Welding

I noticed you had a stoop on the French run.

 

He probably does but that doesn't mean he's a welder.

The honest answer is that I can weld. I can do mig, tig, stick and gas
welding and I've had the codings to prove it but it's such a mind
numbingly boring job that I'd sooner stick needles under my finger
nails than be a welder.

Welders have to stick (ha) to set procedures and they've got no
opportunity to do any problem solving or think for themselves apart
from having to decide which hand to wipe their arses with.

I'm let loose on multi million pound components that are already
fucked up and I'm allowed to suggest all sorts of crazy solutions to
solve the problem. If it fails then bad luck because it was already
fucked and if it works I'm a hero. I think I've got it sussed compared
to welders.

 

What a pity I wasn't angling(ha) for a bite. I'd have had a keep-net
ready.

 

Not to mention hot sparky bits with a half-life of several seconds
finding their way into tender areas.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Trainee Metallurgist was the first job I had after leaving school - it
was utterly fascinating, right up to the point some drunken **** broke
my leg and career at the same time.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Several stoups of finest Belgian Ale.

P.

 

I have Mig, Stick and limited gas facilities. You really need all 3 to
cover most welding eventualities.

Tig is more specialist, and i'd "get a man in" if I needed to weld
aluminium/SSteel etc.

P.

 

Why do you need legs to be a metallurgist? You could always say you lost
them in an unfortunate smelting accident or something.

 

Heh. Nothing wrong with a bit of enthusiasm about a technical subject.

 

There's too much everything to learn about!
I keep staggering off in new directions trying to learn new stuff.
I kid myself I'm searching for the 'right thing to do' with the rest of
my life, but I think I'm going to keep on working for a bit then going
back to study something new again and again.

My little brother just got out of uni with a first in Chemical
Engineering, the little sod looks like going into the nuclear industry
and I'm SO jealous.

 

Buy a cheap mig welder, get some bits of steel, a welding book and
practice. If I can do it, you can...

Give Matt Wastell a ping (I can give you his no.). He bought a welder,
taught himself and he is now prety proficiant... Unlike me with my
spelling...

 

Too much stuff, not enough time. It's irritating.

I let the new stuff come to me, it saves all the wear and tear on the
legs.

Good plan.

Well done him.

So work out what you need to transfer. Can't let a litle brother beat
you.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lady Nina

Quite so.

And ignore all that nonsense about the radiation fucking you up. I mean,
there are two UKRMers who have worked in that environment and they're...

Oh.

Wait...

 

Indeed. I once welded under my car in an awkward position and a hit a
patch of thin rusty metal: a hot spark shot into my right ear. I could
hear it bouncing and sizzling around inside. Hurt like hell.

'Oww! What are the chances of that, eh? It'll never happen again.'

A few minutes later, it bloody did, didn't it?

Later when I blew my nose the crisped eardrum popped out. For the next
few weeks, yawning or blowing my nose produced an odd draught in my
ear. Happily the eardrum grew back.

 

TinMan, I'm not. Actually, I damn near lost my legs in the steelworks
when a fucking arsehole of crane driver sent a steel plate winging my
way.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

It's bridges you have to watch out for these days. I've never nearly lost
anything other than my life.