Hello my fellow people,
This is obviously my first blog so do not judge me too harsh. My physical Senior Capstone project is welding and fabrication. I got my mentor from my mother's work which is a specialty welding shop hear in South City. The best part about this arrangement is I get to use all their material and tools for free. My mentor is a pretty sick guy, he used to work for N.A.S.A. (to bad it was shut down), he also taught the welding class at the College of San Mateo. The first day I was there I found out they bought I new mig machine which is pretty sick. The first week I started with the new mig and practiced the general techniques of welding, and learned the safety steps and set up needed when welding. I started with straight beads on just one piece of steel to just practice my technique and figure out the right amperage and voltage for the thickness of steel I was using. To create the small piece of steel he showed me how to use and operate the steel press which can put up to 3000 pounds of pressure in order to cut the steel. This is what I did for the first week of welding and I really enjoyed it so far as we go through everything step by step, and I'm excited to learn more with our next meet up
