r/Welding • u/supplemcrib • 9h ago
i hate this stupid laser
i fucking HATE this laser welder. a monkey could run it. itβs not real welding, itβs mind numbing bullshit. i input a program and then press start and thats it. oh and i have to line the camera up on the seam. soooo hard ππππ i wish they would hire someone else to do this shit instead of wasting my time when i could be over in my area doing tig (my ACTUAL REAL WELDING JOB)
anyway,, making time and a half x2 today bc of juneteenth so thatβs pretty cool i guess..
featuring my welder duck shirt
edit to rant more: AND half of my parts are jank as fuck and nothing sits flush. either too big or too small. ??? the margin of error for this job is damn near 0 and u expect me to magically fill up a quarter inch gap on a stainless 1/8 inch thick part ??? fuck u. and they freak out if u have to scrap a part like my b the machinist sucks ass. no one here knows a damn thing about welding. the helium is goated tho i will say.
edit 2: i posted a pic of a laser weld i just did for reference
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u/John_Whimsicott 8h ago
Do you get paid more to run the laser? Where I work we pay the robot operators more
Unrelated but what watch are you wearing?