Signed Up For Welding Classes....I Be Fabbin'
 

Welp, i finally signed up for some welding classes at a local adult night class thing (starts feb 20th). im pretty stoked. ive always been into fabrication and stuff, just never really had too many welding skills. i can mig weld, but only after the settings are adjusted for me, so i have alot to learn but i think i will catch on nicely. i cant wait to be able to TIG! hopefully this will result in me being able to fab up all the ideas in my head, maybe make some money on the side for my supa sweet stuff haha, and get my foot in the door at a good paying job.

i cant wait! just thought id share....i was a machinest for 2 years, thats sweet too, but welding is so much more feasable out of my garage :y

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I started mine this semister full time. I mother---------love it! We have a niiiice shop. Just got a $178,000 CNC water jet too! :S
Here you just sorta start at whatever he's rotating the previous students into. So for me it was GMAW & we'll do GTAW later this semister. I've been using a Lincoln 350MP. Seems pretty badass.
Never used a real harcore mig before. Took me 3 days to pass a 2F, and about a day & a half to pass 1F with it.

Working on 3F right now then 4F. Then it's the same stuff all over again in GMAW-P (pulsed). Then we do all that in GTAW...

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Whats F code? I only know of G1 - G6R

Re: Signed Up For Welding Classes....I Be Fabbin'
 

Fillet weld/position
1 = flat
2 = horizontal
3 = vertical
4 = overhead

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2nd shift own'd me on taking welding courses. All the classes are in the evening so that rules me out for everything. My wife has a year left then I can quit my shithole job and go back to school for metal fab.

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my welding schools kinda ghetto. one carbon arc 4 smaw and 2 hard wire and 2 dual shield flux core. gets reall tuff when16 ppl want to use 9 machines

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cool guys. there is a limit to 10 people in a class here, and im #8. thats a good thing......it should go well, im super excited

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I'm G3 rated tig
G4 unlimited thickness plate and pipe over 2' DIA Fluxcore

Re: Signed Up For Welding Classes....I Be Fabbin'
 

ah more spec on what my welder knows lol, cant wait to built some new ---- and learn abunch, what up gunner

Re: Signed Up For Welding Classes....I Be Fabbin'
 

I wonder what codes you guys have these certs in.

There's not much sense in testing in all the fillet weld positions when you can take one or two and be qualified for them all. The same goes for pipe. Why bother with 2G, and all the others when you can take the 6G and it covers them all?

Also.... what code is it that allows you to take one test and qualify for unlimited diameters (2" and up)?