doing good in welding moving sometime to armor plating
 

I passed mig and tig but the tig booth I had had a draft in it so I had to sit in the corner n bump up the argon a lil my vertical looked awesome good bead and good penetration. I like stainless the color is cool and it don't burn through like aluminum. What will I be tigging with aluminum

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Sounds great, Travis.
Keep it up.

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I like the welding better than food inspector

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welding is a lot of fun. good job! keep it up!

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Travis that is great news, so much better than what you were posting about a couple years ago! Keep it up, Soldier.

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good job man glad to hear your enjoying what your learning/doing.keep up the good work.

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welding is a great skill to have and can help you into a great career. We have a helmets to hardhats program that is designed to do this very thing. It helps soldiers transition into civilian live and gets them into a great career. A very good friend of mine took advantage of this. He came out of the Marines and we served our apprenticeship in the same class

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DUDE food instpector seriously? EFF THAT!
if they give you a chance take an aviation unit's back shops.. you'll have the most diversity of welding there, you will do everything from little trailers all the way up to complicated welds on acft..

GOOD LUCK! and GOOD work kiddo! keep your head on straight and avoid the MORONS...
later!

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Keep it up, you'll be able to fix your truck on your own before you know it ;)

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Good job, Travis! That skill will help you work on trucks later on ;) or could land you a good-paying job. Never stop learning, you're doing great!

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I'm not doin under water welder a little too dangerous and I can't swim

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I'm not doin under water welder a little too dangerous and I can't swim

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proud of you, Travis. the skill of welding is not just a good occupation while your in the service, but a very well paying job (union or not) in the civilian sector.

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Awesome news Travis. No matter what happens later in life, welding is a skill that you will appreciate having. Keep up the good work soldier.

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That could make it dangerous;) GOOD JOB Travis we're pulling for ya!

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Great job on the welding, but you DO need to learn how to swim.
Comes in very handy in life.

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I can't wait to get to a unit and weld all day and then get deployed and be stuck in a shop welding.

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FYI, the machine shop that I used to be associated used tigged aluminum 99% of the time. If they were welding steel, good chance it was a G job.

Aluminum is tough to TIG, but well worth learning. Personally, I struggle with aluminum TIG also, but then I am an old fart and can't see like I used too.

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Knowing how to weld with anything put in front of you will pay off. Lots of shops dont want specialty people. They want a guy who can do whatever needs done. Welders are always in demand. Its a skill that goes with so many different jobs its crazy but having the welding certs etc will get your foot in the door.

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I know and my welds have to be top notch I don't want a ****ty weld with no penetration I don't want to live knowing that my welds didn't hold and killed the guys in tanks that I had fixed that would mess me up. I'm doing my job the best to my abilities and I will ask my unit can I goto a college to get more training or see if I can talk them into nadc or wyotech

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keep your head on straight, stand tall, and ask good questions. talk to your c.o. about more schooling.

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I hope I start welding sometime Wednesday or thursday

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The trailer can do it all but its a loud diesel engine even with ear protection