I'd say your right on the stainless and how it was welded. Looks like he cranked the heat up when they couldn't get it to weld. There is more slag than parent metal at that joint. Likely will fail first tim someone steps on that rung.
...or Friday afternoon. My Dad worked in auto assembly plant. He was a mill right. The stories he would tell about guys on the line deliberately breaking tools or losing them would make you never want to buy a new car.
I thought that was Friday. Paychecks were handed out on Thursday, and many workers cashed them in a bar. A long time ago, I worked in an auto parts plant, but I avoided that problem - I had come far too close to becoming a drunken bum, and I've been a teetotaler ever since.
Somebody got themselves a Harbor Freight Flux core welder and taking on some side jobs. Should have spent 15 bucks more and got the angle grinder and cleaned that up
Hey. I got one of those horror freight welders and my two sons scoffed at it. I had a neighbor who is a professional welder come over and weld up a couple of brackets. Laid up a row of dimes he did. In a world where professional still has weight!
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ReplyDeleteSome people shouldn't own tools.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
That looks like one of my welds....
ReplyDeleteGlad I'm not the only one.
DeleteLooks like somebody tried to weld stainless steel.
ReplyDeleteWith a stick welder and no gas.
DeleteJohn in Indy
I think you've hit it. Stainless really doesn't like stick welding. 's why people use any TIG at all, usually.
DeleteJohn G.
Yep. Stainless, stick welder, no gas, and almost certainly the wrong rod. Other than that, nice try but don't give up the day job. Know your limits.
DeleteShop I used work in would keep the stainless rods in a rod oven to keep that from happening.
DeleteI'd say your right on the stainless and how it was welded. Looks like he cranked the heat up when they couldn't get it to weld. There is more slag than parent metal at that joint. Likely will fail first tim someone steps on that rung.
DeleteExile1981
Before robots took over all the welding jobs in Detroit, it was conventional wisdom that you never buy a car made on a Monday. This is why.
ReplyDelete...or Friday afternoon. My Dad worked in auto assembly plant. He was a mill right. The stories he would tell about guys on the line deliberately breaking tools or losing them would make you never want to buy a new car.
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I thought that was Friday. Paychecks were handed out on Thursday, and many workers cashed them in a bar. A long time ago, I worked in an auto parts plant, but I avoided that problem - I had come far too close to becoming a drunken bum, and I've been a teetotaler ever since.
DeleteSomebody got themselves a Harbor Freight Flux core welder and taking on some side jobs. Should have spent 15 bucks more and got the angle grinder and cleaned that up
ReplyDeleteHey. I got one of those horror freight welders and my two sons scoffed at it. I had a neighbor who is a professional welder come over and weld up a couple of brackets. Laid up a row of dimes he did. In a world where professional still has weight!
DeleteI suspect that if he ground that mess down, there'd be no weld left.
DeleteThere's welders and there's grinders. This guy is neither.
ReplyDelete. . . seen in Zimbabwe.
ReplyDeleteYamaha frame weld from the '60's?
ReplyDeleteCC
Hey, that's a bit harsh.
DeleteThe bigger the Blob the better the Job.
ReplyDeletegrandpa died when I was real young, his business card said he could weld cracked cylinders on the car….. I’m thinking that’s pretty good?
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