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Cracks or Laminations, they can't be both
Paul, In evaluating a FCAW weld cross section to AWS D1.1:2010, the weld engineer has asked that the CJP groove weld be evaluated by 4.9.4.1 for PJP. This is a requirement that the weld engineer has...
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Color Coding of Tungsten Electrodes
Paul, IS THERE ANYONE ON YOUR STAFF THAT CAN TELL ME HOW TO IDENTIFY TUNGSTEN AFTER THE PAINT IS WORN OFF?Signed ReaderThere are 2 common weld processes that use a non-consumable, tungsten electrode,...
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GMAW-S & Pre-Qualified Weld Procedures
The company I work for welds with GMAW-S and all of the Weld Procedure Specifications (WPS) that we have are from pre-qualified AWS-D1.1 welds. When I look in D1.1 I find that GMAW-S is not a...
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Exfoliation and Bed Sheets
Preparing for a trip to Oregon for my little brothers wedding my wife Dianne bought me an Esquire magazine. “You just need to read this.” It sits around the house, showing up everyplace I find to relax...
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"All Welding Shall Comply with AWS-D1.1"
Paul,I am a welding instructor/inspector. I have a business client that builds control panels and a potential client of theirs is requesting that they conform to AWS D1.1 standards on a control panel....
View Article…you made me had…
Came in and found this in my Inbox…“Subject: RE: Welder - Riceville IAMr CameronI just submitted my resume and application online there today :)You was a very great teacher you made me had a great...
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A Welding "Ground" doesn't ground anything!
What makes a good ground (Work Lead) connection and why is it important?In a welding circuit, current needs to pass through as few connections as possible and the circuit it self needs to be as short...
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GMAW Globular Transfer
Paul,I work at a machine shop where I am employed as a qualified welder to AWS-D.1.1. I was wondering why it is that you can certify 75% argon and 25% CO2 when you are not allowed to use a short...
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Those damn CVN requirement...
Paul,Do you mind my asking a quick question drawing from your expertise of AWS D1.1?Table 4.6 of AWS D1.1-2010 is a list of supplementary essential variable changes that would require WPS...
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"Put your finger on it"
Hi, Paul.I was seeking advice from you regarding D1.1 I'm a welding instructor at a steel mill in Northwest Ind.We were sent 12 yrs ago to Hobart welding school for train the trainer class and to...
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Weld Inspection After Coating
Hi Paul,I see your references on The Fabricator.com website and am wondering; how I can inspect/verify welds on painted product without being destructive?Best regards,Eric D.Hey Eric,On fabricated...
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Pinholes and Purging
UPDATE:In this original posting I talked about common solutions to Pin Holes. My apologies for not picking up on this, but in his question Marv B. stated that prior to welding he “tried cleaning them...
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You’re getting your “qualified” and “certified” all cobbled together…
Hi Paul,As I was looking through the AWS website I found accredited test facilities listings. Then digging a little deeper I found AWS QC4-89 (standards for accreditation of test facilities). I was of...
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It's a Work Lead... it doesn't ground anything
Hello Mr. Cameron, I am writing this regards to an article you had wrote about grounding/grounds. I do have some questions in regards to said article.First of all do you have any references to the way...
View ArticleMaybe B2.1 is the better choice...
Hey Paul, It’s Kody P. I was in your Minneapolis seminar, I was wondering if you would be willing to get me pointed the right direction for a PQR/WPS testing of pipe/tube to plate for fillets and PJP...
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Repair WPS
Paul,When codes refer to a company having a "repair WPS", are they saying that a different test needs to be qualified other than the procedures that have already been qualified? If this is the case,...
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Fillet Welds on Corner Joints
Hello,I have a question regarding D1.1 code.My question is regarding the corner joints in the plates encompassing the columns. They are calling them Fillet welds, yet there is not any faying surface....
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Those Canucks take their welding seriously
Paul, I know what you're thinking, another early Saturday morning question.I've been looking at the requirements of obtaining a CWB inspector certification. Am I seeing this correctly? A CWB inspector...
View ArticleIs Welding Really a Career Worth Pursuing?
Is Welding Really a Career Worth Pursuing?My reply to your questions:I first entered the welding industry in 1981 by signing up for the welding program at my local technical college. Today I work as a...
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Preheat and Toe Cracks, Sounds Painful!
We have been welding on a coupler ladder assembly for an ATB. (Articulated tug barge) It veries in thickness from 3"-1/2" up to 9" thick. The coupler ladder is structural casting ASTM A148-90-60 (Ce=...
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