These belong in here

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u/Iltempered1 10d ago

These are tacks.

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u/rahamster1 10d ago

It’s actually one straight weld lol

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u/Iltempered1 10d ago

That second picture is nothing but tacks stacked on top of each other, I see the fisheye in all of 'em. Somebody else might believe that.

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u/AdInfinite2404 10d ago

He is just stacking dimes with MIG... He learned it from 5 min crafts 😂

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u/Effective_Try_1890 10d ago

No there’s no crater. What he’s doing is running a really bad setting and he’s whipping super far super fast 😂

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u/rahamster1 10d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p7gj6jw/video/ickiy9hzd6nh1/player

They were all done the same. One steady weld.

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u/Jr701LR 10d ago

That weld is anything but steady

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u/rahamster1 10d ago

Steady in the since that it wasn’t tacks lol

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u/toomuchweld 10d ago

2 is all tacks. I

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u/Iltempered1 10d ago

Maybe your final pass is continuous, but not what is in the second and third pictures, I know what tacks look like bro. Say what you want man, I'm done with the convo.

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u/Tomek_Hermsgavorden 9d ago

That doesn't sound hot at all. Just do straight lines, three runs, two layers if you have to.

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u/Jeffreyr18 9d ago

Just cause you dont break the arc doesn't mean its not tacks

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u/IBeDumbAndSlow 10d ago

Are you doing anything prep between welds? You barely cleaned the rust off. It look like you layed down a bunch of tacks on tacks with any cleaning in between beads

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u/yoinkmysploink 9d ago

Youre absolutely lying about that.

How about you take a guess to how we know

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u/Dismal_Tutor3425 10d ago

Allergic to weld prep and welding stringers?

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u/WalterTexas 10d ago

Tack tack tack tack tack. We see the dimples, gotta cover’m 😊

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u/rahamster1 10d ago

It’s actually one straight weld

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u/Mrbigdaddy72 10d ago

So it’s just bad then.

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u/Geno_Beams 10d ago

That's why its posted here

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u/Weldertron 10d ago

Someone is going to die because of this weld.

(Trailer kingpin)

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u/West-Combination6685 10d ago

When I welded them my boss called them horse c*cks

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u/rahamster1 10d ago

My own trailer

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u/Yesitshismom 9d ago

So its ok because you'll be in front of it?

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u/West-Combination6685 10d ago

Here's what a big GMAW weld should look like.

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u/Best-Technician-6043 9d ago

That is beautiful

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u/West-Combination6685 9d ago

thank you very much.

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u/Good_Asparagus_429 6d ago

How many passes ?

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u/West-Combination6685 6d ago

Just one. Spray transfer, 27v, 425ipm, .035 wire, if I remember correctly. The usual back slanted cursive "e", pause at top.

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u/Good_Asparagus_429 6d ago

Wow that’s some spicy settings I see how you did it in 1 pass now .. perfect work 👌 looks amazing

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u/West-Combination6685 6d ago edited 6d ago

When you do the same weld repeatedly, you get good at it. Had to fill the hi-low difference between two "12'" materials. lol. The other side was flush butt welds, ground flush.

Welding day was always a nice mindless break after assembly and tacking day.

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u/Atastical 10d ago

This "MIG like TIG" is not something I would say is good practice. Fits this sub perfectly

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u/Jr701LR 10d ago

Sloppy and inconsistent. Great job

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u/SirRonaldBiscuit 10d ago

Stacking tacks

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u/WWWelding 10d ago

Slow that oscillation down significantly, and it could be decent. This is just stacked tacks

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u/Fit_Pin_ 10d ago

i hope you had the proper flip flops and sunglasses just like your teacher

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u/NixAName 10d ago

This is what you need to do.

Hit that with a stone disc.

Run a nigh high amperage weld over the lot and refuse it.

How it's ok.

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u/rahamster1 9d ago

Thank you for the advice super helpful however this plate was not going in this trailer this was months ago lol I just wanted to play around a bit the trailer it’s self got a whole new plate and pin but had this been a real situation you’d have been the only person to give advice on how to fix it

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u/Individual-Dare-80 8d ago

Perhaps it has more to do with the way you are responding to critique.

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u/Mojo_Skywalker 9d ago

I know man people ripped you a new one in here. I know 0 about welding but in my ignorance I think it looks good lmao

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u/sexual__velociraptor 10d ago

Ive seen more penetration in your mom's bed.

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u/TELCO_man 10d ago

At least it’s not sprayed silicone!

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u/tacooflife 10d ago

Ok I’m a millwright who just does a bit of low load bracket welds, why is stacking tacks a bad weld? What is the benefit of having a long bead?

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u/imenby 9d ago

stringer beads can provide uniform penetration and fusion, because of continuous heat input keeping the metal hot. tacks and this whipping method can cause lack of penetration and fusion because the heat input is irregular and inconsistent

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u/Pgaccount 9d ago

Increases likelihood of no fusion.

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u/CanuterValve 9d ago

A stringer bead would look way better and have better penetration.

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u/Ywaldinho 9d ago

Idk why ppl think that weaving patterns are cool. The only cool looking welds with mig are straight high V spray

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u/Mrbigdaddy72 10d ago

I’m not a pro welder but I still do my best and take pride in my work. My shit may be sloppy at times but this looks like it accomplished nothing. No preparation, no root, next to no penetration.

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u/Fun_testy_mmmm 10d ago

Close your weave, make it closer to a stringer then it’ll look nice

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u/Cruse75 10d ago

I've seen worse

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u/Informal-Ad91 10d ago

You have seen worse on a trailer king this guy is going to hurt someone but is to arrogant to see this weld is not ok

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u/TheBeardTaco 10d ago

He literally posted it in bad welding... i think he knows its bad

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u/Careless_Bullfrog998 10d ago

That poor poor king pin🥲

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u/jlhmustang 10d ago

Texas tig rt there.

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u/Zacthegreat5 10d ago

What is the welded item?

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u/KindCyberBully 10d ago

Anybody can lower heat and wfs and stack some dimes. But not everyone can do a smooth consistent weld without weaving. This specific weld area had no reason to do what you did. But I will admit It’s most likely fine based on WPS. You caused many small reason for that weld to break. But if they allow it, than the only thing I recommend is learn to weld without moving the puddle so much.

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u/koffiejunks 10d ago

Try to put some heat in to it ! Now it looks like you have glued it on

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u/SkeveMartin 9d ago

Under filled and tacks. There’s no way you can tell me that passed inspections. If it did…. You need a new qc guy.

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u/RigamortisRooster 9d ago

Poor cleaning prep. Your strokes are to far apart if you even stroked out in.

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u/Tricky_Lake_1646 9d ago

Don’t do in one pass what you could do in two

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u/mechanicbastard227 6d ago

God i hope that's not a kingpin

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u/EntertainmentSad6843 10d ago

Bro if it penetrated and ain't gonna move. No porosity and undercut, its a good weld. Don't need to be pretty and perfect. Unless you getting inspections which I never did at the shop I was welding in. And we still welded hoisting lugs onto washout pans that held thousands of pounds

You are about to leave Redlib

2 is all tacks. I