Nothing caught my eye this week, so how about some general goings on news instead?
Spent Friday afternoon with my instructors and about 20 of my fellow students at Kvichak Marine Industries where they’re looking for a goodly number of welders who can work in aluminum to build items such as this.
I was astounded to see that only one other student besides myself brought their resume with them. Their lack of forethought should be to my benefit though. I’m hoping for a call in the next couple days and that I can schedule a test with them on Friday.
I took three of my fellow students up in the new ride, which has been named Grimm.
Hauling four full-sized adults in comfort across multiple urban environs test: Passed with flying colors.
Side note: This will be the license plate frame
Had a problem with my vertical GMAW (MIG) root passes not getting perfect fusion on my practice plates last week, so I switched techniques and will weld and bend more practice plates tomorrow and hope to test on that on Tuesday. If I get no call from Kvichak this week, I will hopefully test out on overhead MIG by Friday. If I do get a call, I’ll be spending a day and a half or so in an aluminum MIG booth for practice before their test.
That’s about it for me. Hope all is well with you all.
Best of luck on the callback! That boat looks great. I’m sure that welding one together isn’t easy, but there should be a lot of pride in putting something together that is that cool.
Good luck amigo! A friend back east has a “tug” type boat, sweet ride!