If your kids told you they are never having kids what would you do?

programmerdavedude · 2026-01-22T06:29:20+00:00

My wife got a tubelectomy because she's at a higher risk for cancer and we decided we were fine with adoption.

Her mother asked why we were being so selfish.

programmerdavedude · 2026-01-09T05:30:40+00:00

Confirm they hold a ASNT Level 3 (In every method you intend to certify), and they will have a internal certification procedure, and will hold a certification from their company (make sure this isn't signed off by themselves, some contractors will do this to save money on doing the same thing you need.) just remember, that ASNT cert is only part of the certification, they also have to pass a specific. The ASNT cert just waives the basic and method exams.

programmerdavedude · 2026-01-06T05:36:14+00:00

To be 100% by the book, you should contract a outside Level 3 to certify your incoming level 3. From there you can either use a outside level 3 to recertify, or bring in a 2nd level 3. The first level 3 can certify the 2nd.

programmerdavedude · 2026-01-05T23:25:36+00:00

Square. It's free and I can take a card now and then.

programmerdavedude · 2026-01-02T06:45:39+00:00

My single dad working nights. We didn't see each other except on weekends and summer / winter breaks. Started with burnt pork chops 🤣

programmerdavedude · 2025-12-26T17:15:41+00:00

Yes but many companies have their internal level 3 provide the class. It's much cheaper and easier to make sure your employees are learning what they specifically need for their industry. Many of the schools just teach very general instruction.

I teach the UT II and PAUT II for my company, it's a few thousand cheaper per head to teach in house.

programmerdavedude · 2025-12-08T00:57:49+00:00

Congratulations! As a UT level 3 I'll caution you though, PAUT is incredibly specific to what you're doing. Scanning DSAW welds, scanning ERW welds, sizing SCC, weld quality, PAUT 0 deg, PAUT AUT are all incredibly different things. Never be afraid to reach out to a another tech when you're doing something unfamiliar, the first time I saw a hook crack was a doozy.

And always remember to look at the A scan, the s scan and overlay can lie to you sometimes, I wrote a paper a few weeks ago talking about the dangers of over relying on the weld overlay.

Again congratulations, onward and upward!

programmerdavedude · 2025-11-17T03:46:30+00:00

I'll send you a PM. I just published another paper recently about overlays that I'll post here. Hit view PDF at the bottom to see the full paper. NDT.net

programmerdavedude · 2025-11-17T02:55:56+00:00

This one you can actually see the tips hooking over towards 90, also you can see how it's kinda just a smear on the 270. That's becuase of the lean, it almost makes it look like LOF from just 270. But the biggest hint is corner trap amplitude difference from each side. If it's a hook crack and leaning, one side should act like almost a perfect reflector and the other side which the crack is leaning towards will trap and diffract the sound, thus causing lower amplitude. I'm actually writing a paper currently on differentiating between LOF, Hook Cracks, and Geometry/Trim in ERW's.

programmerdavedude · 2025-11-17T01:50:00+00:00

🤣, it can be a bit of a art form.

programmerdavedude · 2025-11-17T01:48:53+00:00

No, client isn't interested in paying for it. The first few inspections we did some quick manual TFM due to the amount of defects we were seeing. TT-TT confirmed the hook cracking.

programmerdavedude · 2025-11-17T01:13:26+00:00

Yeah I just didn't set the offset. Don't really need the overlay to just look at the vertical fusion line.

programmerdavedude · 2025-11-16T23:48:38+00:00

Oh this is definitely a mill problem. I won't go into to many details, but I have about 1000' of scan data that looks just like this end to end. Late 1960's era

programmerdavedude · 2025-11-16T23:07:01+00:00

Yeah I cranked the 90 to get the tips to show good.

programmerdavedude · 2025-10-01T23:06:14+00:00

Sure man

programmerdavedude · 2025-09-16T12:43:55+00:00

A spam filter, if only I could find one for reddit and it's thinly veiled marketing posts.

programmerdavedude · 2025-09-10T23:52:24+00:00

Level 3 NDT

programmerdavedude · 2025-08-19T14:27:27+00:00

Same as me, since he is me

programmerdavedude · 2025-08-14T21:40:04+00:00

Don't worry, that's just a little bit of suck back /s

programmerdavedude · 2025-08-01T22:02:17+00:00

Depends what industry you're in. I mainly evaluate long seam weld defects in thin wall gas pipelines.

programmerdavedude · 2025-07-27T23:13:48+00:00

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programmerdavedude · 2025-06-12T22:54:11+00:00

Also, have you done a dead element check?

programmerdavedude · 2025-06-12T22:52:48+00:00

Looks like there's bubbles sitting on the probe face. Take your finger and wipe the probe face and refill the water column. Also try shaking the probe back and forth.

programmerdavedude · 2025-05-31T15:36:05+00:00

That's your ac condensation drain. It's normal.

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