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Some peoples kids.....sigh IE Welding schools?
I had a young guy come over a week or so ago, he heard that I had
"machining and welding stuff" and he wanted to see if he could get some tig rod. He has a little DC only TIG rig and had been ****ing around with it. This area is not known for being big on TIG..mostly pipe welding for the oil fields. Took the kid out to the shop, showed him my toys and out to the welding shop. Talked to him about what he was wanting to do..and gave him some tig filler. He thanked me..and left. I figured Id never see him again. Yesterday morning..he showed back up with some of his work to get some advise. So I took him out to the shop and fired up my big TIG multiprocess machine and had him duplicate his practice work while I watched over his shoulder and gave him some advice. His welds improved 300% in just a couple minutes. We got to talking about aluminum welding and he expressed interest in learning how to do it. His welder is DC only, and I warned him about doing aluminum with it and suggested a couple methods about how he might be able to "get by" with a DC only machine, then brought out some thin aluminum stock, filler and switched the machine to AC and let him run a couple beads..warning him about the melting point versus the welding point..and to watch his feet when the puddle went right through the work. He fired up and immediately melted a hole in the work. Totally expected. Then had him work on finding the sweet spot....which he did VERY quickly. To make a long story short..that kid, at the end of the day..was welding SWEET aluminum fillets and long ones too. I had him doing 1/8" plate and welding it to 1/4" aluminum plate like a freaking pro. It takes ME a couple attempts to get dialed in..and this kid did it in just a couple tries..for the very first time!! I put on a .040 electrode and gave him a couple soda cans and he was doing a half way decent job of welding the bottoms together!! Im tickled ****less that he took to it so fast. I hate doing aluminum/TIG..and he simply..has a knack for it. Next trip over...Im going to see what kind of stick and mig welding he can do. I suspect he is going to be a star! Oddly enough...he has been in the US for 8 yrs..and is Russian, came over with his mom and they decided to immigrated and are becoming citizens. His english is pretty good too, with almost no accent. Kids..shrug He has been working as labor here in the oil patch..and since the patch is nearly shut down...he hasnt had a lot of work. I want to put together a list of affordable welding schools for him...anyone that has the Knack this well..really needs to go to a decent school, get certified and get a good paying job. Anyone have any suggestions for good schools on the west coast? Thanks! Gunner --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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