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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Welding by Gaslight 6
March 31st, 2010 at 12:00 am » Comments (0)
You know.... sometimes it's just not going your way and you can't seem to get it together. So occasionally you make your own fun. more »Welding by Gaslight 5
March 30th, 2010 at 9:29 pm » Comments (0)
Here is the progression that I've been making since I started ths course. The joint on the left is a lap joint: connection two offset pieces by welding the edge of ...more »Welding by Gaslight 4
March 29th, 2010 at 8:06 pm » Comments (0)
Today the subject is butt welding. Yeah, laugh it up. Two pieces are place side by side and tack welded into place. A gap of at least 2mm needs to be ...more »The Mad Industrialist Part 7
March 27th, 2010 at 6:02 pm » Comments (1)
Today, we have the welding test. It's also our final day. It was a ten week course yes - but we missed one week, and did two double weeks, so ...more »Welding by Gaslight 3
March 26th, 2010 at 8:02 pm » Comments (0)
Every day I'm improving. Practice makes perfect. more »Welding by Gaslight 2
March 25th, 2010 at 7:37 pm » Comments (0)
It's amazing what one can do with a little training. And this was just us practising before we got our assignment for the day. To see that, click after the jump. more »Welding by Gaslight 1
March 24th, 2010 at 7:30 pm » Comments (0)
And here, ladies and gentlemen, are my first (well the best of my first day) welds laid down using the process known as Gas Welding The process is simple enough. The ...more »The Mad Industrialist Rides Again
March 23rd, 2010 at 9:52 pm » Comments (2)
So before I've even finished my 10 day course, I've been accepted to a 6 week course. Unlike the last course (Manual Metal Arc Welding) this one will be Oxy-Acetylene ...more »The Mad Industrialist Part 6
March 20th, 2010 at 9:03 pm » Comments (0)
Laying perfect weld is always awesome. However, today was a remarkably stressful day because next week is the test. Trying to get each and every weld perfect can really stress ...more »The Mad Industrialist Part 5
March 13th, 2010 at 8:54 pm » Comments (0)
Today was a good day. We kept on welding the three composite runs the same as we were doing last week: One foundation run, and two further runs for strength. However there ...more »Devolution passed!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:55 am » Comments (0)
It's over. Devolution passed. Now Stormont has control over all of it's own affairs, and the terrorists can go home. For those of you out there that don't know, ever since ...more »Beard Update
March 9th, 2010 at 12:36 am » Comments (0)
Still growing strong. I'll make it the year yet. more »The Mad Industrialist Part 4
March 6th, 2010 at 1:47 am » Comments (0)
Today was an awful day. It was long, hot, and difficult. What's worse, I could not get into the swing of welding at all. Laying down loose welds, full of holes, ...more »