I PASSED MY 6G!!

By DaveBoyer (*****)

Date 10-20-2009 00:41

Good for You. Congrats.

By ibeweldingsum (***)

Date 10-20-2009 06:01

Welcome to the jungle my man. Good luck!!

By Mat

Date 10-20-2009 06:36

Congrats! :)

Just a simple question from someone North of the border, but what size and wall thickness of pipe was the test done on?

By ronnie taylor (**)

Date 10-20-2009 11:43 Edited 10-21-2009 18:45

6"pipe 1/2" wall. 1/8 6010 root 3/32 7018 hot/ fill /cap, all uphill. Thanks guys

By jrw159

Date 10-20-2009 12:41

Good job Ronnie. :-)

jrw159

By ronnie taylor (**)

Date 10-20-2009 15:51

Thanks John, I truly appreciate it.

By jffluxcore (**)

Date 10-20-2009 14:17

Good luck Ronnie

By ronnie taylor (**)

Date 10-20-2009 15:53

Thanks, jffluxcore I'll need it.

By ssbn727 (*****)

Date 10-20-2009 17:42

Way to go Ronnie!!! :) :) :) I just knew you could do it!!! Now you need to start practicing on your own time on some 3" diameter or less and on some socket welds as well... See if you can get a hold of A GTAW (TIG) rig for your machine with a cylinder of argon so you can get the feel of TIG welding and then practice on some open roots with carbon steel where you don't need to purge... And after you get familiar with that, you can then start welding on stainless where you do have to purge the pipe, and the point why I'm suggesting this to you is to keep you sharp as well as to keep you progressing and NOT resting on you laurels so to speak even though somehow I really don't think you are that type of individual so, at the very least it'll keep you hungry to learn more different techniques with different diameters and you can start developing your own version of walking the cup with your TIG torch.

Just remember to take your time, and get comfortable... And if you find yourself having a hard time well, you know where to go to ask for help because we will all be more than willing to do so as you already know by now... Once again, Congratulations Ronnie!!! :) :) :) Oh yeah and I almost forgot... Please pass my regards to your son and his Mother as well. :)

Respectfully,
Henry

By ronnie taylor (**)

Date 10-21-2009 00:56 Edited 10-21-2009 03:07

Thank you Henry! Your advise is always welcome as well as your regards. I practice every night with eather stick/mig or fluxcore. I have a old buzz box and a millermatic 200. I hope to get a tig rig before to long. I really like tig just didn't get a lot of time on it in school. Thanks again Henry for your wisdom and encourgement from my family to yours God Bless.

By sled_king (*)

Date 10-21-2009 01:42

2 root and 2 face bends or 4 side bends?

By ronnie taylor (**)

Date 10-21-2009 02:30

Not sure on the bends. All I've got is the radiographic test report that says
contact shot
elliptical shot
ID shot
OD shot
panoramic shot
super imposed shot

By Tommyjoking (****)

Date 10-21-2009 09:08

hEY you passed a KODACK on a difficult position WTG feel good and be proud!!!!!!!

Best regards
Tommy

By ronnie taylor (**)

Date 10-21-2009 11:22

Thanks Tommy!

By rick harnish (***)

Date 10-22-2009 21:38

Glad to help. Carry on!!