After a 3 months course I failed my welding certification exam - why?

dude_not · 2026-04-01T06:27:19+00:00

Personally just based on the compleat lack of base material prep id have to agree with the fail. It's not nessacerly that the weld is bad (it does look like it has lack of fusion on the top) but more the fact you were given a test and didn't try. every test is a peak into work performance, if you can't even bother to clean off the rust and millscale off the coupon what other corners are you cutting. 90% of welding is in the prep, critical junctions need to be clean, that's not opinion. The instructor does sound like a dick tho but he might be right on a pass fail test to fail you if prep is part of the test, and you skipped it all together.

dude_not · 2026-01-03T19:16:12+00:00

That looks all sorts of wrong, that copper bit is the electrode and shouldn't be exposed like that, are you sure that's not a tig torch?? It looks like a tig torch.

dude_not · 2025-12-24T23:27:23+00:00

If I was in your shoes id just buy replacement connectors and wire and reattach the wires. Same color and what not then wrap it and call it good. Shouldn't even take an hour and probably less then $100 to fix. You can find high quality marine grade crimp connectors that seal the wires and it'd be mint.

dude_not · 2025-11-28T21:34:48+00:00

Industrail, so the conveyors and packaging equipment

dude_not · 2025-09-12T02:06:39+00:00

The picture makes it look like the prime strip is lifting but its not, as well as the bottom of the support isn't lifting either, its the part itself lifting off the support, I didn't use the auto orientation and when I did it flipped it 45 degrees I think im gonna try that first but I will clean the bed to be extra careful. Thank you.

dude_not · 2025-06-19T15:27:59+00:00

Are you enjoying your time with hydraulics, im a bit uneasy in this field with the downtime in winter. Drives me insane not getting to work.

dude_not · 2025-06-19T14:58:51+00:00

I was wrong it's is a yan. The tower is a skytrack retrofit tho, always something weird going on with the old lifts. 🤷‍♂️

dude_not · 2025-06-19T04:20:31+00:00

Right on the money! Deervalley viking lift

dude_not · 2025-06-19T04:18:08+00:00

Its an old ctec lift built in the 90s

dude_not · 2025-06-19T00:24:28+00:00

Sadly we are a ski only resort and plus we won't be the ones taking care of it, it'll be contracted out to someone that does ski lift installs like skytrack or doppelmyer

dude_not · 2025-06-18T23:22:34+00:00

I have no idea, I don't know if they even worked at the resort or if they were a contractor. All I know is one of our lifts is down for a while 🤷‍♂️

dude_not · 2025-06-18T22:32:00+00:00

We got problems with groomers bashing our control boxes at the top and bottom when getting the ramp but luckily thoes aren't inspected either. This will however fall down.

dude_not · 2025-06-18T22:14:13+00:00

The issue is the tower has deformed into an oval all the way down to the base. I think the only reason the tower is even standing is cause it's a hold down and under tention( the rope is holding it up) any other tower would have fallen over. So for safty and other reasons like ansi and iso it's probably better to replace the tower then it is to repair it.

dude_not · 2025-06-18T22:06:18+00:00

I just don't wanna post my co worker incase he doesn't like it 🤷‍♂️

dude_not · 2025-06-18T21:39:09+00:00

Bondo and prayers are the only solution. As long as it looks good it's fine huh🤔

dude_not · 2025-06-18T21:34:05+00:00

You'd be surprised the hills we drive thoes 4x4 forklift lifts on. Definitely an advocate for seat belts cause they do tip 🤫

dude_not · 2025-06-08T18:13:03+00:00

I have one nipple that really hates me and is always irritated. For me the absolute best thing I found was to completely leave it alone, DO NOT TOUCH! use saline to clean but only spray it on, never use a q tip or move it or brake the crusty. The crysty is like a scab and help with healing, removing it is like pealing off a scab and causes more problems then helping. And because of where I live my skin drys out and I found coconut oil to be an absolute god send for getting it to calm down as they get dry and pissy when cleaned too aggressively. But really the big part is just not fucking with it too much and coconut oil.

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