horseshit! you didnt need to go into asme/api certifications for someone clearly in need of d1.1. you did it to make yourself look like a know-it-all.
your actions and the way you look down your nose at d1.1 does just that. in fact it sounds almost like sour grapes. whats the matter mcfly, you couldnt pass or what? :-)
"wrong info" my ass. you look for any technicality you can find because with it you just might be able to bullshit yourself a few respect points from those who might not know any better. you somehow overlook things like direct quotes from lincoln electric (you know, they build welding machines) as you preach from your pedastal.
heh....proving what?
lol.....thats about to most pitiful response ive seen yet! :-) i blew the smoke and mirrors away from your bullshit response leaving you to make the only recommendation that was right (which also happens to be the very recommendation i made to him in my initial response!) and now you want to fight about it? BUWHAHAHA! :-)
the beauty in the internet is you just dont know who youre talking to, or what theyre capable of. if you should happen to see me around show me what its like to "deal with a man". lol.
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prior to your "im gonna beat you up" response i truly had no idea just how pitiful you really are.
which is just what i said you would do. :-) this way you can look down your nose at d1.1 without having to prove a thing concerning your own merit or lack of.
heh.....i have no desire to email you mc-cheese. your juvenile resort to physical threats tells me everything i need to know about you. youre an internet blowhard.....you try and convince everyone youre just the bestest thing ever to pick up an electrode holder and when someone blows your smoke and mirrors away exposing your bullshit you resort to an empty juvenile internet invitation to fight. lol. well thump your chest and beat on your keyboard you big strong tough guy you. :-)
Take a class where certification testing is an option. They can usually help you get certified in the basic positions, and tailor your schooling for that goal. Then you at least have some basic documentation that you know how to weld, and don't have to have someone babysit you.
Or:
Go to a testing lab and pay to be tested. Since there are many different tests, it would be difficult to say which one to take, since one does not cover everything. Tests cost $$$, and if you fail, they keep your money. NO guarantees.
Tests are given on different materials, different thicknesses, different rods, different welding processes, etc.
IMHO, go to welding job interviews, and tell them you are willing to pay to get certified, but want to know what certification they will require for that job. Some are easy. Some are not. But at least you will have a start in a direction that will take you to a job you know exists.
Contrary to bullshit you might hear, a welding certificate does not mean you are a good welder, that you really know how to weld, or that you will know what to do once you are on the job. Waving a certificate only identifies you as a rank narcissistic newbie. To me, certificates are only good to use for three things: impressing unknowledgeable people (usually young girls), opening doors to a job, and toilet paper. Remember that IF you do get a door to open, you have to work to keep it open. Waving a cert ain't going to get it if you can't make the weld. Nobody cares. Some jobs, if you can weld good, and they can see it, they will pay to have you certified. Until then, it is considered temporary probationary status. I worked offshore oilfield for eight years. In order to get on a job, you went to the yard for a test on a designated day. You welded a pipe for the man. You cut your own coupons. Then pull tested it and nick breaked it. If you passed, you were on THAT job. You got no paperwork. No "certification". You stayed until you drug up, had too many cutouts or repairs, or the job ended. Next job, back to testing at the yard. Some of the best welders I ever saw had NO paperwork. They just did it. Right. Every time. Rain or shine. Pitching decks. Wind. Hot. Cold. Whatever.
Even if you get a certificate, go in with a newcomer attitude. You will get a lot of help if you don't act like you already know it all. Ask for help. Say you don't know. Admit you are learning. That attitude will serve you well no matter how long you are in the craft.
It is a long road, and you never quit learning. The more you know, the more you realize that there is still a lot you don't know.
There are so many specialized forms of welding that it is impossible to steer you in any direction. Do you like fabrication? Fine work? Decorative work? Working at heights on structural? Follow your heart and listen to your gut, and you will steer your own path.
You CAN get there from here. You just have to want it. The world will ALWAYS need welders.
I have no idea. I was just admiring your picture of yourself in front of that massive, powerful, manly, testosterone chariot, and wondered why you would need to post such a thing in a welding group.
obviously it was so mccheese would know me when he sees me since he wants to beat me up now. frankly i dont see what that has to do with my penis, or why you would be interested in knowing how large it was.
Uh. Psst. Your obsession with your Johnson is showing ................. If you would just read what I posted, you would see that I never mentioned penis. I don't see what anything has to do with the size of your penis, or the lack of it. YOU were the one that brought it up.
How long have you had this obsession? Have you considered therapy? When you drive your manly car, do you tape your welding certificate in the window for all to see? How long have you been fixated and imagining that Mr. McCracken would come and see you?
You better lay off them steroids. Some parts of you are not getting larger like the others. Like your brain. But you can grow certain body parts now with wonder drugs available from the spammers. You might try those.
Or just go take some more pictures of yourself and your cute projects and post them on the web. BTW, nice color choices. You probably have a good eye for color. And fabrics. Why don't you make a pink welding shirt WITH sleeves. I don't believe Wrangler makes pink.
Insurance doesn't protect you from Law Suit. Neather does making great welds. Having no money or other assets is about all that might prevent law suits. Insurance might cover cost of damages and cost of law suit.
"Insurance doesn't protect you from Law Suit"....."Insurance might cover cost of damages and cost of law suit"
Those are contradictory statements. Covering the cost IS protecting you from the (and I choose not to capitalize it) dreaded lawsuit. No insurance carrier in the country will sell you a policy that guarantees that no one will bring a lawsuit against you, that would be neat tho, and magical as well : ) Covering the cost is exactly what we pay the insurance carrier to do.
I've got to add that making great welds does a huge amount of protecting you from lawsuits. Rightfull lawsuits must prove that your poor or substandard work resulted in damages. If some whacko decides to file a frivolous lawsuit, that can't be avoided, but making a legitimate case in court is hard or impossible if the (in this case welding) company has done the job properly and met or exceeded all specifications. At that point the suit is either thrown out, decided in your favor, or the liability is transfered to those that did the design and or specification.
JTMcC.
Having no money or other assets is about all that might prevent
My, my. Now you are clairvoyant. Remarkable. And my post above was a statement, not a question. Questions come with question marks. Well, maybe not in your way of typing, but in the real world.
You're welcome.
I was talking about your brain. You're the one who takes everything sexually.
Ahhhh. If only your grammar, spelling and punctuation were as good as your welding. What? They are?(!)
I have heard that Austin Community College (Austin Texas) has a very very good welding program intended for people who are serious about becoming professionals and not just hobbyists.
I imagine there must be places in Houston, too. But I've never asked nor heard anybody say.
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