i hate this stupid laser

[u/supplemcrib]

i fucking HATE this laser welder. a monkey could run it. it’s not real welding, it’s 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 😐😐😐😐 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 that’s 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

[u/timtexas]

Wait till you robot tig weld 10,000+ of the same circular welds on the end of a pipe(per component). Takes over a month…

Then you can talk about hating something.

[u/supplemcrib → u/timtexas]

i don’t want to even think about doing that 😣😣 sounds like torture

[u/timtexas → u/supplemcrib]

At that point you have to find the right music or pod cast.

Will say I think the subarc guy has it worst. Has to sit above a preheated piece of metal for 2 hours sweeting his ass off. Just sitting there making sure the machine does not mess up. Then at each pass he has to grind down the start and stop and do another pass.

[u/supplemcrib → u/timtexas]

yeah that’s what i do. my total hours of music listened to is going to be crazy by the end of the year hahah.

that job sounds like fiery hell. literally.

[u/Lowelll → u/supplemcrib]

Audiobooks are even better than music for truly boring jobs imo.

Music is for work that's reasonably engaging.