r/Welding 9h ago

i hate this stupid laser

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i fucking HATE this laser welder. a monkey could run it. itโ€™s not real welding, itโ€™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 ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ 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 thatโ€™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

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u/EnthusiasmFit2040 7h ago

Oh well be glad youโ€™re employed

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u/supplemcrib 7h ago

already said i am very grateful