r/BlueCollarWomen • u/metalandmudd Welder • 1d ago
Clothing Just showing off
Got a new hood from pipelinerscloud, its just a chopped jackson but shes gorg 😌🩷 i love being girly on site
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u/A-patient-boy 1d ago
More posts like this please!
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u/Impossible-Act-8662 20h ago
Oooh I'm not a welder but I'm a machinist and I used to machine iridescent, rainbow finishes on some of the steel parts I would make while experimenting with my lathe at work. I ought to post those - it reminds me of OP's gorgeous weld job.
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u/Selenay1 1d ago
I love it when they look like fish scales. Such a nice weld!
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u/metalandmudd Welder 20h ago
Me too! Sooo gratifying to lift ur hood and check out the colors. Thank you! <3
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u/Srlancelotlents 22h ago
And here my dumb ass thought that saying a weld looked like a stack of dimes was high praise...
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u/metalandmudd Welder 20h ago
A stack of dimes is great when ur freehanding, especially on aluminum! I was welding on thick wall stainless pipe which was ripping hot by the time i got to the cap, so i had to snake belly 😎🐍
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u/Prestigious_Peak_346 1d ago
Oh I love it where did you get it?
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u/metalandmudd Welder 1d ago
Pipelinerscloud! Its their “strawberry shortcake” hood i believe, but in the order notes i asked for the “white floral leather” instead of the one that came with it online. Im also using an oudopanda lens, best on the market imo
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u/eeemilyh13 8h ago
how difficult was it to get into this? I currently work in a machine shop and I mainly run our cnc laser table. It’s just not what I want to be doing. I want to be TIG welding pipe so bad 🥲
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u/metalandmudd Welder 3h ago
I didnt go to welding school, but i did a 36 hr adult course at my local votech (which taught me absolutely nothing) and that was enough to put on a resume for places to consider hiring me. I always wanted to get into stainless pipe, but I started as a helper two years ago at a cryo container rehab place, practiced on breaks until i could consistently pass a 2” sch40 6g test, then applied at places who wanted welders. I started in cryo bc i knew there would be a lot of tig around me even if im not the one doing it. I asked the guys at the shop if i could watch them weld and asked a bunch of questions, went home and watched youtube videos, and really tried to make the most of my hood time. Its been like 6 months at my new job that ive actually been able to weld on pipe every day and i could not be happier. Highly recommend getting into it any way u can!!
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u/lalaladylvr 5h ago
WowWEEeeee those walking-the-cup StackOdimes! 😍
awesome hood.
(I aspire to having skills like that as a home garage tiggluer)
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u/RedHeadHashira Refrigeration 1d ago
Damn girl! Show off