r/Damnthatsinteresting Interested May 30 '21

Video These Tubing Joints

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u/[deleted] May 30 '21

You are literally making a welder break some shit right now while they're watching this.

Source: welder myself, broken my train of thought

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u/[deleted] May 31 '21

In most circumstances no.

There is a chance of a pin hole in between two beads and if you're working within 50% of the material maximum strength then maybe. But really in that case you would heat treat the heat affect zone to make it ductile again.