College Life: Welding Room Tour/Finished Hammer.
7:23:00 PM
What can I say? It's been real. I say that knowing it's only been a month and I still have a whole semester left in this class. But it still feels like the end of an era. Every second in the welding room feels like certain death, but at the same time... that's the beauty of it. Risking certain death for the chance to create something beautiful in your own heart.
These are everyone's hammers. I can't help feeling that I'm not quite as proficient as the rest of the bunch. But everyone is so encouraging and accepting of everyone else's visions and efforts that all you can do is do your best.
Hi. So, this is my hammer. Yes, I made it. It's a bit shoddy but... In my mind its kind of like an ancient viking/dwarvish/Lord of the Rings, axe/hammer/chisel thing. No offense to the vikings, dwarves, and other Middle Earth citizens. I tried, I still love it though.
It looks kind of like a dragon or a sea serpent. The idea of a chip hammer is to knock off the slag that forms when you're ARC welding. You want a basic chisel tip, and various other smaller tips to get into hard to reach spaces with is why I have all kinds of pointy ends on mine.
Welcome to the welding room, It's usually locked outside of class time unless you know the combination, so don't try going in there... Even I'm afraid of blowing something up... but then again I always am.
This is the oxyfuel station. You can see two oxy/acetylene tank sets, an anvil and the slatted welding table. This is where I made my hammer/axe and the anvil is where I actually got to hammer the chisel tip of my hammer like a real blacksmith. I was so jazzed while I was doing it, it was stupid.
The most terrifying thing about oxyfuel welding is the fact that you're holding a 1234u134912349182787 degree neutral flame next to two very flammable tanks of oxygen/acetylene. and messing anything up could be dangerous. Add to that the really loud popping sounds that happen if the tip gets clogged and the sparks and its an anxiety fest. I can't spend too much time doing it. The loud noises sound like gunshots.
The most terrifying thing about oxyfuel welding is the fact that you're holding a 1234u134912349182787 degree neutral flame next to two very flammable tanks of oxygen/acetylene. and messing anything up could be dangerous. Add to that the really loud popping sounds that happen if the tip gets clogged and the sparks and its an anxiety fest. I can't spend too much time doing it. The loud noises sound like gunshots.
ARC welding helmets and electrodes. We'll be using these soon.
ARC welding side.... so apparently when you ARC weld and you somehow accidentally see the spark of the ARC welding... you can essentially sunburn your retinas... something for me to look forward to tomorrow...
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