Incredible welding skills

[Quick GMC]

I don't know how to weld, but I know good welding when I see it. Holy Poop

http://imgur.com/gallery/lPBkx

Edited January 6, 2015 by Quick GMC

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yup. Pretty. Really pretty.

[High octane]

Oh yeah, awesome welds. While I've done very little welding as a construction worker, I've come across much welding in the industry and know guys who can even weld aluminum and also overhead underwater as well. It is an art.

[Cool Hand]

Yep, and if you have the skill to weld like that and are fully certified. You can pretty much ask for whatever hourly rate you want to be paid from employers.

[timc]

Yep looks good to me. I can weld aluminum like that. One of my friends at work can weld pop cans together, now she is good and one of the best welders we have.

[espo]

That is truly skilled craftsmen at work. To pretty to paint unless its with clear.

[Kennyboy]

Yep, those are mighty fine figure 8's and crescent's with TIG.

Practice will make perfect. I mostly do wirefeed MIG at work (for fabrication purposes) and most have said mine look like "a row of dimes." Strong with DEEP penetration is what I am mostly worried about.

[LDO]

I wish one of you welders could teach me how to TIG. Tough to find instruction if you only want it for a hobby.

And yeah...that's some mad skills in those pics.

[Jantrix]

It is a wonderful thing when someone takes something to the skill level where their work becomes art. Whether it is driving, throwing a baseball, or welding. It is a thing of beauty.

[Longbox55]

Eh, I've seen better.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Eh, I've seen better.

As for me, sometimes when I'm not too distracted I can make a straight line with a welder

Just kidding. It's important to be good at some things, especially tech stuff like that.

Moreso than ever for me since soon I hope to be working on my car.

Edited January 6, 2015 by chunkypeanutbutter

[Longbox55]

Well, I'm not saying they look bad, some of them are downright pretty. But pretty doesn't necessarily mean strong. Having been around it all my life (confession time, I can't weld for spit), I've seen it all, from the very best to the absolute worst bubble gum welds.

[Kennyboy]

Years ago, a buddy and I welded a drive gear back together that split in half (!) on a Koehring backhoe. The gear was about 20" in diameter and about 2 inches thick and was split from the hub splines all the way out to the gear teeth. Worked great after it was done......and it was machine cast iron. Had to be done because it was an obsolete part.

[TFchronos]

Now that's what I call art.

[oldnslow]

I tigged all of our dragster chassis and wished they looked that good, maybe in another 20 years.

[ScaleDale]

Yep looks good to me. I can weld aluminum like that. One of my friends at work can weld pop cans together, now she is good and one of the best welders we have.

I read on-line about a girl who got a job by proving she could weld pop cans together. Same gal?

Dale

[mnwildpunk]

Funny you bring this up I brought my 11 yr old step son to my shop today and was showing him around. We got to the wire feed and ask him if he wanted to try it. "Ya papa Dave" I get out the leather apron and helmet. next thing you know he laid a better bead then when I was twice his age.

[mnwildpunk]

I read on-line about a girl who got a job by proving she could weld pop cans together. Same gal? Imo women can weld just as good if not better then guys. I think its cuz they have put up with us they have more patience

Dale