Just shaved so I can test and get on the job. Got a couple outages lined up. I was a teacher for a while. Kudos to other teachers like this guy. You really gotta love helping people. Some advice to those new in the field: Don’t waste a teacher’s lab space and time. Put your phone up. You can’t have it on the job. On your own time, do some homework, and look online as well to sources like this. Back in the day, this didn’t exist, so you got a leg up on people who’ve been in the trade. You should be able to progress faster. Welding is an art, a sport, a science, and a craft. Respect to this guy. He’s showing you a way to feed your family.
I was a CWB certified welder for over 12years and am now a CWB certified inspector. Great job! One little trick I used to use and is no issue was to do two small center punch marks on the backer plate instead of having something in the way and risking stopping short. The other "trick" I did was to preheat the backer plate a bit. Some inspectors may say something, but there's nothing stating it shouldn't or can't be done.
I passed my flat and horizontal cwb test thanks to some crappy dirty steel welding on site and watching this guy. Going for my vert and overhead tomorrow thanks for the help!
Thanks for making this series of test videos, I’m a US welder living in Canada 🇨🇦… me and my employees are going to be testing soon as we are starting to do more structural welding as a company
I've completed my 2G CWB Test, and the final 4G test runs on Thursday. I've been doing test plates, Vertical Up, and Overhead Stick, and passing every run. I'm feeling very confident for the upcoming test on Thursday. Then apply into the Boiler Maker Union Local 128 out of Sudbury Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 as an apprentice. I'll need 4700 hours before I come a Journeymen or Red Seal ticket. I very much enjoyed your videos. They really helped me find my way with stick welding. Stick welding 7018 is my favorite 😋
there's an hour and a half video on CWB test in our app. check it out: beta.weld.com/CourseDetails?courseId=164 includes resources as well :) Good luck on your test
Well Jason another excellent video I’ve done a lot of those test and passed but we can always learn from each other. You are awesome you make a great instructor teacher don’t ever stop you guys Have got a great team there. I love your videos I love that you share the faults The good and the excellent work so we can all see to make things better for each of us very proud to see your guys work
Thanks for the series, just did my all position stick cwb tickets. In Ontario, southern Ontario mainly does X-rays on the coupons. I just went to Sudbury (northern Ontario) to do it the “old school” way of bending them. Passed all 4, this series was a very nice watch just to refresh the memory.
Hi Fellas, If you are attempting to do high quality Stick welding I'd strongly recommend not using an AC machine. AC sources don't normally start smoothly and won't penetrate as deeply into the metal as a DC unit. With a DC inverter machine I generally run about 135 to 140 amps on a flat position test and drop down to about 115 to 120 amps for the cap passes. Allowing the plate to cool down between passes will help control the spatter factor. This has served me well for this CWB test. Certain welding tests will have a procedure sheet indicating the required parameters such as the range at which you can run your amperage. These procedures must be followed and will be scrutinized closely by an inspector. Any deviation from the these required procedures will usually result in failure. This video contains some really good tips for doing the CWB SMAW plate welding tests. Thank you for taking the time and interest to help others to achieve this goal.
Great series. Loved the honesty with the horizontal. I think stop and starts shouls be in every test. It would be awesome to see a European equivalent test . Once again ..Great series eh! 😉
Just burn brotha, time time time = the eager earn from burning bro. You got it just try to make each weld better than the last try new things and technic
Hey... Thank you for taking the time to give this a go and show a guy what the puddle looks like up close. I watched all 4 videos of this practiced my flat 7 times my vert 3 and got my CWB all position s certificate today. First overhead weld i have had to do in ten years was the test coupon. And the only stick in ten years was the practice for the test. I recommend taking a work light though for an actual test. The lighting angle in booths sucks for overhead and horizontal
Really helpful, it's all the little details that make all the difference. Wish I had of seen this video before I did my test. See what happens I guess.
I was scheduled to do my check test for the CWB all positions the test was scheduled for the day that the Rona shut everything down so I am no longer certified for all positions CWB
Ive taken these 20 plus years ago and when I took the test we couldn’t use a grinder with a wire wheel, a wire brush and picks we could use a hack saw blade, I guess times have changed since I’ve last had to take a welding test lol
After this would you guys think about doing the D1.5, the bridges, they're similar to 1.1 but no use of power tools at all. Doesn't have to be a entire section, just tips for not using any power tools at all. Only pick and wire brush.
I am currently doing my all position tests. On the 4G position Currently. Failed once due to an opening on my one root. I'm struggling with the bead profile on my cap passes. They turn out wavy and uneven.
I would like to request a video please. Could you do one using 80 t ac plus electrodes. I burned 5 lbs of 3/32 on a project and was dissatisfied with the results. Vertical up seemed especially difficult. Thank you for your videos, Jacob.
I think it depends on your inspector. In my experience I haven’t been able to change direction. Inspector will ask which way you want to go and then soap stone it on the plate. I’ve always had the choice of direction, but not allowed to switch at least on root pass. I don’t think he cared on fill and cap, but I always just ran same direction. I’ve done it twice (2 year expiry) but both times same inspector.
All root passes need to go in the same direction. Hot pass and caps can alternate however you please. But it's an automatic failure for all processes if your roots don't go the same direction.
Yes, these were a bit more challenging. I really enjoyed this series of tests. I have never had the opportunity to run CWB testing but always heard they were a bit more in depth.
Of the four, overhead gets me more then the rest for whatever reason. I'm able to get the fusion in the flat and horizontal, but can never seem to find that "comfy zone" when setting up overhead.
Did you take note of where Jason was steadying himself with his other hand? The other thing is how much overhead have you done compared to the other positions? Now think back to when you first started learning to weld, it was frustrating, then just hard, then it began to be enjoyable and finally you started to get slag peels and decent looking welds. The reason? Arc Time! Or in other words lots of practice, practice, practice.
QUESTION: *Is it possible to use a 90 amp harbor freight welder for hard surfacing/facing? *If so what is/are the best wire/wires? I have not converted my welder to DC, it is still an AC Welder. *Will this make a difference?
It would depend on the thickness of the material. Generally in a hard surfacing application you run colder to avoid excess penetration. You want adequate fusion but penetration will lead to "dillution" of the materials. Basically you are mixing the metals/alloys together which will be counter productive to the hardening of the material face. "stoody" is a brand known for hard facing as well as "arctec" there are LOTS of wires, be it chromium based, nickel alloy, chromium carbide etc. there is no 1 simple answer.
I've noticed a lot of changes in the recent years on welding certications. It seems as though things have gotten more strict. Question, is it because the majority of people in the field are not skilled as previous generations?
And CWB does a check test every 2 years and you can't have your in house inspector do the test it is always a CWB inspector. Edit: I should mention that acceptance criteria for NDT is pretty much the same.
Keep a very tight arc length. If there’s a gap between your rod and the plate it will rain down. A 10-15° travel angle works best for me personally. Don’t give up, you’ll get it.
When you busted out on the horizontal you wouldn't have been able to continue. Nice thou. Just remember when you do your check test you have to do a vertical up then you go overhead.
Just shaved so I can test and get on the job. Got a couple outages lined up. I was a teacher for a while. Kudos to other teachers like this guy. You really gotta love helping people. Some advice to those new in the field: Don’t waste a teacher’s lab space and time. Put your phone up. You can’t have it on the job. On your own time, do some homework, and look online as well to sources like this. Back in the day, this didn’t exist, so you got a leg up on people who’ve been in the trade. You should be able to progress faster. Welding is an art, a sport, a science, and a craft. Respect to this guy. He’s showing you a way to feed your family.
Wise words, thank you sir.
Good advice, no matter what job or trade you wish to persue. Put the Damn phone away! You are at school to learn and on the job to work!
I was a CWB certified welder for over 12years and am now a CWB certified inspector. Great job! One little trick I used to use and is no issue was to do two small center punch marks on the backer plate instead of having something in the way and risking stopping short. The other "trick" I did was to preheat the backer plate a bit. Some inspectors may say something, but there's nothing stating it shouldn't or can't be done.
Are there any way I can preheat?
With wire wheel? Or something else?
I passed my flat and horizontal cwb test thanks to some crappy dirty steel welding on site and watching this guy. Going for my vert and overhead tomorrow thanks for the help!
I just passed my CWB stick and MIG last week, your previous videos definitely helped me get my tickets. Thanks!
Man that is awesome to hear. Glad we could help out on your welding journey.
Appreciate the spects bro went out of his way to show the real deal of evey situation that could apply to a test
I'm just a hobbyist that plays with an old farm style buzzbox on the weekends but I am loving this content.......good stuff.
Thanks for watching
@@Welddotcom THANKS! for making these videos :)
@@yurimodin7333 Careful welding can become addictive!
@@markfryer9880 yeah I just got back from the store with a Century FC-90 and a chop saw 💪
Thanks for making this series of test videos, I’m a US welder living in Canada 🇨🇦… me and my employees are going to be testing soon as we are starting to do more structural welding as a company
I've completed my 2G CWB Test, and the final 4G test runs on Thursday. I've been doing test plates, Vertical Up, and Overhead Stick, and passing every run. I'm feeling very confident for the upcoming test on Thursday.
Then apply into the Boiler Maker Union Local 128 out of Sudbury Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 as an apprentice. I'll need 4700 hours before I come a Journeymen or Red Seal ticket. I very much enjoyed your videos. They really helped me find my way with stick welding. Stick welding 7018 is my favorite 😋
Welders don't get enough respect.
Very cool! These will help me this fall at school! Wondering if you guys could do the flux core cwb tests to add to this series!
I’ll have my CWB check test tomorrow, really nice to have videos like that with some tips and visuals. Great job! Thank you.
there's an hour and a half video on CWB test in our app. check it out: beta.weld.com/CourseDetails?courseId=164
includes resources as well :) Good luck on your test
Well Jason another excellent video I’ve done a lot of those test and passed but we can always learn from each other.
You are awesome you make a great instructor teacher don’t ever stop you guys Have got a great team there. I love your videos I love that you share the faults The good and the excellent work so we can all see to make things better for each of us very proud to see your guys work
Thank you so much for the feedback and kind words. We appreciate it.
Thanks for the series, just did my all position stick cwb tickets. In Ontario, southern Ontario mainly does X-rays on the coupons. I just went to Sudbury (northern Ontario) to do it the “old school” way of bending them. Passed all 4, this series was a very nice watch just to refresh the memory.
Hi Fellas, If you are attempting to do high quality Stick welding I'd strongly recommend not using an AC machine. AC sources don't normally start smoothly and won't penetrate as deeply into the metal as a DC unit. With a DC inverter machine I generally run about 135 to 140 amps on a flat position test and drop down to about 115 to 120 amps for the cap passes. Allowing the plate to cool down between passes will help control the spatter factor. This has served me well for this CWB test. Certain welding tests will have a procedure sheet indicating the required parameters such as the range at which you can run your amperage. These procedures must be followed and will be scrutinized closely by an inspector. Any deviation from the these required procedures will usually result in failure. This video contains some really good tips for doing the CWB SMAW plate welding tests. Thank you for taking the time and interest to help others to achieve this goal.
Great series. Loved the honesty with the horizontal. I think stop and starts shouls be in every test. It would be awesome to see a European equivalent test . Once again ..Great series eh! 😉
It would be fun to See Americans welding the right way. There are no backingstrips, all open root! When going vertikal up, theres no downhill root.
@@asdfwer1234 certain test here in the US are open root. It just depends on what the engineer calls for.
Wow your talented. I'm just starting horizontal MiG lol lots of work to be done (student)
Just burn brotha, time time time = the eager earn from burning bro. You got it just try to make each weld better than the last try new things and technic
Hey... Thank you for taking the time to give this a go and show a guy what the puddle looks like up close.
I watched all 4 videos of this practiced my flat 7 times my vert 3 and got my CWB all position s certificate today.
First overhead weld i have had to do in ten years was the test coupon. And the only stick in ten years was the practice for the test.
I recommend taking a work light though for an actual test. The lighting angle in booths sucks for overhead and horizontal
Really helpful, it's all the little details that make all the difference. Wish I had of seen this video before I did my test. See what happens I guess.
you nailed it! amazing video for students and people looking to get a ticket! thank you for this!
Thanks for watching
Thanks on behalf of all canadian welder
Thanks very much for making and sharing the video. Thanks for the awesome tips for getting a good deposit.
I was scheduled to do my check test for the CWB all positions the test was scheduled for the day that the Rona shut everything down so I am no longer certified for all positions CWB
im pretty sure they extended the expiry date of you ticket.
@@spancj1 Yes they did give a 6 month extension for check tests. If anyone is questioning their certs just call.
Ive taken these 20 plus years ago and when I took the test we couldn’t use a grinder with a wire wheel, a wire brush and picks we could use a hack saw blade, I guess times have changed since I’ve last had to take a welding test lol
Great video Sir 😊👌
Best welding ever.👍👍👍
Are you able to do a FCAW CWB series??
I second this !! Please
Great series to learn, thank you.
Actually on your face bend it looks,like you have an edge crack. Good shot of it is at 8:04.
Looks like one but is it? Would he have missed a flaw so obvious, or ignored it if he didn't miss it? Maybe just a dent in the edge.
It's just the lighting.
For the cwb tests usually they don’t give you the runout strip, but don’t fret because they don’t use the ends of the plate anyhow.
I just did smaw all position yesterday these series helped me! Do you guys have a fcaw cwb all position series?
Thanks for another good on Jason....
Hey bud, i tested on Fri. I had some small hair pin indicators also showing on my coupons. What would cause that do you think?
great, how about CWB oxy acetylene cutting test thanks😊
You should continue into a pipe series SMAW Cwb test!!
Will you be doing a check test? Which is the test done when you have to renew the ticket after 2 years?
You guys should do a d1.3 test next
After this would you guys think about doing the D1.5, the bridges, they're similar to 1.1 but no use of power tools at all. Doesn't have to be a entire section, just tips for not using any power tools at all. Only pick and wire brush.
That's the way I learned to do coupons, open root, chipping hammer and wire brush only until the cut and prep. That was a lifetime ago!
Loren Wegele that’s exactly how I learned as well. No backers just open root. NOW... till this day I still can’t run stick the way that I want to.
Gotcha covered we called it D1.1 but it meets D1.5 as well. th-cam.com/video/A9iDaMmjw9w/w-d-xo.html
@@matthewrice1226 I hear you!
welding school in scarborough?
I am currently doing my all position tests. On the 4G position Currently. Failed once due to an opening on my one root. I'm struggling with the bead profile on my cap passes. They turn out wavy and uneven.
I would like to request a video please. Could you do one using 80 t ac plus electrodes. I burned 5 lbs of 3/32 on a project and was dissatisfied with the results. Vertical up seemed especially difficult. Thank you for your videos, Jacob.
How do you take the back strip off without damaging the welded plates?
He showed it in an old video. Just an aggressive grinding disc on an angle grinder.
At our facility, we use either a torch with a scarfing tip or use a milling machine
Can you bevel pipe (safely) with an evolution circular saw? 👀
I think it depends on your inspector. In my experience I haven’t been able to change direction. Inspector will ask which way you want to go and then soap stone it on the plate. I’ve always had the choice of direction, but not allowed to switch at least on root pass. I don’t think he cared on fill and cap, but I always just ran same direction. I’ve done it twice (2 year expiry) but both times same inspector.
All root passes need to go in the same direction. Hot pass and caps can alternate however you please. But it's an automatic failure for all processes if your roots don't go the same direction.
I'd love to know ... whatbis your opinion of the tests were they alot harder than you thought ? Or use to ?
Yes, these were a bit more challenging. I really enjoyed this series of tests. I have never had the opportunity to run CWB testing but always heard they were a bit more in depth.
DIY Roll out wheel tutorial!
Can you guys make a vid
On how to make a roll out wheel to weld pipe
Cwb 6" schedule 80 next please !
Can you give us beginner Tips 2FG and 3FG Smaw? When i try is too hard for me:'
Check out the previous videos, we did a video on each position for the CWB SMAW.
Don’t know if this is just me but usually i like to run the same temperature as my flat maybe a little lower like 125-128 amps
Hello, which machine you recommend me to get as a starter to learn to weld. A Esab or a everlast.
What's your price range and what processes do you want?
My price range is on the 1,500 and I want a multi process welding machine
David V you’d get more bang for your buck with an Everlast. Sure the torch stinger and mig gun won’t be top notch but the machine will hold up
You’re looking at $1729 no tax or shipping on the rebel 215 multi process with no foot pedal for tig
ITS_Denial X so you are say everlast is what you recommend me to get
Of the four, overhead gets me more then the rest for whatever reason.
I'm able to get the fusion in the flat and horizontal, but can never seem to find that "comfy zone" when setting up overhead.
Did you take note of where Jason was steadying himself with his other hand? The other thing is how much overhead have you done compared to the other positions? Now think back to when you first started learning to weld, it was frustrating, then just hard, then it began to be enjoyable and finally you started to get slag peels and decent looking welds. The reason? Arc Time! Or in other words lots of practice, practice, practice.
Another little trick is to loop the cable of the stinger over your shoulder. Takes a lot of the weight off of your arm.
Just keep experimenting with different positions until you find your "comfy spot"
QUESTION:
*Is it possible to use a 90 amp harbor freight welder for hard surfacing/facing?
*If so what is/are the best wire/wires?
I have not converted my welder to DC, it is still an AC Welder.
*Will this make a difference?
It would depend on the thickness of the material. Generally in a hard surfacing application you run colder to avoid excess penetration. You want adequate fusion but penetration will lead to "dillution" of the materials. Basically you are mixing the metals/alloys together which will be counter productive to the hardening of the material face. "stoody" is a brand known for hard facing as well as "arctec" there are LOTS of wires, be it chromium based, nickel alloy, chromium carbide etc. there is no 1 simple answer.
@@ProtossBossSauce But does his welder have enough Amps and Duty Cycle?
@@markfryer9880 might have the amperage depending on stick diameter, doubt it has the duty cycle though.
I've noticed a lot of changes in the recent years on welding certications. It seems as though things have gotten more strict. Question, is it because the majority of people in the field are not skilled as previous generations?
Or perhaps standards have been raised. What used to be acceptable no longer is. Take your pick. xD
@@NZobservatory I would say that it's because standards have been raised as materials technology and research improves.
Is the CWB pickier than the U.S.
Yes. Due to the half inch gap it's alot harder
Its harder because of stop and starts as well as a 90° joint, not just two bevel joints
And CWB does a check test every 2 years and you can't have your in house inspector do the test it is always a CWB inspector.
Edit: I should mention that acceptance criteria for NDT is pretty much the same.
Do a weld test no backing plate
I tried that, and there was molten lava dripping everywhere, felt like i was about to enter hell valhalla
Keep a very tight arc length. If there’s a gap between your rod and the plate it will rain down. A 10-15° travel angle works best for me personally. Don’t give up, you’ll get it.
And lower your current or increase travel speed. You cannot carry a big puddle.
next time to take a try my voice control welding helmet that is to adjust welding helmet with voice instead of our hand
Pfannerstill Bridge
When you busted out on the horizontal you wouldn't have been able to continue. Nice thou. Just remember when you do your check test you have to do a vertical up then you go overhead.
That leaves us with 5g and 6G B-Pressure Tests to do))
1919 needing some new gloves
Why are your safety glasses under your Chin sir
Nice test. No muscles.