G'day all.
I am am Australian boilermaker apprentice, who mainly works with agricultural equipment manufacture and repair. I have been in the industry for about 3 years and have worked in the mining and automotive repair industries as well as agricultural in that time.
Hey everybody, I have a rather unfortunate announcement to make. We're gonna be closing WelderSkills in late July. Many of you have likely noticed that things have slowed down a bit around here lately. That's largely because my Dad (Jody) is currently in the hospital receiving treatment for a rather serious diagnosis. He has a long, hard road ahead, and his treatment will require 100% of his focus for the foreseeable future. Closure is certainly not what we'd like to do, but without my Dad's contributions (both on camera and behind the scenes) WelderSkills just won't be getting the attention it deserves, and won't be able to earn your membership fee every month with new content. WelderSkills is a product whose quality we are committed to maintaining. If it's beyond our ability to meet that quality standard, then we don't feel right in offering it to you all. For those of you who have signed up with an annual membership after July of 2024, I realize you won't be able to get your full year of access. For that reason, I'll begin processing prorated refunds very soon for members who won't be getting their full year (For instance, if you signed up last October, you'll receive a refund for 3 months of service). If you signed up for an annual subscription using the App Store or Google Play, send me an email to get your refund because that process works a little differently (joey@welderskills.com).As a thank you for signing up with us, our full course library (Intro to TIG, MIG, Stick and mini courses) will be made available to download until we close the service for all active members. Aside from that, the WelderSkills service will maintain all functionality until we go offline. Thank you all so much for giving this thing a shot. I had a great time working on it, and please believe me that this announcement absolutely sucks to make. It's truly been an honor and something I'm really proud of building with my Dad, all of our awesome instructors, and each of you. -JoeyFeel free to comment here or email me with any questions at joey@welderskills.comI'll continue to post updates as I have them!EDIT: moved to new channel 'WelderSkillsClosure' where I'll discuss all details related to that!
Here's the dedicated channel for questions to make sure we don't miss anyone! Leave your questions here. If you'd like to ask a specific instructor, use the '@' feature. For example, type '@jody collier' followed by your question. That will notify the instructor directly. The attached image shows what it looks like if you were to tag jody.--This feature also works on videos! So if you have a question about a specific video, be sure to tag the instructor in the comments of that video.--We will be sure to check this thread for general questions as well! Thanks to Aaron Laughlin for prompting this new thread.
in 👋 introductions
December 15, 2023
in 👋 introductions
November 18, 2023
Hello everybody, I work as a boilermaker servicing Various sites daily. My duties vary form Welding (multiple processes) to brazing, to masonry ( Refractory), to threading to fitting to plain old simple mechanical . I also spend a lot of time sharing Welding education with peers and my kids, as well teach a boilermaker apprenticeship program with NCCER.
WTT has always been a go to pointers, but now welderskills is triple up grade if not more with all the different collaborations.
Thanks
in 👋 introductions
January 02, 2024
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Hello everybody! 👋
I just wanna make an introduction before I post anything else in this community.
My name is Dennis and I live in Sweden 🇸🇪! I’ve been working as an welder for about 16-17 years now and primarily as a mig welder. 😬 I’ve been in a shop environment all my career and did spend about 14 years making hydraulic cylinders in a production, that learned me a lot even though production welding is boring I got really effective and did plan out my days really good. At the end I did all the planning for the welders and robots, I programmed the robots and I supervised everything that was welding relevant and helped making new products. (This just sounds fancy, it was a small company 😅)
I got bored really quick at the end and came in contact with another company so this is where I am today and also have been for the latest 3 years or something! I am welding biochar-boilers for a company in Germany now and I love this 😊 switching to this job really opened my eyes to just how little I know about welding and this is why I’m here at this site fellas 😅
These boilers are probably not that big for you guys but for me these are huge!
Thanks for reading and for I will try to clean up this introduction so it’s a little easier to read, hopefully you can have some patience with me because English isn’t my native language 🙈
See ya 🇸🇪☺️
in 👋 introductions
October 04, 2024
Custom frame for an AC unit. First job done for my new LLC. Prime weld 225 performed flawless.
November 13, 2024
New boat repair from Matt!
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Matt Hayden - Aluminum Boat...
A rush job on a cracked aluminum boat. Matt shows us the...
in 🛠️ projects
November 11, 2024
Drilling through these Stainless Steel fittings was a breeze with this drill press. 5/16 drill thru 1/4 stainless steel compression fittings.
in ❓ questions
November 07, 2024
• Edited (Dec 11, 2024)
New to welding and the helmut I bought was like a 30$ helmut from harbor freight but I have never liked it so just looking for ideas on what I should look for in a helmut. Very new to all of this. But am liking it so far and the helmut I currently have I feel like I can't see anything. Any help or suggestions
in 🗣️ general
October 28, 2024
Just got an Optrel Crystal 2.0 hood. First time I looked through it, thought "holy shit, this is amazing!" I thought my 10+ year old Lincoln was awesome, but this thing is in an entirely different universe. Comfortable, and weighs next to nothing. The blue tint while darkened is a little weird, and will take getting used to. The optical clarity is super sharp, and the color....wow. Photo was taken through the hood. The downside is, it'll be one less excuse for why my welds suck!😀
November 01, 2024
