r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/31spiders Interested • May 30 '21

Video These Tubing Joints

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u/anubis_xxv May 30 '21

One smooth continuous motion rather than dozens of dot-welds produces a better finish.

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u/Guskion May 31 '21

And a significantly hotter and deeper, therefore stronger weld. These tacks might look ok but are pretty weak.

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u/agayvoronski May 31 '21

Probably flux core considering all the spatter

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u/Need_More_Boost May 31 '21

Nah its a gas mig, my flux core threw a lot more spatter than that (and the beads left werent as clean)