Realized I'd been burning rod for years after a weld inspection

I was welding a 1 inch thick flange onto a boiler drum last Tuesday and the inspector just stood there watching me for 5 minutes before shaking his head. He walked over and showed me my arc length was way too long, I'd been doing it that way since I started 12 years ago. Anyone else have a seasoned guy point out something simple that made you feel like a rookie?

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river1907d agoOG Member

Man that stings. We've all been there though.

wren_rodriguez7d ago

Used to think you just had to shrug it off and move on. This actually made me stop and realize how much that kind of stuff really can get to you.