Fab1 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Had a mate of mine recommend me to do a welding job for a friend of his on the weekend just gone. When he came over he asked if I was as good as what he had been told. I asked him what car his wife drove and he said, an Audi. I told him each circle i weld free hand on some scrap within 5mm out of round he gives me $100 bucks. He told me it, s impossible. Any way I left him and he's wife chatting with mine for 10mins and called him to have a look and gave him this.The furthest I was out on one of the rings was 2.7mm. After measuring I told him that would be $400 thanks and his face dropped. He offered to give me the money but I declined. Sent from my GT-I8730T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witha Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Well played sir well played. Those are some truly impressive welds! Which type? (Excuse my ignorance I'm only competent enough to not blow holes in things with a mig) Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameldownunder Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Free hand? Seriously? Wow. You are part of a group of people whio naturally can draw circles. Your gift is rare. And no, this is not a joke, this is serious. If you put a video of you welding the audi circles, on youtube, it probably gos viral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 That's impressive. No, it's actually more than impressive it's quite astounding. I had a stint as the GM of an engineering company who provided contract welders to the Sydney Olympic Stadium Project. We put the applicants through some pretty rigorous freehand testing. These were gun welders and none of them came close to this. I wish I had a welding project for you! Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 That's awesome fab1. I've got heaps of welding jobs up here if you need the practise. Lol But seriously, you don't need any practise, that's gold. Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 I'll pass on the extra work thanks guys, I have work, work and more work that I can deal with at the moment. Both my grandfather and father were fabricators in Uruguay which for those that don't know was/is a beautiful country but very poor one. My dad would mark out circles, triangles etc with chalk when I was about 7 and make me run a continuous bead with an old Arc welder until I could do it without chalk. Anyone that can do a free hand circle with stick welding has my respect as your a long way away from your work. Using migs, etc is childs play in my opinion. Cheers. Sent from my GT-I8730T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aussie007 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 not bad Fab i just purchased a new mig to do spool gun welding on aluminium, mig welding is pretty easy i found stick welding the hardest and picked up tig pretty easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Now I know what Fab1 Stands for So you are Uruguayan? Poor Suarez! That's if you follow, I'm sure you do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Fab1 you welding FREAK. that's craftsmanship right there Harry Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Thanks, turning rust from this to this takes lots of practice and welding skills over the years. Cheers. Sent from my GT-I8730T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Nice looking car would the toyota logo be hard to do as well? Do all welders have to be able to dance to "Flashdance"? or did hollywood lie to me (again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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