Industrial Dimes

10/24/2025

These pipe columns require a full pe*******on weld at the base plate. Base plate is 1.5 inches thick and the pipe is 24 feet long. Welded with 1/16” Select Arc 720, 100% CO2, at about 300ipm. Maintained a 5g position by rolling the pipe with one hand and welding with the other hand.

09/15/2025

Follow along Zach Vizgaudis’ journey as a structural welder. This is where I work and where you can watch me weld some of the biggest welds on the west coast.

WABO certified in 8 different structural welding applications and a graduate of Centralia Collage.

04/10/2025

A couple weeks ago I started welding this staircase. All of the welds have been ultrasound tested and passed with zero flaws. Now the detailers will prep it for paint and send it in to the next room.

Currently I’m working on some relatively small columns with XL gaps on the weld joints. But, just like I tell our fitters, “idgaf about a gap”.

04/02/2025

I had to get this 1,100 pound base plate to 225 degrees before I could start welding it. The entire column weighs 4,900lbs. Full pe*******on welds on the base plate and 5/8” welds on the fin plates.

04/01/2025

Full pe*******on weld on a stair stringer.

03/29/2025

This is what those stringers look like when the treads get installed by the fitter. Now I have to go through it and put a weld every 12 inches on the treads and every 3 inches on the stingers.

03/21/2025

I started welding another giant staircase today. I put my 25 foot tape measure on it to show the size. The first step is to weld the stringers which will act as the frame that goes along the sides of the stairs. Each spot where the stringers change angles, has 3 full pe*******on welds. It took me 8 hours to weld these two stringers.

03/08/2025

Welding some more stairs at work. This one is about 30 feet long and 6 feet wide. These stairs took me about 12 hours to complete and I did two of them. The crazy thing is, these stairs need to be dipped in a hot galvanizer tank when I’m done with them.

12/13/2024

Here is a roof access ladder I welded at work. It’s 30 something feet tall and took me 14 hours to complete.

10/18/2024

Just knocking out some more full pe*******on welds at work. All have been ultrasound tested and passed with zero flaws. Each of these columns take about 10 hours to finish.