I thought you all might find this interesting — what were the original Rosies recommended to wear to work? Well, now you know!
What to Wear in the Shipyards
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Category Archives: Welding History
Learning at Lincoln
Looking to go back to school for welding? Where better to learn the tricks of the trade than from good ol’ Lincoln Electric?
The Lincoln Electric Welding School Announces Its 2010 Schedule
Cleveland – The Lincoln Electric Welding School, which has instructed more than 120,000 students since its inception in 1917, announces its 2010 schedule.
The Lincoln Electric Welding School is the oldest and one of the most respected arc welding schools in the United States. Classes are taught by the school’s seven full-time instructors who have more than 100 years of combined industry experience. Courses are designed to teach the arc welding skills that employers need. Lincoln-trained students are in high demand by welding fabricators at pay levels that tend to exceed the industry average.
Classes range from a six-week basic course to an advanced 15-week comprehensive course, as well as one-week classes on specific welding processes, certification and customized programs. Students spend 80 percent of their time in the booth learning to weld. Additionally, Lincoln limits class sizes to 15 students per class in order to maximize learning and guarantee one-on-one instruction time.
Rosie at Tinker
All I can say is, it’s about time!
It’s about time somebody put up a statue in honor of the working women of WWII, and it’s high time I find out about it (it’s only been nearly a decade)!
Now, if we could just get some of the other states to follow suit…
Tinker statue commemorates working women
Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City)
Apr 3, 2000 by Bill May The Journal RecordWhen Elizabeth Ward decided to apply for a job at Tinker Air Force Base, it was no precedent-shattering event.
“I just walked in and got my job,” she said. “It was because of women like her, that it was that way.”
The “her” she referred to was Frankie Collier, 73, who went to work for the Douglas Aircraft Plant, now building 3001 at Tinker, the day she turned 18 in August 1944.
As an inspection clerk, Collier didn’t handle the wrenches, tools and rivet guns that gave the name “Rosie the Riveter” to a whole generation of women who took over defense manufacturing jobs to free a equal number of men to fight World War II.
“I worked there until the end of the war, then they just let us go,” she said. “There was nothing done about it, nothing said. They just told us to go home, the war was over.”
In the 55 ensuring years, Collier — like so many of her generation — got married, raised a family and continued with a teaching career.
One thing was missing, though. There was no memorial, no statue, nothing to commemorate the tough work these women tackled during the nation’s dark days.
Hair-Raising Schemes
How do you wear your hair to work? Up? Down? Short? Long?
In the 1940’s there were no two ways about it — to look good, and keep safe, there was only one iconic actress to emulate: Veronica Lake.
Standing the Heat
An introduction to friction stir weldingBy Jeff Defalco, Contributing WriterSeptember 15, 2009A relatively new joining process, friction stir welding (FSW) produces no fumes; uses no filler material; and can join aluminum alloys, copper, magnesium, zinc, steels, and titanium. FSW sometimes produces a weld that is stronger than the base material.Friction stir welding (FSW) is a relatively new joining process that has been used for high production since 1996. Because melting does not occur and joining takes place below the melting temperature of the material, a high-quality weld is created. This characteristic greatly reduces the ill effects of high heat input, including distortion, and eliminates solidification defects. Friction stir welding also is highly efficient, produces no fumes, and uses no filler material, which make this process environmentally friendly.HistoryFriction stir welding was invented by The Welding Institute (TWI) in December 1991. TWI filed successfully for patents in Europe, the U.S., Japan, and Australia. TWI then established TWI Group-Sponsored Project 5651,”Development of the New Friction Stir Technique for Welding Aluminum,” in 1992 to further study this technique.The development project was conducted in three phases. Phase I proved FSW to be a realistic and practical welding technique, while at the same time addressing the welding of 6000 series aluminum alloys. Phase II successfully examined the welding of aerospace and ship aluminum alloys, 2000 and 5000 series, respectively. Process parameter tolerances, metallurgical characteristics, and mechanical properties for these materials were established. Phase III developed pertinent data for further industrialization of FSW.Since its invention, the process has received world-wide attention, and today FSW is used in research and production in many sectors, including aerospace, automotive, railway, shipbuilding, electronic housings, coolers, heat exchangers, and nuclear waste containers.
“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
This expression makes absolutely no sense if you’re in the profession of welding.
#1: If you can’t stand the heat, why the heck are you a welder?
#2: There is no kitchen. What kitchen? If you’re welding in a kitchen, get out of that kitchen. Right now! There are gas mains!
#3: If you can stand the heat, and you’re not in a kitchen, then why would you move? Stay right there!
In fact, let’s add some more heat. Let’s add some… friction.
That’s right, you heard me. Friction, as in friction stir welding. FSW. It’s all the rage in… in…
Just read…
An introduction to friction stir welding
By Jeff Defalco, Contributing Writer
September 15, 2009A relatively new joining process, friction stir welding (FSW) produces no fumes; uses no filler material; and can join aluminum alloys, copper, magnesium, zinc, steels, and titanium. FSW sometimes produces a weld that is stronger than the base material.
Friction stir welding (FSW) is a relatively new joining process that has been used for high production since 1996. Because melting does not occur and joining takes place below the melting temperature of the material, a high-quality weld is created. This characteristic greatly reduces the ill effects of high heat input, including distortion, and eliminates solidification defects.
Friction stir welding also is highly efficient, produces no fumes, and uses no filler material, which make this process environmentally friendly.