC-1A VT Qualifications.

Check out Orbital/Auto-genus Welding for process piping systems. I used to do that (besides being a code certified welder) and then got into the Inspection and Analytical Testing on these systems.

Can either of you blow a flute? I'm thinking about a Jethro Tull cover band.

I'd love to be that good with TIG....I had a nice Miller syncrowave at one time and wasted a lot of steel trying to get it down...:) Now I get to look at welding procedures for energy companies and see if they have their "recipe" right for pipe...:) I'd like to get another TIG machine to play with when I finally retire....

I have no idea what you guys are talking about, except the bong part

$25 an hour welds

both look pretty sloppy

Good work Mag,,,,, whenever you get tired of that hood, holler at me and I'll put you on a sub-arc.

That looks like a $8.50 an hour welder. That Jet Rod 7014 or 7024 on the left is ugly! Heck lay it down and it will weld itself.

Yeah, I quit giving too flying [CENSORED] what my welds look like inside of a oilfield pressure vessels!


No Pick Up work and No Leaks. Show me the $$$$$$