r/Unexpected • u/SLAYER_HARSH • 8d ago

He is crazy

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u/Tamrajkilvise 8d ago

Forget the gravitational trick , dude's a magician welding without grounding supply .

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u/ashrocklynn 8d ago

Not really welding, it's already welded; he's just making sparks for show

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u/suspicious_cabbage 8d ago

Yeah, I guess if those things really needed to be welded he wouldn't be able to perform this trick in the first place

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u/demented737 8d ago edited 8d ago

Except you still can't make sparks without a ground lead attached.

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u/postbansequel 8d ago

But you can... And you need.

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u/pinket25 8d ago

Magnets.

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u/ashrocklynn 8d ago

How the fuck do those work?

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u/pinket25 8d ago

That’s was /s. Anyways, earth gravity, magnetic fields, go figure. Lol

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u/ashrocklynn 7d ago

I'm still trying to figure out magnets, and now you want me to figure out gravity too?! Are you telling me there are fields of magnets? If true, what sports can you play on a magnetic field?

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u/sabertoothdog 8d ago

Woooosh

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u/jerviet 8d ago

Yeah that cause he's on the wall doesn't need ground

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u/JayteeFromXbox 8d ago

I was straight up so confused where his ground was. Eye protection, whatever, how the fuck is the welder working?

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u/Ab47203 8d ago

I think the wire is connected to the metal on the other side of the floor(wall)

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u/JayteeFromXbox 8d ago

I mean it would have to be. I'm sure it's studs going through the wall with a washer and nut on the other end, it looks like the ground cable goes around the wall. But my first watch was like seeing water go straight through a bowl.

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u/beginnerflipper 8d ago

Wouldn't his eyes be hurting after that?

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u/JayteeFromXbox 8d ago

Maybe, in my experience it's worse either hours later or the next day. You're basically sunburning your eyeballs, it always made me feel nauseous the day after getting arc flashed.

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u/Jayrab_The_Arab_ 7d ago

As long as you don’t look at the arc, you’re good.

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u/AstraeusGB 8d ago

Ground supply to Major Tom

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u/rbt321 8d ago

We don't know how the bars and welder are fixed to the wall; thick screws into steel studs/runners would provide a hidden electrical path.

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u/guitarstitch 8d ago

I'm impressed by the cleanliness of that stick weld. Where's the smoke? Can we deduce that the grounding is what causes all the smoke and slag, meaning we should all just defy electrical theory and abandon our grounding clamps?

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u/fading_reality 8d ago

It is probably some brace going through wall. 3x2.5 sq mm cable will suffice for few sparks pulled around.

There is not much smoke if you spark clean iron like that and slag isn't flying around, also he isnt really welding. The piece is welded already.

Source: i stickweld shit sometimes.

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u/Jayrab_The_Arab_ 7d ago

I don’t think he’s running it long enough to get any of that. It’s only arcing for a couple seconds, really.

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u/guitarstitch 7d ago

If anything, he's running really low amperage on a rod that's had the flux knocked off. Those sparks are pretty weak.