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Please add any bad *** pictures you may have of welders on the job!  crazy fit up jobs, and welding positions! Attached Images
Reply:Some nice photos there. The middle photo resembles a Hubble nebula. Giant welding helmet and VGs in space, forging new worlds!!  Last edited by bearston; 06-29-2013 at 11:18 AM.When a welder tells you to "stick it", what do they really mean?"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
Reply:Originally Posted by bearstonSome nice photos there. The middle photo resembles a Hubble nebula. Giant welding helmet and VGs in space, forging new worlds!!
Reply:few jobs, and places ive worked throughout our corperation. I am a boiler maintainence welder at one of our coal fired stations, but i also travel throughout the system wherever another welder may need assistance with work. Also during my apprenticeship years ago i rotated throughout the system at different worksite locations, generally for 1-2 years and then rotate again to gain experience. Attached Images
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Reply:Pressure_welder  Holy ****balls that is a bad *** job!  what dam is that?  Really awesome photos!
Reply:Originally Posted by MrWeldSoCalPressure_welder  Holy ****balls that is a bad *** job!  what dam is that?  Really awesome photos!
Reply:I break everything, I asked my GF take a pic for your thread tonight. Bucket forks almost ripped two holes in the loader so had to straighten and plate it underneath. Attached ImagesI hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:Mike....... Um.......That is gonna heat up that beer...........Precision TIG 185 and MP 210Bobcat 225NTCutmaster 42O/A tanks.... 2 Argon tanks...... 2 C25 TanksFacebook...... F2 Metal WorksETSY....... https://www.etsy.com/shop/F2MetalWorksF2MetalWorks.com....... http://www.f2metalworks.com/
Reply:Originally Posted by FexalMike....... Um.......That is gonna heat up that beer...........
Reply:I read this and thought of this....And going through all the photos (over a 1000) on my iPad, I found 1 action shot of me...
Reply:mr weld got to add to this one. great idea, pw as ever amazing work, amc love it, i live in belfast , some years ago i cut a pipe on the top of a pipe bridge in an oill terminal with wheels . cold cut,, i was lucky not to end up in hollywood10 miles away. the first pics here are from a nitrogen tower takedown im the welder with the short legs, thats 20 years ago. check out the head of hair in the last pic. memories   alan Attached Images
Reply:Pressure_WelderI've always wondered what you looked like  -  pic # 1.Your photos, composition and quality, are up to: http://enr.construction.com/ www.nationalgeographic.com/standards: in subject, and photo-interest.Most of the WW hasn't had your fun  -  you can't get the pic, unless your are there.If   any readers  are destined to be a career welder, learn from PW, record all that you do.And you will like yourself more, later in life.Opus
Reply:A rare pic of me actually working and another setting ballistic glass at the presidential inauguration stands back in January. Attached ImagesBeck's Welding and Fabrication, Inc.-Misc. Metals Fabrication & Installation-
Reply:Me at work.Last edited by MikeGyver; 06-30-2013 at 03:30 AM.Welding/Fab Pics: www.UtahWeld.com
Reply:Originally Posted by weldermikeI break everything, I asked my GF take a pic for your thread tonight. Bucket forks almost ripped two holes in the loader so had to straighten and plate it underneath.
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Reply:well rooted through some of the archives for those who may be interested. This set is from the beginning when I was an apprentice working at the kettle G.S dam. shows a picture of lifting one of the rotors on unit 4, as it had caught fire during the night. We all got called in at 3am that night ( welders, mechanics, electricians, utility crew) and all worked together 48hrs straight to get the rotor able to be pulled out. she weighs 800,000LBS actually have to get permission to do an engineered lift as it is over the capacity of the two powerhouse cranes when there hooked up together. Every day the unit was down she lost over       100,000$ in power generation so you could see the panic! Attached Images
Reply:some more pictures, one of me welding in my younger days on a bridge we had to build for rock trucks to be able to access a brand new dam building site. It was a neat project the base was made out of a boxcar, cut the sides off and added structural material to strengthen, and then 10x10's were added horizontally and then perpindicualar. Also another dam I was rotated too and worked at for 3 years, (built in the 1950s) was undergoing a huge refurbishment project, replacing transformers and all new highly efficient turbine blades, draft tube re-contouring etc. these turbine blades are MUCH harder to do cavitation on, generally you can walk up the blades, these ones NO chance lol. so a new intricate scaffold had to be constructed. Pictures show the blades and headcover attached before lifting into the hole. Also a picture of the transformers that came in on rail car, this particular dam was a "fly in" only dam no access by road so a majority of our materials etc were brought in by rail. These transformers had 1-1/2" plate "stoppers" welded to the rail car and butted up against the transformer to prevent it from moving so I had to cut all these plates on so haulage could move the transformers off the rail car and move them to the dam over 5 miles away. They moved them on a remote controlled mamoett dolly system. Funny thing is these transformers ALWAYS came in just before Christmas or right after...... some days I was out there in -60.... could only cut for about 20 minutes and then I would have to take the torch into the truck and warm it up on the heaters. Attached ImagesLast edited by Pressure_Welder; 06-30-2013 at 01:45 PM.
Reply:and then in turn all of our old transformers were being shipped out so they had to be fastened in the same way, bring out the old 1/4" 7018 !  welding the transformers down wasn't as bad a job as cutting them off because I had to pre heat the rail car deck so it was nice and warm! cutting off the transformers....... well ill let you imagine what its like laying on a steel deck 2" thick at -50 to - 60 ! also as posted before welding cross bracing on a brand new spillway Attached Images
Reply:NOW! the best place on earth to work... laurie river 1 @ 2 g.s  two small plants built in the 1930s in the middle of nowhere! fly in only. I took care of this station also and it was always such a treat to go here, generally only 4 employees here on an 8 day shift. Ill be entirely honest, you bust your *** for the first 5 - 6 days to get your work done, and then you spend the rest of your shift fishing!!! the walleye and jack you couldn't keep off your line. Nice and quiet.... basically like being at a resort, all our meals are cooked by a chef, satellite tv, internet, five star rooms, 42" tv in each room, pool table. Basically any creature comfort. couple of site dogs to follow you around and keep you company, two brand new boats to go fishing in etc. Attached Images
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Reply:and lastly just a few from the good ol boiler at work. and a picture right out of highschool at my first welding job, all of us guys on night shift. We made huge structural colums. this one is one of the smaller ones. But just for comparison flanges up to 2" thick, webs 1" thick, connection plates 3" thick. Some 50,000LB pieces. All .062 mig. YUCK!!! basically goto work and hang up your brain, thankfully I only worked there for a year and then successfully acquired my position with the hydro utility as an apprentice and here we are today! Attached Images
Reply:MrWeldSoCal,That second picture of yours need to have a space ship Photoshopped in, above and to the left of the "nebula".  "R2/D2, I need more current." Attached Images"USMCPOP" First-born son: KIA  Iraq 1/26/05Syncrowave 250 w/ Coolmate 3Dialarc 250, Idealarc 250SP-175 +Firepower TIG 160S (gave the TA 161 STL to the son)Lincwelder AC180C (1952)Victor & Smith O/A torchesMiller spot welder
Reply:Dont have any Pics of Me Welding cause Im usually alone in the Shop but here's me (Pic is My Website Header)Here's a Pic that I really like.  (Not Me)  I love heights and IronworkSome Blue , Some Red & Some GreyProverbs 16:2-3.2 "All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord. 3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans."Attachment 422541Attachment 422551Attachment 422561Backed my CATMA over your CARMA oops clusmy me  What would SATAN do ?? Miller Trailblazer 302 AirPakMiller Digital Elite  Optrel Welding HatArcair K4000Suitcase 12RC / 12 VSHypertherm PM-45Rage 3 sawRusty old Truck
Reply:Two days ago I managed to set myself on fire... again. I was wearing safety boots, fire-resistant (heavy denim) pants, cotton tshirt under a long sleeve fire resistant shirt, gloves and all... Well, The stream of sparks from the cutting Wheel on my grinder set on fire a ragged edge (hole) near the pocket of my jeans and set it on fire, as well as the inner portion of the pocket itself (visible through said hole). I noticed it rather quickly because I felt an  unconfortable heat near my privates. I did burn my undies a bit (syntetic... what can I say...). No harm done. I put down the grinder and I put on my leather jacket (I should have done it before). I also have an apron but I can't seem to find it.I am pretty sure I am not the only one who has these issues once in a while.Then I come here and I see pictures of people welding and metal working in t-shirts, shorts, without gloves and even flip flops... I don't get it.Mikel
Reply:DON!  Holy crap that is a bad *** shot of that iron worker climbing that beam up there!.  Awesome photos people keep them coming!
Reply:I have a few,My brother-in-law doing some stick welding:My daughter doing some MIG welding.I don't have any of me welding.. hmm"G"ConductorX - The Volkswright Shophttp://volkswright.blogspot.com/http://bugwerks.blogspot.com/Miller DVI w/Spoolgun - Miller Plasma Cutter
Reply:I'm putting the finishing touches on some desks I made for a video production company.  Tig welding on 1.5" square tube frame with a 56" square pane of glass inside is no trouble at all it turns out. Attached Images
Reply:Here is a few of a friend tig welding a coworker taking his 6G pipe test in a office chair Attached Images
Reply:Here's a Pic that I really like.  (Not Me)  I love heights and Ironwork[/QUOTE]Impressive shot. Definitely not me. Those heights are for a select few individuals. Now if I was in the picture, it would look more like Smokey the Bear, arms and legs wrapped around the steel tree, panicked look on the face....Hobbyist - At what point is a "hobby" out-of-control?
Reply:Once you get over 30ft you are pretty much dead if you fall anyways...  I've done my share of connectingBeck's Welding and Fabrication, Inc.-Misc. Metals Fabrication & Installation-
Reply:That dude is wirey... Im built like a NFL fullback, 15-20 feet up a beam and Im gassed... No connecting work for me...lolLincoln Power MIG 210 MP ( boat anchor )Lincoln Weld-Pac 100 HDHobart IronMan 230Cutmaster 42Jackson NexGenSumner Ultra ClampsDWM120
Reply:Me setting a columnDisclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:Tozzi, that crescent reminds me of the old saying, "Don't force it, get a bigger hammer!"
Reply:Early picture of me first learning to weld. For some reason I like it.
Reply:No way I could work that high. I'm to fat, I would forget something I need on the ground and I would probably have to drop a deuce as soon as I got up there. Not to mention I drop stuff all the time.
Reply:Sooooo, I am a welder but one week a year I take some time off from welding and let my pyro flag fly. I am licensed through the the state of Ohio. It's the only way to shoot legally in Ohio. The biggest I get to play with is a 6" shell. I'm working way harder doing pyro than welding.......(Home)Miller Maxstar 152 (sold)MM211/spool gunLincoln AC 225C(Work)Dynasty 350Powcon 300STLincoln SP-175TWeldlodgic AWS150sWeldlodgic AWS300Custom Resistance seam weldersCambridge Vacuum EB weldersI smell something burning.
Reply:thats super bad *** haha, america loves fire works.. fighter jets.. and beer
Reply:Got a match?Magazines have issues, everything else has problems
Reply:Finally got a friend to click a couple pics of me actually working, on my own junk of course, not a company project Attached ImagesLincoln SA-200 code 4816Lincoln Power Mig 180cHobart Hefty CC/CV suitcase wire feederKoike Aronson IK-12 Beetle track burner
Reply:Atari, I used to be certified to do that stuff.  Probably still am, but I have no idea where my card is now.  We played with all the big stuff as well as the little  stuff.Only time I about **** my pants is when a guy put a 4" shell into a 5" mortar.  I was 18 then, 1998, and I never worked with that guy again.
Reply:Originally Posted by hazmat5760Atari, I used to be certified to do that stuff.  Probably still am, but I have no idea where my card is now.  We played with all the big stuff as well as the little  stuff.Only time I about **** my pants is when a guy put a 4" shell into a 5" mortar.  I was 18 then, 1998, and I never worked with that guy again.
Reply:Wife took these with her phone one evening. Attached Images1981 SA-250 D3.1521985 Cab & Chassis Chevy C30
Reply:Originally Posted by sixstringWife took these with her phone one evening.
Reply:Thanks Mike!1981 SA-250 D3.1521985 Cab & Chassis Chevy C30
Reply:A much younger me stuffed in a 12" space building an armored conex box in Iraq.If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:My hired man building dome corral gates. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Attached ImagesHobart Stick mate LX AC/DCHarris O/A outfit
Reply:Start them early on their educationBacked my CATMA over your CARMA oops clusmy me  What would SATAN do ?? Miller Trailblazer 302 AirPakMiller Digital Elite  Optrel Welding HatArcair K4000Suitcase 12RC / 12 VSHypertherm PM-45Rage 3 sawRusty old Truck