Folks Of Interest World's greatest Welder

Being in the welding supply industry, those machines combined are worth what he is asking in his ad, $1.00
But the ad is written perfectly........................

 

My first case of welding flash was from closing my eyes and looking away while holding some parts for the guy doing the welding. I'm not saying he doesn't do it, cause I'm seen some strange crap, but I will say don't try this at home kids. I don't see how anyone can do a decent job of welding unless he can see the puddle and arc distance. Ever see a welding class at a school for the blind?

 

[QUOTE="whtbaron, post: 11447008, member: 197469". I don't see how anyone can do a decent job of welding unless he can see the puddle and arc distance. Ever see a welding class at a school for the blind?[/QUOTE]
i think they have riveting classes.

 

That is why I can't MIG there is no puddle to see, but the close your eyes MIG spot weld deal does work. Looks like shit and the cost of grinding disks and time cost more than gas welding. Bob

 

I can weld a cats ass to a telephone pole. !

UV blocking clear safety glasses go a very L O O O O O N N N Ggggggggggg way toward flash burn protection. You'll still see spots if you see the light but no flash burns.

Tacking without a hood and looking away is like second nature to guys who weld often or for a living.

 

...fish heads work too!...but pull the teeth first...

 

My father was the same, raced and rode motorcycles pretty much all his life, could not STAND full-face helmets as they cut off his peripheral vision, he felt they were dangerous. He always wore the police style helmets when street riding, as they didn't restrict his hearing either.

 

I travel to Vietnam once a year, and watched guys welding without masks over there all the time, but they have short careers, he claims to have been doing this for 50 years. Believe me, I was pretty skeptical when he told me this, and I still am.
Next time I am over at his shop, probably next week, I'll tell him to watch me run a few beads to check out my technique, and then I am gonna tell him I want to learn from the master, we will see if he grabs a hood or not. I havent actually seen him weld yet, but his beads look a damn sight better than mine, and unlike a lot of guys I know, he is pretty straight faced, this is the only thing he has ever told me that made me question anything he says. Personally I love to mess with guys, but he isnt really inclined that way. Believe me, when he said this, I looked at him like "Cmon man, I wasnt born yesterday" but he looked at me with a dead straight face, and told me this.

 

I think it is this dude [ giving a tutorial on youtube ]

 

Typically the trade for a welder, user of a welder, is a Boilermaker

 

That last photo that Kerrynzl posted reminds me a lot of a friend of mine who has a muffler shop. Hold it up, close eyes and tack it in place.

 

- Wow, guess knowing how to weld & safety are not that important at Clearwater Muffler & Brakes - hate to see how he does a brake job

 

I gotta show this to Mark!! I guess you get used to it, but I guess you could get used to slamming your fingers in a door if you do it enough.

 

When I first saw the thread title I thought, hey they made a post about me

But seriously I'm gonna call bullshit on the "weldor" crap.
I have been a welder all my life and my welding ticket says journeyman welder.
No one will ever call me a "weldor".
I'm a welder, the equipment I use is a welding machine or a welding power source.
That "weldor" nonsense is for pussys

 

Don't be literate! It makes you look 'weak'...
That was a fallacy in high school. Accuracy in communication separated the pros from the 'cons'.
("What are you doing in prison?" "Oh, I was stupid enough to land in here...")
Incidentally, the plural of 'pussy' is 'pussies'. Just to get that straight.
Weldors are the men. "The MAN is the MACHINE" is a myth.

 

The welder / weldor debate has been gone over about 1000 times here.

If you demand the "O" you better be able to show worthy of such a demand.
I'd give brown dog the O if he asked for it.

I worked with some eastern European guys who were " Veldors" . Great guys who deserved both the V and the O but never demanded it. They drank " Wodka" too. That's a funny story in itself.

Plural of pussy is spelled "TROUBLE"

 

Ignoring the safety issues for a moment, I didn't realise that welding was just about installing a 'king great glowing molten blob of snot in a couple of places. You really do learn something every day.

 

Well, I used to be a welder. I took almost 100 units of welding tech classes at our local college. I got a number of certs and worked on water plants, high rise towers, prisons, etc. Yet, something was missing. I searched the world and consulted with gurus, shamans and soothsayers. Finally I realized, perhaps through divine intervention, what the emptiness was. I saved for years and finally sent off to PretentiousProducts.com for the answer to my hollow existence. UPS showed up and I quickly tore the box open. There it was, lying there amidst the bubble wrap and the packing peanuts, emitting a soft heavenly glow. Yes, it was the big "O". I am now a "WELDOR". With newfound confidence, I have begun my new career as a frame and chassis fabricator. My first effort came out quite well, as you can see

 

Believe it or not, there is a welding competition. I am an AWS member and I remember reading about it in one of the magazines. There are several different classes and if my memory serves me, I think some Japanese guy won the professional class, so I guess he can say he really is "the worlds best welder".

 

I've never seen some one put 2 pounds of wire around a pipe before. This is a pro. And if you ask him he will say I probably can weld that. He can weld a gum wrapper to a greasy pole. Just kidding I love that one had to say it.

 

What do you say to a guy with an I.Q. of 22?
Nice weld.

 

What do you say to a guy with an IQ of 10?

Grind that weld.

 

A welder spends all day in the dark staring at a bright light, and there are only so many songs that you can sing to yourself before you start thinking of ways to kill people."

 

If ya wanna have some fun, get ahold of some 'sparklers' this 4th of july and hand them to your 'welder' buddy as he stick welds that perfect bead he always brags about....I'm the BEST helper any welder could ask for....

 

Damn skippy! But who doesn't like getting into trouble for fun?!

 

i asked a plumber, lawyer, carpenter, framer, farmer, baker, roofer, sider, and engineer if, welder should be spelled with an E or and O................ they said E.
i asked a taylor, a fabricator, an orator, senator, doctor, dictator, and decorator how it should be spelled and they said with an O.
the debate rages on.

 

I got a blue buzz box & a hand crank generator. Think I could get on as a weldor?

 

I wonder what it was?

 

I'm sure it was used long befor 1699............ D