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  • @Aguilarg93
    @Aguilarg93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    A man that can admit making mistakes, deserves a lot of respect! No one is perfect. But keep it up man! I know for a fact one day you’ll look back at these times and realize you’ve come a long way!

    • @TheWeldLab
      @TheWeldLab  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yessir...thanks for watching💯

  • @calebleibold7644
    @calebleibold7644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    My welding instructor did a test for us once last year and he failed it as well. Like he told us, it is what it is. You can be the best welder in the world and you can still fail lol.

  • @cogoperformancedevelopment1634
    @cogoperformancedevelopment1634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I spent 14 YEARS out of the industry, retaught myself in eight days to pass my weld tests only to go to work in a shutdown and fail 2 X-rays. Some guys were hard on me but I shook it off. It was humbling to know how good you were and to know your hands aren’t doing what your brain tells them to. Keep on keepin on young buck, your honesty is refreshing.

  • @garymiller652
    @garymiller652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I have my own welding shop now and I’ll admit and pretty sure I’m speaking for plenty of other welders too when I say this, I have failed my fair share of weld test. Sometimes even to this day you have just a bad day and shit happens lol just gotta learn from it and roll on!

  • @ToBlackForAfrica
    @ToBlackForAfrica 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for being transparent so many people I hear on the job site say I never busted a test and every GREAT welder I know busted a test before …. I will say one thing definitely clean your coupon to the MAX every time and teach your students that helps with smoking mirrors and can always clean it up to cover any arc marks or mistakes better if you never cleaned it to start just my 2 cents and who wants to weld over all that crap anyway I want a fresh clean surface every time for the test ! Can’t wait for the next video!!

    • @TheWeldLab
      @TheWeldLab  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thanks for watching & feedback✊🏼

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    @TheWeldLab  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @waiakalulu2472
    @waiakalulu2472 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've been cursed out and run off jobs, and I'm not even charging clients yet. It's all volunteer work. My friend asked for help, but I had my SA-200 in 4th gear and I accidentally plugged in electrode negative. When I tried to strike off, it stuck, and the 3/32 welding rod turned the color of a golden noodle, then it dripped onto the guy's wooden gate and set the thing smoking. He was pissed.

    • @TheWeldLab
      @TheWeldLab  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      that was a very bad day lol! we all them

    • @roughridergolf904
      @roughridergolf904 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why are you in fourth gear it’s the first question

  • @cantyoufeelthelove
    @cantyoufeelthelove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mad respect for you sharing your wins and learning lessons. Win or learn. Keep grinding...

  • @kirstenspencer3630
    @kirstenspencer3630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for sharing real world welding / fitting / fab....doing a great job pays dividends of being the " go to " weldor for future work... and believe me a water plant needs welding. Stay safe all.

  • @robertblackshear8963
    @robertblackshear8963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It happens to the best of us bro. I failed a couple weld tests by rushing both times. You're still a legend.

    • @TheWeldLab
      @TheWeldLab  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks homie 🫡

  • @edgarcuevas69
    @edgarcuevas69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can respect your honesty..

  • @johnmark7361
    @johnmark7361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel you my QA rejected my work at my job. My whole day went down the drain- killed my confidence for a newbie. What’s worst I can’t weld anymore they assigned me as a helper just grinding other people welds.

    • @robertblackshear8963
      @robertblackshear8963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Man that's crazy. Get you a good multi process machine and practice when you feel you're ready let them know you want to test. Trust me you can earn their respect. I went through a similar situation 27 years ago just starting out.

  • @joshsiress4515
    @joshsiress4515 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I failed an overhead test last week. I welded for 13 years but quit and tried something else for 2 years. I decided welding is where I wanted to be so I went back to it. I hadn't struck a single arc in those 2 years so to say I was rusty is an understatement, so yeah I failed my first test.

  • @TherealMandingo
    @TherealMandingo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It happens to everyone. People act like if you fail a test your a unprofessional welder but happens to the best of us. A unfamiliar weld and the pressure of a test can end up with a bad day

  • @osbaldohernandez9174
    @osbaldohernandez9174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It happens you can’t beat em all but it just gives you knowledge and experience

  • @ypaulbrown
    @ypaulbrown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    sorry about the failure......better times going your way.......cheers from Florida, Paul

  • @camerongraham902
    @camerongraham902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hell yea man! Good way to showing you gotta keep spare gear in your truck! A spare torch would have helped but it’s the way she goes

  • @ivanrivera855
    @ivanrivera855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Respect bro! Everyone fails a test

  • @danielaolivas4089
    @danielaolivas4089 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel this my boyfriend drove 5 hours to do a test and failed it was for a pretty good Job 32hr compare for what he was getting 15hr I could see how sad he felt but he said he learn from his mistakes 😔

  • @ayyj_24
    @ayyj_24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I respect you showing your flaws 💯

  • @liljayharden
    @liljayharden 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s all part of tha game. Keep doin yo thang bro

  • @dougsweldingfabrication953
    @dougsweldingfabrication953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We all have bad days and we learn from them. Hang in there brother.

  • @choruzvargas4009
    @choruzvargas4009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Respect man you a humble guy

  • @bobbysears6626
    @bobbysears6626 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing!! You do a great video and I hope your school does well!! 👍

  • @danielsplayhouse3804
    @danielsplayhouse3804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that's why I Carry a plasma cutter in the rig with me I gotta primeweld cut 50 for a backup and it has saved my ass several times....

  • @aramirez8427
    @aramirez8427 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome content Bro, your keeping it real and the homies out there appreciate that.

  • @leopoldpoppenberger8692
    @leopoldpoppenberger8692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you cannot learn without mistakes= normal

  • @elpipewelder3990
    @elpipewelder3990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never get confident when taking a test.. I know that for sore..hell yea lot of welders with experience will fall to once in a while. Good luck bro.keep up the good work

  • @jkgkjgkijk
    @jkgkjgkijk ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh, and I have a lot of respect for you 👍

  • @bosanders94
    @bosanders94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Appreciate you being honest Rico,hell everybody busts out on a test eventually even the best of em!

  • @ngenes1
    @ngenes1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Am not a welder, but as a GC for over 20 years I’ve built success on learning from mistakes or failures .
    Lessons learned is what makes you valuable. But, repeating mistakes is a definition of insanity.

  • @nathanajefferson
    @nathanajefferson ปีที่แล้ว

    In our line of work most of our days are money, but that random dumb ass day can drive you nuts.

  • @IdoubledYou
    @IdoubledYou ปีที่แล้ว

    “Any welder that says they haven’t busted a test before, is lying and is probably the worst welder out there” -weldtube

  • @MegaGsizzle
    @MegaGsizzle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There’s always things that can mess up. Sometimes just need a breather to gather yourself. Which in your case was waiting for the next day. Another one bites the dust!!

  • @diegoh3713
    @diegoh3713 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah I was at mainliners in deer park , spent 1500 for a tig course and never got the hands on instruction, had me doing 6010/ 7018 , when I paid for tig

  • @Brad1237202
    @Brad1237202 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel Rico!!! Stay strong!!!

  • @pdacollinsgmail
    @pdacollinsgmail 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I admire you're upbeat determination no matter what. :)

  • @TherealMandingo
    @TherealMandingo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how you admit what actually can happen

  • @luke-bookbear
    @luke-bookbear 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool boots.

  • @decee8657
    @decee8657 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Say bro do ya thang I respect the realness I love it!!!

  • @santiagofabian5496
    @santiagofabian5496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    mad respect ✊ 💯

  • @johnbrennan4759
    @johnbrennan4759 ปีที่แล้ว

    A welder who says he never dipped a test or ever had a repair has not taken many tests or been on many high quality X Ray or UT jobs. Good to see a man who not only can admit his mistakes and can clearly learn from them also helps other guys to not make the same mistakes. Good on you bro and remember keep a tight arc and the amps high

  • @jkgkjgkijk
    @jkgkjgkijk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Welding is an art, a talent. Welders, whether they know it or not-- we are artists. We are also human and fallible. You are a biological creature and some days you're humming along and others you're off. It is what it is.

  • @WelderB1Family
    @WelderB1Family 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My guy! Keep goin fam 👨🏾‍🏭💰

  • @mubashirmubashir3467
    @mubashirmubashir3467 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done 👍
    Love you from Pakistan friend
    I see your videos 😊 that's very informative video ❤️❤️

  • @turnerray906
    @turnerray906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn bro I’m at WWA rn getting carbon and stainless certs next but love the vids been watching for a couple years wish I would have known ab the school cause you hit that shit on the head not enough instructors..

    • @4way64
      @4way64 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do they teach good there? Some welding schools are bull shit

  • @mitchlemons8379
    @mitchlemons8379 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know a guy when all this testing started took all the test for everybody applying. Not really kosher, but when results came back everybody passed, but him. He will never do that again.

  • @ypaulbrown
    @ypaulbrown 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    8:00, big ole Digester....I got to repair a 4x8 HSS air injection tube on one of those, with 200,000 gallons of poo in it 10 inches below......I was laying on 3 2x10's over the poo by about 6 inches....had to weld by sound as even a mirror could not see what I needed.....but it got done......

    • @TheWeldLab
      @TheWeldLab  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think i would of dragged up lol ....thats whats up tho I can def respect that! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @blakenolimit1505
    @blakenolimit1505 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You ain’t failin you ain’t Weldin it’ll be alright bro

  • @David-om1lx
    @David-om1lx ปีที่แล้ว

    Whatz up Rico.....How i can get more info about stick course....

  • @chillwithval1188
    @chillwithval1188 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great channel !

  • @djwill1481
    @djwill1481 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do u get put on with the jobs ?

  • @zato0
    @zato0 ปีที่แล้ว

    u a real one hope you doing good g

  • @6xflowerranch890
    @6xflowerranch890 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    God was just testing your faith and strength brother. Press on and move along…..this too shall pass!!! Remember when you have bad days…..someone else has it worse.

  • @ruleev6432
    @ruleev6432 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man and to top it off the audio on the boot commercial. Ay yai yai. Great video tho brother. Live and learn .

  • @rome5268
    @rome5268 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn that's life man.

  • @kamalbohara5528
    @kamalbohara5528 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey bro iam your student don’t worry,alway’s nobody can perfect work some time (tired’hurry,sad, like…. So you try to alway’s happy bro god alway’s help us bro iam al’so welder good luck bro👍❤🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

  • @Polack-ml9fh
    @Polack-ml9fh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you.

  • @robertjohns7786
    @robertjohns7786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You've said your torch blew out right after you filled your bottles, so my question to you is why you don't have a portable plasma cutter just in case the torch set up doesn't work? time saver!!

    • @TheWeldLab
      @TheWeldLab  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I need to get a machine where I can plug it too...my sa200 can't push it

    • @robertjohns7786
      @robertjohns7786 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheWeldLab oh! The SA200 yeah can't push the plasma, a generator with a 220 socket and an air tank

  • @jotk5978
    @jotk5978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it worth it to buy a plasma cutter? From an amateur.

  • @drakeherman16
    @drakeherman16 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do you run for a cutting tip? And bottle pressures I run a #1 tip and 7/70

  • @killbruin
    @killbruin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re so dope man keep it up brother

  • @shoa2285
    @shoa2285 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro your a standup guy.

  • @fabianmoya9896
    @fabianmoya9896 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Next , all good

  • @mendoblendo321
    @mendoblendo321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1/8th is a half inch?

  • @lalogzztx
    @lalogzztx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Honestly it be like that . 😅

  • @romanlevario6466
    @romanlevario6466 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im curios do you teach class Sat and Sunday

  • @ypaulbrown
    @ypaulbrown 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    those boots look like the type they all wear in Australia......

  • @dave-mf5tv
    @dave-mf5tv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jig saw?

  • @sparksmobilerepair4025
    @sparksmobilerepair4025 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dam bro 100 per hr is low... That boys crazy

  • @infowarzz
    @infowarzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So welding never has steady work? Just on and off ?

  • @zekedelafuentejr5626
    @zekedelafuentejr5626 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have rock rooster boots like those

  • @ozknmahn8690
    @ozknmahn8690 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍

  • @superman1251
    @superman1251 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pa delante bro

  • @curtisjackson3445
    @curtisjackson3445 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you a CWI ?

  • @lfakerson7703
    @lfakerson7703 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So did you still get paid for the work you did before you found out that you failed the test?

  • @calvinjetton6048
    @calvinjetton6048 ปีที่แล้ว

    Two kinds of welders: ones that have failed a weld test and the others are all liars

  • @VantageWelding
    @VantageWelding 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shit happens to all us bro.

  • @gogetitmakeitdouble
    @gogetitmakeitdouble 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out my upcoming welding videos I’m not a expert yet just my school vlogs so far I love it

  • @roughridergolf904
    @roughridergolf904 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He’s wrong on the remote it’s not double whatever the number is, smh some remotes have 1-10 1=10 10=100, some remotes have 0-100, it’s all how the numbers are laid out.

  • @tomasalvarado207
    @tomasalvarado207 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    😎👍

  • @torockiusz8836
    @torockiusz8836 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't like 6010 it's taste wierd

  • @user-dx5oj5eu7z
    @user-dx5oj5eu7z 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wouldn't wanna go to a school where even the instructors failing welding tests.. SMH get a real school

  • @stevemitchell8631
    @stevemitchell8631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Umm because u can't weld

  • @jamesward5721
    @jamesward5721 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now & then The Universe gives you Hints that you're at the wrong stuff for the wrong money for the wrong people - usually we ignore the Universe & run around harder to try fix shit - which seldom works. Best to laugh, slow down & go find better cheese - also speak slower ffs - effort of trying to keep up. Slow down, dude.Calm, Deborah. :-)

  • @moisestorres90
    @moisestorres90 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey bro good videos. Just want to let you know that I'm also a rig welder trying to start working for myself and want to see if you can hook me up with work when ever you have alot where you need help. Let me know and I can send you my number im from north Houston area.

  • @johnmark7361
    @johnmark7361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel you my QA rejected my work at my job. My whole day went down the drain- killed my confidence for a newbie. What’s worst I can’t weld anymore they assigned me as a helper just grinding other people welds.