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Old 12-24-2014, 07:43 AM
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Just a "thought" to anyone reading this -- because Trey -- your welds do "look" good. Looks aren't everything when it comes to welding.

I would urge anyone that's not a certified welder - meaning they've passed the tests - to weld up some similar gauge material and then cut them thru the weld (perpendicular or a cross section) and see what that weld really looks like.

Look at this weld -- looks nice -- but the cross section shows NO penetration! Oops!








My point here is not about what Trey's welding looks like - because it looks good... my point is do you really know what your welding REALLY looks like and are you confident that your technique and set up is solid? You'll have confidence - or know you need to do a little more learning - by cutting your welds (test pieces!) and examining them. Look for porosity and penetration. Most of you guys won't have a press with a pressure gauge so you're not going to be able to do a tensile strength (yield to failure) test.

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