I had a guy call me a little bit ago and ask me what dry head tig welding is. I am guessing it is some sort of slang for something. I have never heard this term before, but we both thought it might mean a weld made without filler metal? If anyone knows what this is please let me know.
dry head tig welding
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I had a guy call me a little bit ago and ask me what dry head tig welding is. I am guessing it is some sort of slang for something. I have never heard this term before, but we both thought it might mean a weld made without filler metal? If anyone knows what this is please let me know.
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Maybe autogenus(sp?) TIG welding....TIG welding with no filler metal being added.
Just a thought
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oh yeah that explained it all! i think you need a different search engine or something cuz i still dont know what dry head tig welding is. my buddy called me and has a weld test somewhere but they want him to be able to dry hand tig weld. i told him hes a good tig welder and whatever the hell it is he should be fine. im still curious though if anyone knows!
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As hot as its been maybe they just want to see if he can weld without dripping sweat into the puddle.
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This is what I got from reading that... The third poster called it a dry head. Like he's calling the power unit the "head" and it is "dry" because he doesn't have gas hooked up. So it sounds like it means gasless tig?
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My first thought was that it was air cooled. That would be the opposite of refering to a water cooled as "wet". But I thought, what the hell, I'll google it and just do a link. Could be one of them old timer self taught slangs that don't really exist outside of a few people that have known each other forever.
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Supe,
Could "dry hand" be the same thing as "shooting blanks"?
Could "dry hand" be the same thing as "shooting blanks"?
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you know what, maybe he did say dry head.....i had a few beers already when he called. Thanks for all the responses though. If its just a gas cooled torch he shouldnt have a problem.
Supe,
Could "dry hand" be the same thing as "shooting blanks"?
Hope he doesn't lend his torch out to his buds
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I would hate to know I was heading in to a test "assuming" I know what they want. Why not call up and ask. I don't know any test you will fail or inspector that will fail you because you don't know the right term for something. Heck, I think I hear at least one new slang term on a job a week I have never heard before.
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Lol!!
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