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Originally Posted by Deschodt
Welding is the single most baffling thing to me. Looks simple, yet everytime I tried my work looked like crap, welds either went right though or did not penetrate enough. Cheap flux core seemed OK but ugly, so I eventually graduated to a nicer machine... But after my last attempt with a lincoln+gas, I got so annoyed that I donated all my equipment to a friend. Sometimes you gotta persevere, sometimes life's too short and you focus on what you're good at. I'm sure you can get good on a long repetitive job with similar metal thickness... For the occasional work and re-figuring it all out, no thank you ! Last metal repair I did was a patch that I glued to the car (not structural) with a modern bonding agent - w/ amazing results !
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i describe my weld quality as "i'm an engineer"
mig never really looks "good" compared to tig. don't beat yourself up cause your not as good as someone laying welds 40 hours a week do. does it work? k. then its a perfectly good weld.