MiniSimp's 1985

[Hyena]

I wish we got snow in Roseville 

[BLACKDOG]

Fine! BiDi it is!

Mini, did you just call Dianne bi??  I don't htink she'd appreciate that     

How much snow did you guys get?  and where is oldyellercj in that picture of the "garage"  didn't it have the place of honor next to your rig?

[MiniSimp]

There was about 8" there and 14" about 10 miles away.

Olyeller is inside the garage in front of the big blue pile of (the next project)

Since he can't drive his Jeep, might as well put it in storage!

[*** YELLER ***]

Thats not nice MINI   lets not forget where your Yoda is...   For the record MINI is welcome to go in the ''GARAGE" but the Pool Table is in the way besides if I had not spent ALL MY FREE TIME WORKIN' ON THE YODA IT WOULD NOT BE DONE     Just got my new driveline today  will install in the warm "Garage" tonight . All total we got around 12" of snow in on both days(Sat. Sun.) in Tuolumne City( near Sonora). OK its a pile of crap but even crap looks good with a 6" lift and 35's soooon.

[*** YELLER ***]

Got the Waggy in my name  gonna get runnin this weekend I hope

 

[Stinky]

ya i understand wat u meant w/ workin w/ production engineers....and hands on knowledge is good..thats all i do for 4 hours a day when im in my class (and 2 hours of theory a week)....but theres a difference between production engineers n a welding engineer.....a production engineer goes to school, gets a certificate and gets a job doin cave man work..as in nothing too extremely hard....a welding engineer practically runs a company and make 2 to 3 times the salary......and the "rules" that welders go by are much much more strict then a backyard welder's..as in: no undercut in the weld bead, no cold lap in the bead, no cracks, no slag inclusions(where a flux is used..stick/flux-core), even bead contour, controlled heat affected zone, no burn/blow throughs........as i said before....im not bein an a$$....just fillin u guys in w/ some KNOWLEDGE...thanks bye

[MiniSimp]

Don't ya just hold the weldy thingy next to the metal stuff until it sparks perty?

[*** YELLER ***]

MINI I cant find my hood or glasses   can you watch the weldy thingy sos I dunt screws it up   while it sparks purdy   


 

[MiniSimp]

Jus poin' er at it an pull the trigger

[Stinky]

if u wondering why it put "thingy" in i wrote d i c k and if yall had some carmen cents...marlin changes words to be approved for children to read and i mispelled DEGREE whoooo weeeeeee....but its ok.....remember welders do it in every position and always get 100% pEnEtReTion....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[Timmay]

I'm going to go right ahead and take Stinky's side with this one.  I'm going to school to get my B.S. in Welding and Fabrication Engineering Technology and out in the field weld prep is HUGE.  Why do you think in most industries every welder has his own fitter and prepper?

Like Stinky, i'm in the shop 4 hours a day, and have classroom theory for 2 hours.  The single most important part of a weld joint is prep.  If the joint isn't prepped perfect, you're weld will fail if it is exposed to it's rated loads.  You guys are saying hands on experience is better than some degree.  Well guess what, I have both.  This school is one of the tops in the country simply because they give so much hands on and out of position welding that you are almost completely prepared for anything you could encounter in the industry.  Sure, sometimes it is impossible to prep a material that is to be welded completely.  In the shop, we practice ways to get around prep work, or alternate ways of prepping materials such as different solvents and acids.

If you think those welds are good, so be it.  I'm telling you right now though, just a visual inspection of that crossmember shows me you don't know what you are talking about.  Sure, more wire speed gives you more amperage for better penetration, but if your wire is bouncing off the base metal, then your voltage isn't close to high enough to support that amperage setting.

It probably sounds like i'm trying to be a know it all here, but i'm just trying to look out for your nephew's safety.

[MiniSimp]

LOL

[*** YELLER ***]

                                                           

WOW WE MUST BE STUPID , YOU KNOW WHAT, DEGREES ARE GREAT   I'M NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THAT NOR AM I DOGGING YOUR 4 HOUR CLASS TIME !!   BUT LET IT GO CHILDREN   ITS OK TO BE WRONG SOMEDAY YOU BOTH WILL LEARN THAT , MAYBE WHEN YOU GET OUT IN THE INDUSTRY THEN YOU WILL REALISE THAT SOME COMMENTS ARE IN JEST, LIKE       " I LIKE TO WELD WITH PAINTED METAL", OR "SCHOOL SUCKS", OR LIKE "  YOUR STUPID", ITS A SIMPLE WEB PAGE FOR OTHERS TO ENJOY OTHERS WORK ON HOW BUILD A DECENT OFFROAD TRUCK, ITS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU KNOW OR DONT KNOW, ITS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE SCHOOL ONE PERSON HAS OVER ANOTHER, OR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS "IN THE REAL WORLD" SO JUST RELAX AND HAVE SOME JELLO AND A JUICE BOX AT RECESS.

                                                       OLDYELLER
                                               AKA; SHITY WELDER
                                               AKA; OWNER OF BS(bull crap) DEGREE

                                                             

[Timmay]

                                                           

WOW WE MUST BE STUPID , YOU KNOW WHAT, DEGREES ARE GREAT   I'M NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THAT NOR AM I DOGGING YOUR 4 HOUR CLASS TIME !!   BUT LET IT GO CHILDREN   ITS OK TO BE WRONG SOMEDAY YOU BOTH WILL LEARN THAT , MAYBE WHEN YOU GET OUT IN THE INDUSTRY THEN YOU WILL REALISE THAT SOME COMMENTS ARE IN JEST, LIKE       " I LIKE TO WELD WITH PAINTED METAL", OR "SCHOOL SUCKS", OR LIKE "  YOUR STUPID", ITS A SIMPLE WEB PAGE FOR OTHERS TO ENJOY OTHERS WORK ON HOW BUILD A DECENT OFFROAD TRUCK, ITS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU KNOW OR DONT KNOW, ITS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE SCHOOL ONE PERSON HAS OVER ANOTHER, OR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS "IN THE REAL WORLD" SO JUST RELAX AND HAVE SOME JELLO AND A JUICE BOX AT RECESS.

                                                       OLDYELLER
                                               AKA; shirtY WELDER
                                               AKA; OWNER OF BS(BULLshirt) DEGREE

                                                             

Uh, alright man.  I didn't know you where joking around when you welded a critical peice for your nephews truck...

I'll just let it go since you don't seem to be willing to learn anything more than what your hands on experience give you.

[IronClad]

yeah  just let it go timmay..  they will learn when starts to rip off and crack.   because it will.

[MiniSimp]

because it will.

I'll keep ya updated.

[Stinky]

we will be waiting............ill watch the news for ya...."and today and old toyota fj-40 flys into oncoming traffic in horrible, deadly, firey, explosive, massively destructive, bloody, horrific crash........b/c of a shirty weld.....goodbye GRANDPA.....sorry we havent been around as long as u and that a few of our teachers have been in the industry for wel over 35 years.....its ok...we kno they're just takn our $20k  a year to fill out craniums w/ bullshirt........its ok

[MiniSimp]

Yeah, but I don't have an FJ-40, so....that doesn't really work.

[DTB]

[BLACKDOG]

hey DTB, can I get some of that?


Mini, where you going on the 22nd?  I may try to get up there with ya   don't know for sure yet

[MiniSimp]

Cedar, hopefully there will still be snow.

[6.72:1]

I almost missed something.

[MiniSimp]

I almost missed something.

Almost! Never a dull moment.

[6.72:1]

I suppose sometimes you just have to put the BFH on some folks, right MiniSimp?

[MiniSimp]

  sometimes. It's all good though. That is what this forum is for is so people can express their thoughts and opinions, not everyone will agree with you 100% of the time. If they did it would be quite boring and you would never learn anything.

[*** YELLER ***]

I cant gurantee snow  :dunno:but I can gurantee FUN
WOW who ordered the snow got another 4-5 inches yesterday.

[MiniSimp]

Sweet! It just needs to keep snowing for another month....yeah right!

[MiniSimp]

Dave surprised me with a new rattle can paint job for my birthday!

[MiniSimp]

 

[DTB]

Looks pretty to me! hahahaha looking good, Mini