Things welders say

I resemble all of that. Yesterday, I used the same words the guy with the sticking mig tips did. Tip was getting bad and I am too cheap to change them regularly, and also had hit the heat knob unknowingly. GEEER.
Bet the safety police will have a conniption over the guy with the oversized disc and no shield on the grinder.
Good one Jon, made my day knowing that I wasn't the only one out there with issues, and a grinder to fix things. HeHe.
Loren
 
I observed a caulking gun laying down a nice looking bead over some 'buggers' that he had put down with a welder! A little paint & looked real professional. That is a true story, too.
Safety equipment does not have to be expensive!
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Good one, Joh! Said a few of them myself, with "that's HOT!" probably being the most frequent. An old welder of my acquaintance was fond of saying "grinders are for welders who can't control gravity!" I see Lanse got a shout-out as well in there.
 
When people ask me if I know how to weld or if I am a good welder I usually reply that I am better at grinding because I get more practice.
 
JMOR; I don't laugh too much when I see pictures like that---I kind of shudder because their basic problem is very familiar to me. It seems like my whole life I've been faced with that situation: Have to get the job done and don't have the right equipment to do it. In general I'm proud of myself for being able to improvise and figure out a way to get it done, but at the same time I'm aware that people who work in well equipped shops, or have all the right tools and a way to get all of them to the jobsite would look at me sometimes like I'm one of those guys in China, or India, or Nigeria. I've never had to weld using newspaper and dark glasses, or put a plastic bag over my head (?!) for a face shield, but I've done plenty of things that I wouldn't want my picture taken right then.

Stan
 
That trailer I just worked on had some
welds where thge guy covered thhe crap wirh
caulk. This one didn't have caulk on it,
but shows what some of the welds were like.
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Jon; That's pretty frightening considering that it probably wasn't the only piece of equipment on the road that has been welded badly and inadequately. When people are incompetent at what they do, it would be better if they had jobs that wouldn't have much impact on others. For instance, how much would it matter if the person who was paid to leave campaign literature on your porch was really bad at it? Unfortunately, the full range of human capability seems to be sprinkled evenly over the whole population. I mean, welding doesn't attract a disproportionate number of people who aren't good at it. You'll find roughly the same proportion in any other occupation.

Stan
 
Years ago at job interview
Do you have wielding experience
Yes i use to wield on railroad car
Anyone can wield the heavy stuff how are you with thin metals
I once wielded a juicy fruit wrapper to a mtn dew can
Your hired
 
Back in the '60s when a welder quit a job he'd say "Yeah, I drug up on that job.". Guess that meant he gathered up his stuff & drug it to the next job.
 
(quoted from post at 09:55:48 01/18/18)
I was looking for what the welder would say when he got slag in his sneaker.
ust the welder
s 'helper/gopher", but as I kicked the shoe off (about 30 yards away) & the molten blob remained in my foot, I can not put those words out her in public!
 
(quoted from post at 08:55:48 01/18/18)
I was looking for what the welder would say when he got slag in his sneaker.

Your post brought back a memory from 35 years ago.

High school welding class we were all in our practise booths welding together plates of steel to be graded on.

Russell Thomas a classmate had a pair of those high top basketball style runners that were popular at the time.

Sure enough a big hunk of slag landed between his laces.

You would have thought he was in dance class.
By the time he quit jumping around and managed to untie his shoe which was tightly laced to the top the hot slag had burned through his shoe and sock and left a nasty burn on the top of his foot.

As far as what he saidscreamed while it happened, if I posted it here I am sure I would be banned for good
 
(quoted from post at 09:34:50 01/18/18)
(quoted from post at 08:55:48 01/18/18)
I was looking for what the welder would say when he got slag in his sneaker.

Your post brought back a memory from 35 years ago.

High school welding class we were all in our practise booths welding together plates of steel to be graded on.

Russell Thomas a classmate had a pair of those high top basketball style runners that were popular at the time.

Sure enough a big hunk of slag landed between his laces.

You would have thought he was in dance class.
By the time he quit jumping around and managed to untie his shoe which was tightly laced to the top the hot slag had burned through his shoe and sock and left a nasty burn on the top of his foot.

As far as what he saidscreamed while it happened, if I posted it here I am sure I would be banned for good

When welding I used to wear boots, but I usually wear shorts too, and top lace eyes of my boots are not usually tied so they are open a bit. So every now and then I would get a burn on my foot. When this came up last year HoboNC suggested flip flops instead of boots. Now I get just a quick zing as it bounces.
 
(quoted from post at 09:13:36 01/18/18) Pretty funny -- those guys need to adjust the knobs on their hoods.

I have a large window auto darkening hood that will not stay tight, it is always falling down.
 

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