Hey guys made a sub reddit for aussie welders if anyone keen to join! also looking for a couple mods too if anyone is interested. Cheers! https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianWelding/s/QUxOM4uDg0

Does anyone here work for Komatsu in MKE, WI or is familiar with them? I want to apply to a Welder position that they have, but I'm not sure if they work with students and I'm not sure what they're weld test is like. As far as school goes, I will say that I only have a week and half left in my current semester and I'll only have 2 classes in the spring semester

Im decent at mig and stick and thats about 20% of my job im looking for a tig not for work but for recreation mainly building com blok parts kits would like to weld aluminum but its not needed

Hey mobile fellas and outfitters! What do you charge per hour? And do you charge an after hours rate? Is there a standard? Thanks

I bought a pile of cutting equipment. These are the nicest of the bunch. Which set is better, left or right?

Don’t know how they ripped a fender support off the magnet trailer, but we fixed it. Field setup is a light-all generator and a dynasty wired for a 30 amp nema plug.

Hello, I've been welding for a couple of years, I've welded MIG, TIG, stick and laser. What are my options for career growth? i know I could be a certified welder via AWS or CWS, I could also study weld engineering and then become a CWI, aside from that what other options would you recommend? Is safety inspector a career path worth pursuing?

Hey guys. I’m a frequent commenter in here and never really post BUT I do have a serious question. I’m in a local union and will be sent to plants and was just wondering if my upcoming surgery on my ankle (metal plates and screws will be put in my ankle) wouldn’t allow me to do as much as I’d like to do welding wise. Curious what I could do other than wool sock it to prevent arc jump into it. Also I’ve heard of a plant denying a buddy of mine due to the screws being in his arm but he got a leather arm cover and was good to go. I’m guessing my best option would be cowboy boots vs the ones I currently wear but just curious.

I have an xr alumapro 35ft gun well now 2 with the same issue. The gun will feed wire and all controls work. When I try to weld all I get is a spark, I know it’s the gun because I can put a different gun on the machine and it works. It’s not a grounding issue because I have swapped machines grounds and guns with the same issue on the gun itself. It was not run over or crushed and was used all day. On the older gun with the same issue I pulled it apart and found no visible breaks in the lead or connections. Please help before I send it out and am down a machine. I have 3 millermatic 255 and two millermatic 252 machines so I’m not new to the game and I know it’s not the welder itself. Also just changed out the head tubes In 4 of the guns for wear. Open to suggestions

Does anyone know how to do so? Or if I can use other headgear with this hood?

Technically just soldering and brazing but correct me if I am wrong please:

So there is the 1/10 rule for withdrawing acetylene from a tank right? So for a 10 cuft MC tank, that would be 1 cubic foot per hour of use. The absolute smallest TurboTorch tip you can get (A-2 tip) uses 2 cubic feet of acetylene per hour, yet TurboTorch sells MC tank regulators, and I have seen people with MC tank TurboTorch setups. Is this dangerous or am I just not getting something?

Also a not-as-important question. Acetylene is unstable above 15 PSI. Full acetylene tank pressure is 225 PSI, which is okay because of the monolithic mass and the acetone and whatnot. But what about the tank valve and the entire high side of the regulator which are containing 225 PSI of acetylene, but don't have monolithic mass or acetone inside them? Obviously this isn't at all a problem because acetylene tanks don't just go around exploding all the time, but why?

Carbon steel mug is definitely not my favorite. lol

I'm not a welder by trade, is this any good? It's on a 1/4" plate,, I tried teaching my self via youtube.

Top half is filler, bottom half is fused. It's only my 4th time using filler. I seem to struggle feeding the rod, any tips appreciated!

Hard to see but 2/3 of the weld is “good”, but whenever I get to the end it just feels like it doesn’t follow. No matter my angle, ground placement or temp it feels like it always does this (7018 sticks, 120 temp and I hold my rod at a 90° and sometimes I’ll do 10-20° angle) overhead btw

Stainless steel, 80 amps, DC-, Lincoln tig machine, not using glass lens

Long story short, school effed the entire class out of their certs, we were promised forklift and crane licenses as well as all the common welding certs. Last semester they said "nope, go get em yourself"
No one is hiring welders where im from without certs or experience. Sometimes they want both.

So now im trying to figure out if i stick with my guns, get the certs myself and try to land a job.
OR change fields entirely and take the 2 year state funded adult education thingy and get into something like CNC for example. Where there are like 5 times as many jobs.

Those are my safe options, or atleast the options where i know where im going.

It's either that or stay job hunting for anything i can apply for, which has a big air of uncertainty around it, And a big risk of staying a bum living off unemployment benefits for who knows how long.
It already took 6 months to land a job after graduation and that was as a casting plant millwright, which i had to give up because it was tearing my already fragile health to shreds. and now im back in the same spot.
I would have powered through it until i found another job but the boss heard i wasn't super happy and replaced me like the week after.

I was getting ready to pull the trigger on a Lincoln Squarewave 200 when I came across a lot of posts from 5 -6 years ago about main boards blowing on these welders. Has the reliability of these boards been fixed? Or is it still a problem?

I took a weekend Tig welding course that used these welders, and really liked how it worked (for small jobs). It has some issues with wasting shielding gas, and I would prefer the 9 series torch instead of the 17, but those are not a deal killer.

Any history with recent production of these machines would be greatly appreciated.

I built this 20-foot gate last week, and today it's getting installed. Client is a horse ranch in East Texas, north of Tyler. This was a lot of fun to build, and turned out great. And no I won't show you close-ups of my welds 😝