not so pros

[Czed]

Good morning Dave have a great day today cut safe good to have a little nice weather for a change

My 87-year-old neighbor beat me to cutting wood I've been working on saws lol
He brings a load back everytime he feeds down the road.

 

[Genius]

So you younger guys out there welding pay heed, get the proper ventilation for yourself if you want to stay in the game long and not burn out.

I worked 6 months for a company that did service work and built feed mills and grain set ups. I ended up doing a lot of fabrication in the shop and most everything we worked on was galvanized. I got sick twice. They had zero ventilation in the shop.

I decided that that place wasn't for me. Most of the guys were in their late 40's and early 50's. Most had respiratory issues from doing the job for 20-30 years.
I enjoy welding and learned a lot though.

 

[Simondo]

Good morning Simon how's your day going

Hi Todd..been and gone mate ... 4.30 pm and done . Sorting some dinner out ,wood for the stove and feet up for the news at 6 pm.

 

[Redfin]

Hi John how are you today

morning john hows you

Real good fellas. Little nippy this am but the sun is shining. How yawl?

 

[jimmorrison]

Even in a well ventilated space the fumes can still get in your lungs. Need to have a fan positioned in the right spot. Adjustable height and mounted on casters. Just a cheap box fan works well.

 

[Simondo]

I worked 6 months for a company that did service work and built feed mills and grain set ups. I ended up doing a lot of fabrication in the shop and most everything we worked on was galvanized. I got sick twice. They had zero ventilation in the shop.

I decided that that place wasn't for me. Most of the guys were in their late 40's and early 50's. Most had respiratory issues from doing the job for 20-30 years.
I enjoy welding and learned a lot though.

Zinc is evil stuff.....I drank a pint of milk in the morning on the times i had to weld up something that had been Galved in the past. Lines your gut to help against absorbing it. BAD ASS STUFF though so avoid as much as i can. Agg industry is littered with things galved over here to.

 

[Genius]

Zinc is evil stuff.....I drank a pint of milk in the morning on the times i had to weld up something that had been Galved in the past. Lines your gut to help against absorbing it. BAD ASS STUFF though so avoid as much as i can. Agg industry is littered with things galved over here to.

Yup, this is our mill. Short of some small stuff that's inside it's all galvanized.
Welding inside grain bins at that job got my eyes too. Even with a hood on the arc would reflect. After one day working in those I had to call in the next day cause my eyes hurt so bad.


My hat goes off to you guys, Joe, Steve and Dallas. It's a rough line of work

 

[Simondo]

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Yup, this is our mill. Short of some small stuff that's inside it's all galvanized.
Welding inside grain bins at that job got my eyes too. Even with a hood on the arc would reflect. After one day working in those I had to call in the next day cause my eyes hurt so bad.


My hat goes off to you guys, Joe, Steve and Dallas. It's a rough line of work

Its The stuff that got broken and then had to be repaired was the pain in my butt....and lets face it , once the galv is burnt even if painted over with "Cold Galvanise" its never as rust resistant. Dairy farm old style herring- bone milking stalls was the sort of thing i used to get involved in. Blacksmith and fab...you tend to get asked to do all sorts.

 

[Stump Shot]

Funny story about welding Galvanized, our welding teacher told us not to do it if at all possible as the problems of zinc poisoning were not worth it. Then proceeds to issue us galvanized plates to do weld samples, I was the only one in class that refused and stuck to my guns. A few weeks later he congratulated me and handed me pieces of hot rolled plate to do my assignment on.

 

[Coltont]

Where are you working?

Osterburg

 

[Coltont]

Not the biggest timber but the quality is good.

 

[beaglebriar]

Good morning DJ how's your day going today

Haven't really done chit so far. So I guess it's going good for a Monday!

How's things in Todd land?

 

[Stump Shot]

My whole world revolves around making sawdust now. Carpenters Helper, Milling Lumber, Firewood Cutting, and Power Saw Testing. Sawdust is good to me, the more sawdust in the wind, the better.

 

[Stump Shot]

Not the biggest timber but the quality is good.

Wish the guys that bring me saw logs, cut as good as you. Nice job ya did there.

 

[Simondo]

My whole world revolves around making sawdust now. Carpenters Helper, Milling Lumber, Firewood Cutting, and Power Saw Testing. Sawdust is good to me, the more sawdust in the wind, the better.

Things that do wood and grass all the way for me mostly ....No..Not that sort of grass !

 

[Czed]

Not the biggest timber but the quality is good.

the weathers great today too I've been outside since 7:00 am so it's guaranteed to rain now lol

 

[Coltont]

Wish the guys that bring me saw logs, cut as good as you. Nice job ya did there.

Thanks. The nicer they look delivered to the mill the more they will pay.

 

[hoskvarna]

I have been welding for 20+yrs on new steel making planters and fixing stuff on the farm.
Like u guys coughing and hakin all the time.
Got permanently laid off last year, I am better but its still there.
Get bronchitis 1-2 times a year now. I will not look for a job welding again , full time anyway.
I am on workcomp now from a work injury, pulled nerves in my shoulder. As soon as I get released from that start looking.
I am 52 so it might be difficult to find a $27hr job.
Its fun to do but like is said u pay for it [emoji853]


Sent from Hoskvarna hills

 

[hoskvarna]

I can get funding thru some programs for schooling, might look into gun smithing.


Sent from Hoskvarna hills

 

[mdavlee]

We tig about 80% of what I work on. We do a little stick and Flux core. Hexavalent chromium has forced employers into tig welding or expensive fresh air hoods and ventilation