Chinese welding

Literally LOL at that one! Priceless!

Sound just like most things I try welding with the works welder!

Welded a bracket back onto an axle last week, and the weld looked perfect, except for a lack of undercut. Sure enough, one hit with a hammer and the bracket fell back off, followed by several expeltives! It really does fascinate me, how you can get a weld that looks almost perfect (edges tapered, and not balled like it normally does when it doesn't stick), that has absolutely no penetration. I'm sure there was a sales rep somewhere who was doing alot of smiling when he managed to sell that welder.

I rode a French-made bike in the 70s for a while (St. Etienne, actually) and when I finally got into an accident, the top tube and down tube popped right out of the lugs on the head tube; no brazing at all, just friction and rust holding it together all those years.

Spare tire carriers....sigh.....

Gunner

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Something to tell us Gunner

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Oh, he did, a while back. Something about a tire passing him up as it bounded into the desert with carrier attached. I believe he was using a 110V MIG rig, and pushing past its capabilities in hindsight. He's come a long way since that learning experience (as have some of the rest of us).

Pete Keillor

I have found this done with Liquid Solder which is aluminum mixed with an acetate plastic.

Ah, a different situation entirely!

My answer was predicated on the welder being working correctly. If that's not the case, all bets are off. :)

One can compensate for _some_ equipment problems, but certainly not all.

I stand corrected.

There was one like that where I work part time. Turned out the whole problem was with the spool tension adjuster. Five minute fix of a weeks long problem. Nobody could weld with that thing for more than a few minutes!

I finally dragged it over to Praxair, where I became thoroughly embarrassed because I'd never thought of that and had actually entirely forgotten it existed!:)