"Socialism produces bad music, bad art, social stagnation and really unhappy people", “I am a conservative, and you may not like that, but I am.” Frank Zappa 1986
He has a Lot of good stuff he should not have any problems finding work He will have to search for the good paying jobs, There are a lot of company's that low ball and take advantage of good workers.
Check with the Feds Office of Personal Management for openings as a pipe fitter or welder get through the paperwork and apply for an area no one wants to go then transfer to where you want to live.
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Alaska 7 months of winter then 5 months of tourists
Springfield, MO area has tons of stainless shops servicing the food industry. Pay likely isn’t Colorado Springs level, but cost of living is next to nothing comparatively.
I’ve got some buddies that own a stainless fab/sanitary piping shop. Some of their crew stays in the shop/local while others are traveling full time and some are a mix. Pay is dependent on workers flexibility to travel.
I've never met a welder, especially a TiG welder that didn't think they were the "best of the best".
Well, until I get them in my shop and have them do some gun/part welding with tiny welds on thin sheet. That's when I find out the 20 year experienced TiG man, isn't worth a [bleep].
Tony Rumore Tromix
Edited to add: The test that will wash them all out, is to stand a firing pin on end, with the tip up, and have them make it a 1/2" longer using a vertical tower weld extending the tip straight upward.
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Run it up, until you blow it up, then back it down a bit.
I've never met a welder, especially a TiG welder that didn't think they were the "best of the best".
Well, until I get them in my shop and have them do some gun/part welding with tiny welds on thin sheet. That's when I find out the 20 year experienced TiG man, isn't worth a [bleep].
Tony Rumore Tromix
Edited to add: The test that will wash them all out, is to stand a firing pin on end, with the tip up, and have them make it a 1/2" longer using a vertical tower weld extending the tip straight upward.
ASME section 1, 3 and section 8 PV certs are valuable and in general supersede everything you listed. Thing is, most welders don't own their certs. The organization that tests you is the certifying authority. Certs are not generally portable.
Ya wanna go somewhere else and weld it pays to be ready to certify on demand
Here and there, tests are given for which multiple proctors, each representing a different organization, will examine your test at all stages. Each proctor will judge your test for himself and either certify you, or decline for his organization I once gained certs for 23 different contractors with one test.
Some contractors will issue a certification, but still require a welder to test or shoot on starting a new job.
300 series stainless flows like mercury when welded with a TIG.
For most ASME Certs you can either weld with TIG and 300 series (generally ER308/9L), or Lo-Hy ER70-110S2 or S6 filler, and qualify for either/or with one test
Some prefer to test with ER70S6, claiming that the puddle flows better. Some guys spend too much time playing in a shop...
300 series stainless flows like mercury when welded with a TIG.
I watched a Guy that teaches the Pipe Fitter Union Boys here in Commyfornia. He welded (2) 4" sch 40 Stainless Steel socket welded Connections. (2) passes TIG Welded His elbow was flapin so much I could not be-leave what i was watching.
when he was done (2) full all the way around passes on (2) Pipe Connections it took him 15 minutes And the prettiest snake skin patterned Rainbow colors you ave ever seen.
I can TIG weld OK at best it will be Structurally sound and look like stacking dimes But when I finish my welds are Black and I have to wire brush them to shine them up.
I've never met a welder, especially a TiG welder that didn't think they were the "best of the best".
I don't know about the "best of the best", but the TIG welders here are by far the better welders I've worked with. They seem to take more pride in their work.
I've never met a welder, especially a TiG welder that didn't think they were the "best of the best".
I don't know about the "best of the best", but the TIG welders here are by far the better welders I've worked with. They seem to take more pride in their work.
A good welder, with a good handle on repairing hard to fix broken stuff, can make a good money in East Arkansas. It would be fixing broken farm equipment, mostly in the field. It would require a truck, and welding equipment, along with carrying some basic steel stuff on on the truck. Only problem to making a good living is knowing who to, and who not to give credit to. The only ones that I know of that has had trouble was giving credit to big farmers. Seem they think they are exempt 0f paying bills. Had an electrician friend that had the same problem. miles
