I gotta get in on this one & I totally agree!!! by: Chris Johnson
I read this & I said the same thing!! Virtual welding is a great idea, don't get me wrong but I'm sorry there is no way I weld like that in real life! I am a student at Southwestern Illinois College & I also work in the welding lab, I am constantly welding. I weld with any & every process every week. I'm a jack of all but but a master of none! When it came to using that machine I was ticked because I know that my welds looking nothing like that. I had undercut everywhere, spatter from beginning to end, the bead looked like a drunk'n worm crawling down the piece of metal.
Personal I think they need to put 1 and only 1 machine into a intro to welding class & thats it. I talked to a friend of mine that has all the inside scoop of every welding company known to man & he told me that the price of that thing is so stinking high because of all the research & development they put into it. He also said that about the only people that are buying it is the military. A few extremely pricey schools are buying it but not many because of it's hard to justify that amount! In the end, it's cool but it pissed me off, hahahaha!
Jun 07, 2010 Rating
I gotta get in on this one & I totally agree!!! by: Chris Johnson
I read this & I said the same thing!! Virtual welding is a great idea, don't get me wrong but I'm sorry there is no way I weld like that in real life! I am a student at Southwestern Illinois College & I also work in the welding lab, I am constantly welding. I weld with any & every process every week. I'm a jack of all but but a master of none! When it came to using that machine I was ticked because I know that my welds looking nothing like that. I had undercut everywhere, spatter from beginning to end, the bead looked like a drunk'n worm crawling down the piece of metal.
Personal I think they need to put 1 and only 1 machine into a intro to welding class & thats it. I talked to a friend of mine that has all the inside scoop of every welding company known to man & he told me that the price of that thing is so stinking high because of all the research & development they put into it. He also said that about the only people that are buying it is the military. A few extremely pricey schools are buying it but not many because of it's hard to justify that amount! In the end, it's cool but it pissed me off, hahahaha!
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