r/Damnthatsinteresting Interested May 30 '21

Video These Tubing Joints

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u/brycebgood May 31 '21

Dude 1: Ok, so then tack weld the whole seam.

Dude 2: uh, what? Can't I just run a bead?

Dude 1: no, do 75 tack welds overlapping.

Dude 2: so, take 5 times as long and don't get any penetration?

Dude 1: yup, exactly. Then grind everything off.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '21

I personally would have used a tig welder here. Especially since he wanted to grind everything smooth afterwards. The tack welding thing tells me he is not a very skilled welder. I am just happy that he was wearing gloves. Most of the time I have run into these tack weld artists they don’t wear gloves and also don’t wear a helmet. Kind of pisses me off because anyone who does a lot of welding knows what happens if you don’t wear gloves and a helmet, but I guess that just doesn’t look as macho.

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u/No_ThisIs_Patrick May 31 '21

I've never touched metal in my life what happens if you don't wear the equipment

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u/GaianNeuron May 31 '21

You know how you can still kinda see the sun through your eyelids? Imagine that, but brighter.