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Permalink Reply by Sywert Folkertsma on May 20, 2009 at 6:42pm

Oxyfuel? Didn't know this was still in use... I encourage the fact that you intend to obtain welding certificates next to your education ! However, that is only part of the job. You need a job as a welder for a few years in order to get the necessary experience. You will be able to use this as a welding engineer later on big time. I used to be a welder in the earlier days and went back to school (for a long time) to get my bachelor and International Welding Engineering diploma. It is easier when you actualy know what a puddle is all about !!

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Permalink Reply by Mark on December 10, 2010 at 12:36pm

Hi I'm new here but yes this is so true! 
After 30 years as a welder on and of all sorts of projects I couldn't agree more. 
You can't go wrong doing welding time, even if times are slow there's always some kind of work. 
After all my time in this trade it's really difficult to watch paper trained people come into this field and think they know what actually goes on when welding. 
Good luck. I'd love to go back to school to learn something more of this trade but not sure where to start.

Mark

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Permalink Reply by Micheal Turner on May 20, 2009 at 11:48pm

Thanks for the encouragement. I was told that the oxyfuel processes still has some uses, mainly in hardfacing and in small run jobs. At the very least I'll be preparing for SMAW certification this fall. It would be great to take some time to practice GMA and GTA (I still have my Jeffus textbook for the theory).

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Permalink Reply by Mark on December 10, 2010 at 12:42pm

Hi, to my information here in Pennsylvania the gas company U.G.I. Still uses the oxyfuel process for welding any gasoline pipe for 2" and under. 
Or at least when I looked into them for work you had to be able to pass that as part of the test.  
Me not in a long time have I tried it 
Good luck

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Permalink Reply by Brian J. Maas on July 3, 2009 at 7:03pm

Learn as much about welding as you can. it will help you with your studies in Metallurgy. The two go hand in hand in alot of ways. You will understand how heat affects expansion and contraction, chemical redistribution, induced stresses and a ton of other things involving welding and metallurg.

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Permalink Reply by peter on July 3, 2009 at 8:41pm

Hi my name is Peter Nesbitt. I was born in Michigan and worked in OHIO at Hobart Brothers as a welding technition and accocaited with OSU and the NJC go for it man cause INORGANIC CHEMISTRY or mettalurgy is in great tdemand and you will get alot of help I"M a CWI and a welder and worked in welding R&D lab for 8 years. I love it MY email is
CWINESBITT@HOTMAIL.COM i WOULD LOVE TO BE IN mICHIGAN near my family and FERRIS ST. college

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Permalink Reply by peter on July 3, 2009 at 8:45pm

OXY is a Chemical process that doesn't require electricity. When power is out braze it and get back to work. Military motto

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Vella on July 4, 2009 at 2:59am

I've never seen any manufacturer use oxy (haven't heard it called oxyfuel in a long time) they use it in automotive mainly and to cut metal but thats about it... your better off looking for stick, mig or tig jobs if your familiar with any of those.

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