This week we did a practice bend test. We fill in a grove, then its cut in three and the back is milled off. Then its put in this machine that bends each piece. The part that I welded is the middle of the arch. If I messed up by leaving a piece of slag in it, or somehow missed a spot, it will crack or break. You might wonder how you would miss a spot while melting metal, its pretty crazy. Air can get trapped.... a ton of crazy shit can take place if your not careful. Then you FAIL. All three of mine were good, but I did a flat plate, the harder of the two I will be tested on is the horizontal, but my heart wouldn't of been able to handle the break.
I went into the shop this morning for a bit of extra time. There was an instructor who was quite nice, he spoke with an accent, reminded me of Rod Stewart but looked more like my dad. As he was speaking to me I burst out laughing for no apparent reason. He asked me what was so funny but I didn't really have an answer for him.
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