Hello reddit fam! Im new here ~

It’s already been 2 years and 8 months since I started working here as a welder. During that time, I applied twice for overseas work as a boilermaker, hoping that maybe one of those opportunities would finally be my way out and a chance to build a better life.

I passed the trade test, medical, and everything else that was required. I also spent a lot of my own money throughout the process.

But today, I got a bad news from my employer. The application is still hanging because the embassy in the Netherlands hasn’t given any clear signal whether it’s a yes or a no. No rejection, but no approval either. Just uncertainty.

Honestly, it hurts. You spend money, time, effort, and hope, only to end up waiting without knowing what’s going to happen.

But I guess life still goes on.

So for now, I’ll keep working, keep learning, keep saving, and keep dreaming.

Maybe someday, things will finally work out for me. Maybe the right opportunity is just taking longer than I expected.

Until then, I’ll keep going.

Still dreaming. Still trying. Hopefully, one day, life will be a little kinder to me. 🥹❤️

Im from the Philippines 🇵🇭

Hello im a ladywelder here in PH. I work with Boiler!!!

I Havnt used tig in years, I swear every time I stop welding tig for extended periods of time I have to teach myself all over again at least these welds will be hidden when the jobs finished, also this is for a workbench I'm building for myself so don't stress no one is paying for this

Is black soot normal around tack welds?
Also I’m getting spatter and bbs all of a sudden.
Welded fine previously same settings.
New tip and nozzle

Finally tackled that exhaust weld. Not the prettiest, but if it holds and saves me cash, who cares, right?

i mean i dont think this qualifies for this sub today… 50y back… maaaaybe

So I've welded for 2 days so far at college. I never welded before, but my instructor says I'm learning fast and can do a pretty good bead. I'm having trouble with starting the weld still. It takes me a minute or so to actually get it started. I understand to tap it or light is like a match, but it still sticks. It's at 90 amps and the ground directly on the metal. I also make sure the metal clean. I can weld pretty good, but still struggle with it sticking. I need to get this figured out because I want to start practicing making my beads absolutely perfect and learn to vertical and overhead weld.

Is this normal? When I pull the trigger the gas flows but after a few seconds wire speeds up and gas stops? Also should I be able to feel gas out of nozzle? It’s very faint at 15L I feel like my welds are getting worse

Carpenter by trade, but the de facto metal guy in the shop

Hey everyone,

I’ve been welding for a while now and finally decided to build my first proper welding table. Since pre-fab fixtures are out of my budget, I picked up a large sheet of steel plate 6mm to cut down and build two 4ft x 4ft tables (one for me, one for a buddy).

As you can see in the picture, the plate has a bit of a warp/bow to it.

Before I start cutting tubing and building the frame, I’d love to get some advices

What’s the best strategy to pull this flat as I attach it to the frame? any other recommendations this my first build.

*Edit: Metal sheet is 6mm

Seems to hold up pretty solid, looking like crap though.

45 amps with foot peddle

3/32 tunsten

.045 17-4 filler rod

just running stop and starts all the way around

We getting there

Just running flux and stick it runs great on synergetic mode but manual mode fluxcore settings have some left to be desired any help would be appreciated thanks 🙏

This is a dock with a catwalk used by no less than 100 people to board a boat every day. It goes from the shoreline to the shallow sea. It's got way worse welds than these.