10 grand is about 15000 Oz dollars btw.
Wouldnt bother attempting to get welding certs, if you go for a job that requires you to have certs then the company will test you so dont waste your money on buying your own.
By the way im not just stating things i may of heard, or what someone else...
No it wont, if you want to be coded to ASME9 or BSEN287 you need to do the test under the supervision of a surveyor/inspector who will witness that it is you taking the test, it will then be sent for x-ray, expect to pay anywhere between £400 to £700 upwards depending on what test you do.
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Tack the wheel to a bench to reduce possible distortion. Also when you weld do it in stages for example, 12 o'clock til 1 o'clock, then 6 o'clock to 7 o'clock and so on, we do this method sometimes when welding flanges on to stop them turning up like a top hat!
We mainly do gas, water, oil & high pressure pipework, vessels & tanks as well as ship and offshore repairs, plant repairs, lifting gear, cranes etc. All materials, steel, stainless, chrome-moly,etc.
Much easier to rock up on site with either a GenSet or an inverter and a set of leads we...
Stick is still extremely popular as its so versatile and has loads of applications, 90% of what i do is with the stick, the other 10% is tig.
As for a T fillet, put your first run in as a stringer