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Feb 26, 2025 9:26 PM
floydyancey
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5ing
I believe that is referred to as toothpaste welds
flagbasher
STACKIN' DIMES
trippingthelightfantastic
Acceptable as an objet d'art, not so much as a weld
contempted
That's an impressive amount of weld, but why? The labour and material cost would be astronomical compared to putting in a support or gusset piece?
KnifeKnut
Unauthorized change to the engineering?
nik282000
I can only assume that he had no grinder with which to make plates or gussets and this was therefore the only option.
ElbowDeepInUserSub
3D printing at this point.
CMonster556
In a slow, expensive way.
Ialwayslookhungover
Some apprentice asked the dumbest question of all time.
noReallyIamPrincessBob
What the hell is the point of all that crap?! Why wouldn’t you just weld a supporting plate on instead of filling the space like that?
TanithRosenbaum
Question to the welding experts, is that weld good or bad?
Kyrorayne
Bad by default. Too much filler and flux between those welds that doesn't look remotely cleaned on visible sections.
TanithRosenbaum
Thank you!
bigdix69420
Wouldn't that be just as strong as 1 big bead?
OnlyWantToSayOneThing
Yes no maybe. Too big = too much heat and ruin the strength. Lots of smaller passes and have a smaller heat affected zone if you wait for it to cool (air quench). However too many passes = higher chance of defect in the weld making stress points. Its much better to limit the amount of weld to the strength of connection you need. That means welding multiple gussets with welds that fully melt/connect the gusset to the things it needs to connect.
OnlyWantToSayOneThing
Weld strength is generally indicated by tensile strength per square inch of weld material. Steel is 60k to 100k PSI, commonly used weld material is ~60 to 70k psi. My teacher always told us: Welding is how you make sure force can transfer between structural steel, thus making it structural.
Kyrorayne
Weld, weld, weld, what do we have here?
drduffer
Had to come back to upvote this. ⬆️
TimbiquiDarkThirty
One hell of a practice session, or someone that didn't have to pay for all that rod.
Ambipolar
As a non-welder all I know when I see a picture of a weld is that it's posted either because it's horrible or because it's very well done.
IgnisInvictus
Welp, this one is neither. It's welding on top of more welding on top of more welding. It's not exactly meant to be functional.
Ekibwurm
as a non welder... i'd think adding an other piece of metal to form a triangle would have been better and less wasteful... unless there is some form of strong push on this particular angle needing so much support... and even then i doubt that's the way to handle this...
guitardemon66
It’s what we call a “gusset” - when you add in a support piece like you’re describing
Kimmykix
I wanna see a cross-section of that.
pinatafarmer
It's actually cake
LespritDeLescalier22
It’s either hollow or an absolute waste of material
hellothisispeggy
Someone was getting paid by the hour https://youtu.be/-aMIxyBVUCE