"Master Welder"
this evening i had my first actual welding experience. i think i mentioned some time ago having been shown how, but i never got a chance to practice or do any real welding. or fake welding. but today, dale went over it with john and me, and we put together some scrap pieces of steel. then at 3 john left, and dale took off shortly thereafter while i was in the middle of doing something. so, very briefly i was sitting twiddling my thumbs and thought, "hmmm, i've just done a darn good job of welding together these dinky little chunks of metal. i reckon i'll try my hand at the big stuff!" so i took the last of the metal and finished welding together the sign case that dale was working on. then i got all the pieces for the other half, which i had just cut a few minutes before, and completely put together the other half. so i guess i'll find out in the morning whether i did a good job or not. dale will be shocked and happy, or shocked and appalled. i hope the former.
circumlocution \sir-kuhm-loh-KYOO-shuhn\, noun:The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language.
In a delightful circumlocution, the Fed chairman said that "investors are probably revisiting expectations of domestic earnings growth". --"US exuberance is proven 'irrational,'" Irish Times, October 31, 1997
circumlocution \sir-kuhm-loh-KYOO-shuhn\, noun:The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language.
In a delightful circumlocution, the Fed chairman said that "investors are probably revisiting expectations of domestic earnings growth". --"US exuberance is proven 'irrational,'" Irish Times, October 31, 1997
posted by quirky at 9:04 PM
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two things:
i told my mom i wanted to be an underwater welder and she said it was a man's job. dont we live in the 21st century or something? did suffrage not happen? i dont actually want to be an underwater welder anyeay.
i remember learning the word circumlocation in school and i've never used it.
Whoa! Someone let John near a welder?!? Is the shop still standing?!
...heh. He'll forgive me...maybe. ( ^-^ )
haha, yes the shop is still standing.
allison, the word is circumlocution, not circumlocation. though i doubt you have used that one either. i know i've never had any reason to use it. actually i take that back; i've probably had plenty of times i could have used it, but just didn't know to.
"allison, the word is circumlocution, not circumlocation. though i doubt you have used that one either."
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
Ahem, anyway, so what type of welding did you, do you know? I took one little introductory course to several types of welding during my year as a engineering student. It was fun, though I didn't think so at the time.
i like ludwhig a lot.
Me too, though I have yet to ::cough:: figure any of him out...
;D
Because I am such a mystery! Except not really!
So what's the end of the story, Jordan? Was Dale shocked and happy, or shocked and appalled?
sorry i've been away for so long folks. i swear i would have been here sooner, except, due to computer problems it has been physically impossible for me to even access the internet. since i didn't make it to the library that is.
anyway, dale was neither shocked and happy, or shocked and appalled. he was just mildly pleased, i would say. i was doing wire welding. no arc for me. i'll leave that to clay.
it appears that big al has something going on josh. i'll have to introduce y'all. *grins* it would even seem you have multiple gaga fans, but don't be deceived by "big al" AND "anonymous." trying to pull a little mysterioso herself...
So remind me, is that where you hold the wire to the weld joint and just melt it on there? And arc welding uses kind of an electric charge to melt a feed of metal right onto the joint, right? Or am I just completely off base.
the both use electrical current. and yes, it melts the metal. both kinds of welding melts the metal in fact. basically it's like a continuous short right at the welding spot, but no breaker ever goes off. so it gets WAY hot. with arc welding you have a separate rod that you melt onto the joint you're welding. with wire welding, gas squirts out all around the tip, making it a tiny oxygen-free environment. a small wire comes out in the middle of this gas and it melts the wire and the metal and mixes them together and makes a joint even stronger than the metal itself.
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