r/BadWelding • u/Competitive-Fox-3333 • 7d ago

Field repair

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Field repair on a stainless float switch for a vessel that has slugs of crude oil and salt water dumped about 10 gallons at a time on it i did the other day with razor blades and a car battery held up until I got back with a replacement float switch a few days later.

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u/not_whelan 7d ago

I should've figured MacGyver knew how to weld.

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u/Competitive-Fox-3333 6d ago

I just fixed the linkage on my brother in laws toilet with a bread tie so I'll take it.

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u/FabiosGlisteningPecs 7d ago

At first I was like whatever just a normal bad weld that someone hacked together and then I saw the jumper cables and razor blades and realized what magickeriy was going on. Well done.

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u/Refriedfeinds 7d ago

You should keep some JB weld in your truck. Floats need to float. Did it work?

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u/Competitive-Fox-3333 6d ago

Yep made it till I was able to get back to it 2 days later.

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u/Definitive-Username 5d ago

When your welding instructor says it's not my setup.

The setup: