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Excessive heat, it’s just penetrating inside the tube.
Yep excessive heat, reduce amperage or add more filler and move faster. If thats not the welders first ever weld, they need to either go back to weld school or lay of the drugs!
Its impressive they managed to make welds that sunken though with out blowing holes, theres clearly some skill showing there even if its not good skills!
Only a rookie welder wears low quarter shoes while stick welding. Please don't ask how I know this. Regards, Clark
The other side of the gusset was welded at a higher amperage and same amount of filler and was fine. When he flipped it over it started to sink so he turned the amps down more and more but it still sinks and just generally doesn't want to stick. It was cleaned and prepped perfectly too.
Here is the other side
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That was my immediate thought as well...
That looks like a race car wishbone. If it is scrap it and get a welder who knows what he /she is doing, safety critical parts are not for amateurs. In my opinion the "good" side looks like crap also.
Yet anouther classic example of why people bring me stuff to weld!!! I may not be coded, the weld may or may not need x raying, but suck me that should look so damn beutiful, a nice lap weld joint like that is about as easy as it gets.
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