If you can fix someone else’s problem you’re,looked at as someone who can be relied,on when needed. So being asked to do that is a sign of their confidence, once you’ve done it a couple of,times.
This is what places need to really be teaching a lot more of because it will come up a lot in the industry and they may ask you to fix it and it might not even be something you worked on but they want it done. Rework is something that the industry needs to teach more. A lot of welders dont know how to fix stuff when shit hits the fan. And if they do, they make it worse.
good vid - Bob should be proud.... i haven't done much with plasma because my welds don't fail but always cheaper to learn from someone else's mistakes
How deep can you gouge with a plasma? I have a Forney P45 Pro, and it clean cuts 7/8". I have an exothermic that I use to blow stuck pins out, but it's way too much to do most gouging with. I wouldn't even want to use it indoors because of all the fire it throws...lol
done my share of oxy gouging,carbon-arc,even exothermic. My favorite is plasma. My home shop Hypertherm 1250 80 amp is 96% of the time gouging. I prefer cutting ferritic with a torch,gouging with plasma. You can stretch that arc out and get in there!
Been there , done that . Probably will again next time I need to stick some metal together , because I don't weld full time . I have found it easier to get back to NOT making bubblegum and boogers over the years , but , it can take me a full day even now to do it .
When you are welding the 6010 at the end you say “I could’ve wet it out a little bit more” does that mean your puddle could’ve been a little bigger and you don’t think you got as good penetration as you had hoped for?
if you're good with a torch it can be - probably a faster setup in an industrial setting too because you find oxy/ace rigs everywhere compared to a plasma setup - usually 10:1 or higher in the plants i've worked in
Things you use to weld today have distanced themselves miles apart being they are cheaper yet way more efficient machines. To bad they are not made in america only.
