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Supervisor pointed out my weld prep was too clean, he was right
Boss at the Port Arthur job pulled me aside and said I was burning too much time grinding every joint to mirror finish. He showed me his trick: knock off the heavy scale and rust, leave the light mill scale alone. Cut my prep time by almost half and the welds passed x-ray fine. Anyone else ever get told they're overdoing prep?
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dakota_singh3928d ago
Makes sense when you're running production but what about the code jobs where the WPS calls for a specific prep? I've seen inspectors on the stricter side flunk joints for surface junk even when the x-ray comes back clean. Did your boss have you adjust your wire speed or heat at all once you stopped grinding down to bare metal?
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