Welding FABO members....im calling you out....be ready to rock and roll

[plum crazy dart]

Rani's closing the gap! Stay tuned for more.

 

[66340SEDAN]

Rani's closing the gap! Stay tuned for more.

lol, welding is all about closing in the gap

Nice job Rani and Asa, looks like fun! :happy1:

 

[dustermaniac]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xh_NHG0U_w"]Rod Picott "Welding Burns" - YouTube[/ame]

 

[moparlover]

i'll put my money on Rani

:happy1:

 

[cosgig]

I think the sizzle of bacon inspired Rani to reach high on that last weld!! You all can weld my stuff for me anytime. And beautiful work on those gates trailbeast, Nella would die to have those gracing her horse farm. Simply stunning!! I'm staying tuned to this thread, it's good stuff!! Geof

 

[No name needed]

I think somebody's cheatin. LOL

 

[mopardude318]

okay, hes in chat now. you dont have to come in and sign out immediately. and nice work!!!

 

[Dart_Doctor]

I think somebody's cheatin. LOL

Me too i think ive seen them welds be for in anuther thread lol

 

[Princess Valiant]

Me too i think ive seen them welds be for in anuther thread lol

oh come on ...really ? ....ok, no problem i have more welding to do on the dart so more pics coming

 

[Dart_Doctor]

Yup really less talky more weldy rani hahaha I want to see them floor bords next !

 

[64 SRT8 Dart]

Here's a mining "bucket wheel" I helped build and weld. Does this count? lol

 

[64 SRT8 Dart]

Finished product.

 

[mopar410]

I've been welding since 85' till 7 years ago for a living,never once thought to take a picture of any thing lol.Nice work everyone.The thicker the material the easier to lay a fancy bead.So those sheet metal welds are as good as it has to be.

 

[64 SRT8 Dart]

Here's something that happens you don't ever want to see. I was told to go help with this job and this is what I saw when I went to "help."

A fellow employee was welding on top of these and told him to stop and that he needed to cut the whole darned part off. It is 1.5" plate welded to 8" round bar that had 1.5" threaded holes all down it that are located a certain degree in correlation to the piece itself....it's a door/gate to a dam/resevoir. There are 6 or 8 of em and they are huge. The back of the bar is sub-arc welded.
The guy who fit them put these broken welds in without preheating the pieces first and just downhill welded with "hardwire" which offers little to zero penetration on that heavy of steel. He then proceeded to completely sub-arc the back side, which caused these welds to fail....and just kept on going like an idiot!! Well the other fellow was "told" that the project manager ok'd it (lie) and to just fill em up. All in the sake of getting the job done, which is what this supervisor is notorious for....and actually got another good employee fired by blaming screwup decisions like this on him. That's why I took the pics in the first place.

Needless to say, they welded it all up and the holes in the bar ended up being 3* out and the customer said.."NO WAY" They ended up airarcing/cutting the whole bar out. If the first guy would've just listened to me in the first place and would absolutely say NO to his supervisor, they would've got it fixed a week earlier with 80% less rework. Also when I talked to the pm about it he had no clue until he saw me out there looking at it. :thumbdow:

 

[Oklacarcollecto]

Here's something that happens you don't ever want to see. I was told to go help with this job and this is what I saw when I went to "help."

A fellow employee was welding on top of these and told him to stop and that he needed to cut the whole darned part off. It is 1.5" plate welded to 8" round bar that had 1.5" threaded holes all down it that are located a certain degree in correlation to the piece itself....it's a door/gate to a dam/resevoir. There are 6 or 8 of em and they are huge. The back of the bar is sub-arc welded.
The guy who fit them put these broken welds in without preheating the pieces first and just downhill welded with "hardwire" which offers little to zero penetration on that heavy of steel. He then proceeded to completely sub-arc the back side, which caused these welds to fail....and just kept on going like an idiot!! Well the other fellow was "told" that the project manager ok'd it (lie) and to just fill em up. All in the sake of getting the job done, which is what this supervisor is notorious for....and actually got another good employee fired by blaming screwup decisions like this on him. That's why I took the pics in the first place.

Needless to say, they welded it all up and the holes in the bar ended up being 3* out and the customer said.."NO WAY" They ended up airarcing/cutting the whole bar out. If the first guy would've just listened to me in the first place and would absolutely say NO to his supervisor, they would've got it fixed a week earlier with 80% less rework. Also when I talked to the pm about it he had no clue until he saw me out there looking at it. :thumbdow:

That is horrible.

 

[64 SRT8 Dart]

That is horrible.

Yes, sir, it was. I was pretty frustrated that they just kept going on it. If it happened in the area I work in, we would've cut the whole bar off and just refit it and reweld it. However, In all actuallity, we wouldn't have made that mistake in the first place. We would've used flux-cored wire and uphilled the joints after preheating to at least 225*= better penetration.
I ended up talking to the weld engineer and pm about it once the customer said no way. I told them I said not to weld it out and that it need fixed the right way. What sucks is the supervisor didn't get in trouble for it and prob lied about it. I mean, I hate to see fellow workers get in trouble but you have to draw the line somewhere.

 

[74Dusted]

Don't have any close up pics (that I can find) of my welds.

Built and welded a few things over the years. Such as an entire dumpbed (from scratch) for one of the old work trucks, a pair of tube bumpers (With winch mount) for my D50, another tube bumper for the rear of my dakota.

The worst jobs ever were the ones where I would be on my back, underneath a bulldozer, welding upside down with an antique farm welder (to fix my uncle's dozer when he'd break something)... "I smell skunk....oh wait, that's just my hair burning..."

 

[Dart_Doctor]

That is horrible.

Yup fail !

 

[64 SRT8 Dart]

A few beads today. First is just a typical 1/4" fillet weld in position. Second is an uphill 1/4" fillet that ties into the in-position fillet. This is on 1/4" plate.

 

[66340SEDAN]

A few beads today. First is just a typical 1/4" fillet weld in position. Second is an uphill 1/4" fillet that ties into the in-position fillet. This is on 1/4" plate.

rayer:

 

[64 SRT8 Dart]

rayer:

Thank you sir!

 

[johnparts]

I will never claim to be a good welder however I can make 2 pieces stick together.

 

[johnparts]

Thin stuff too
I had to grind it though

 

[64 SRT8 Dart]

Doesn't look too shabby. I work in what is considered one of the best weld shops this side of the Ol' Miss and some of the beads I've seen from some of the guys that work here, well, umm uhh uke:
Others say they should seek another profession and can't believe they were hired in.

 

[johnparts]

I've got a buddy that does industrial welding and fabrication he keeps telling me to get out of cars and come work with him however I don't know how to tig.