Monster GT Conversion With A Center Diff

[Krawlin]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

Geez.....Friday night, the wife is out of town, and here i am looking at pictures of your stinking welds..... Christ I'm old....

How did the cuts look on your welds? (I assume they cut through the welds to check porosity and depth>)

Is stick welding still taught? Horizontal overheads killed me - aced all the vertical welding - had a knack for the weave, I guess.

And since this is a "first level" or "beginners/intry/starting out level" GMAW / MIG class, none of the welds I do in this class will be xray'd/tested, the teacher inspects them and signs off on them. The teacher has been welding for like 25 years or so, teaches MIG, TIG, and stick/arc welding, owns a welding business, and is certified for various welding things (not sure what certs. there are, I'm assuming for certain diameters of pipe and such), so he seems to really know his stuff about welding, can tell what it is I am doing wrong on any given weld, very helpful. But anyway, its usually in the upper level classes that they have some kind of independent lab group or VICA, something like that, cant remember exactly who/what, come to the college at the end of the semester, have you do a few welds, and gotta pay like $75, and then they xray the weld and cut it open with a shear I believe to look at it, and if everything looks good, it passes and then you get certified for whatever it is you welded (pipe, structural beam, etc.) And yes, they do still teach stick/arc welding.