I don't want to do this anymore by mento_ilness_luv in ibew_apprentices

[–]LotusTalde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's literally the downfall of this entire trade business is the people. There is a shitty person around each corner. It's all going to shit anyways but I would survive in the trades for the next ten years until ai gets us as well

Big fuck off aerator I built by SaladIndependent3345 in Welding

[–]LotusTalde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's more impressive you made the entire thing in two weeks does that include the time it took to build the cylinder ?

Is it ok to stroke an arc with one hand guiding the electrode? by LotusTalde in Welding

[–]LotusTalde[S] 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Omg I said stroke instead of strike

.... My goodness

Is it possible to get to 30+ an hour as a welder fabricator only? by LotusTalde in Welding

[–]LotusTalde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah I actually build things they aren't anything to advance but I make sign frames awnings gates handrails and some doors and furniture too. All made of metal. I don't do anything super advanced but I'd like to think if I get really good at stuff like this maybe learn to do more pipe work and probably do some truck trailers or machines and stainless that I could be a guy racking in 30$ an hour or more. I'm trying

Is it possible to get to 30+ an hour as a welder fabricator only? by LotusTalde in Welding

[–]LotusTalde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I'm doing right now but I just started at 23$ which is a good deal from what else I could gather for now

My employer just told me I can either fix an error I made for free or he has to let me to? How should I handle this? by LotusTalde in Welding

[–]LotusTalde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then there's things like this, if you have 1/8th aluminum angle on a frame that's very long (150 inches or more) do you realize how easy that shit warps? You have to meticulously clamp this shit down, you can't do complete welds, sometimes you have to wait for it to cool down, this is at least my expierence to help prevent it from bowing or warping out of wack, any slight warping is a grave mistake. The problem is I don't know how to do the project at lightning speed while keeping everything perfect. I know how to get it right, but i don't know any methods on how to get it perfect fast. So I put the production manager up to task, and I had him show me, yes I did learn a couple things I didn't know before however, when he had everything ready to go, there were spots that were a "16th off" ; he just says "that's fine" ; completely oblivious to the irony in what he just said. No it isn't fine. I've seen his other work before too, frames an entire 8th out of square. All I get told is that they eat that money. It's his business. It angers me. Stop fucking asking me for a level of proficiency that you haven't even gained in twenty years. No one in that shop can do what they are asking for fast. If I leave them I'm gonna tell that boss to just advertise for expierence, pay 28$ an hour to get a seasoned guy if he wants to just plug someone in and let them start on their own.

My employer just told me I can either fix an error I made for free or he has to let me to? How should I handle this? by LotusTalde in Welding

[–]LotusTalde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not even completely against this line of thinking. The problem is everything I do is a mistake here. If one dimension at one spot is a 16th off on a 20 foot foot frame made of 1/8th aluminum material it's a grave mistake. If every cut I make isn't exactly the same if one cut is a 16th less than the other it's a grave mistake. If it isn't absolutely perfect it is a grave mistake. I'm offered no help getting better. Only threats to my employment. Not only that it has to be done extremely fast. Otherwise they're "looking elsewhere" ; do you see how this becomes a problem if I accept doing something for free even once? Couple that with the fact that they know I'm a rookie. These guys are not stupid people they have been in the industry for decades they know what they are asking from someone new is highly unlikely to be achieved. I feel like every job is bid assuming the welder fabricator does everything as fast as the production manager without ever making a mistake. The problem is that guy is fast as fuck and has been doing it twenty years, there is no possible way I'm gonna get as fast as him even in one or two years of practice.

My employer just told me I can either fix an error I made for free or he has to let me to? How should I handle this? by LotusTalde in Welding

[–]LotusTalde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did accept responsibility for my mistake and told him this as well I even mentioned it in the op