Welding Fail! post pics here.

[puddytat]

Huh, only needs a bit more weld on the top area before he paints it.....LOL.

[farmersamm]

An attempt to attach new rear axle brackets and some sort of bracing by a friend of mine.

Car still drives to work almost daily with a BBC and 4 speed.

I look at a lot of factory welds on farm equipment, and a lot of welds on equipment up for auction which were made by the owners of the equipment. I see a lot of "bad" welds.

BUT, thes welds have stood the test of time, and function. It's really amazing, and it makes me less eager to "flame" the so called hobby dooooods for what they do. It's just not my call.

I think the welds hold up because of the continuity. Rigidity. Isolating two pieces of metal from vibrating/moving is a powerful thing. Reduncancy (sp?) is a good thing too.........coupla weak welds can make one halfway decent weld.

I wouldn't reccomend it, but it sometimes seems to work

[ZTFab]

.....

I don't know what I like more about that video;

The stick welding in flip flops...

The oily rags and trash on the floor where he is "welding"...

The grand canyon sized gaps in the tube...

or the mask setup that makes him look like he is robbing a liquor store.

Best quote of that video, "People say it's hard to weld with stick. I beg to differ."

Do ya?

[ZTFab]

....It's really amazing, and it makes me less eager to "flame" the so called hobby dooooods for what they do. It's just not my call.

My only problem with most of the idiots is that they make these videos as a "How-To".

Not one of them can actually weld and they sure as hell shouldn't be teaching it to other people.

[LarryO]

The thing with those brackets is that he was replacing them after he bent the original ones on the 1/4 mile.

The original bracket were fine until he fitted slicks.

Slicks, 4 speed and wild take off make for some big loads on those brackets.






Oh, he did make those welds look good by giving them a finger smear of black silicon.

[MikeGyver]

lol..

[SeanMurphy265]

Hey... You bunch of welding snobs!!!
Some of the comments may have been a little harsh, but you just can't weld anything and everything together.

[fredschrom]

There are two things that bother me about these posts and vids

1. admitting your welds are bad but zero effort to improve them
2. posing as an expert showing the rest of the world how to weld terribly

[MikeGyver]

lol, from his youtube description:

Grade 10 Welding Goggle (DO NOT USE GRADE 5! It is too light and only meant to be used for MIG welding)

[soutthpaw]

Ya know what is really scary about that video Venom posted is the comments made by people who watched it over at Youtube

Then this weird and crazy dude shows up in the youtube related videos window

Lanse... make sure its Root Beer

[deadman1474]

The sad part is you know that every one of them looked at it and said well it ain't pretty but she'll hold.

[ZTFab]

lol, from his youtube description:

Next best quote from the viewer posts:

"So it's basically a big solder gun"?

Holy sheet....

[LarryO]

lol, from his youtube description:

You forgot the Ninja Mask he also listed.

[Ct5]

A little grinding a little paint will make a welder what he ain't !!! But I think they forgot all of that.

[OldSkull]

Haaa come on guys! He loose me just after he present his "Quality" stick welder....Now you know what kind of Youtube pro help noob buying Chinese crap and try to teach them How to use it.... He must have smoke crack or do met just before he did that video

[Housedad]

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[Housedad]

[rabidchimp]

That last vid was funny as hades.
-Aaron

[Tec]

Maybe some of you 'welders' don't have the skills to get full penetration with the 'Idealarc' of the East. I think I'm put on my balaclava, grab a piece of tinted glass, head out to the garage and start my YouTube series 'How to Build an Equipment Trailer'

Tom

[MikeGyver]

lol that last video was awesome

[soutthpaw]

lol that last video was awesome

Funny stuff... Lanse's videos keep showing up when these end. He is gonna give Jody a run for his money soon...

[OldSkull]

Holy sheet Housedad! I almost puke when I saw this one!

[DemonSpeeder]

This thread needs two links posted here....1, the jackass that "builds" the muffler for his Ninja or whatever bike it was. 2. a site that show's horrendous welds, fabrication and extremely scary engineering on jacked up 4x4 trucks / jeeps etc... ( the site has something "taco" in the name ). I'll see if i can find them later...

[Mikel_24]

Funny stuff... Lanse's videos keep showing up when these end. He is gonna give Jody a run for his money soon...

Almost.

I am suscribed to WeldingTips&Tricks newsletter and also to Lanse's channel on youtube. Luckily both concentrate on totally different nitches. One mostly on TIG (with some MIG and ocasional stick) for machine shops and the other on stick (with some MIG) for his own projects (later to be sold).

My welding is more on the side of Lanse but I also enjoy a lot Jodys videos. Both make great videos as well.

Mikel

[Lanse]

Funny stuff... Lanse's videos keep showing up when these end. He is gonna give Jody a run for his money soon...

Ya know what is really scary about that video Venom posted is the comments made by people who watched it over at Youtube

Then this weird and crazy dude shows up in the youtube related videos window

Lanse... make sure its Root Beer

Almost.

I am suscribed to WeldingTips&Tricks newsletter and also to Lanse's channel on youtube. Luckily both concentrate on totally different nitches. One mostly on TIG (with some MIG and ocasional stick) for machine shops and the other on stick (with some MIG) for his own projects (later to be sold).

My welding is more on the side of Lanse but I also enjoy a lot Jodys videos. Both make great videos as well.

Mikel

Thanks guys Glad you like the videos, Ive got plans to make a lot more how-to's, and possibly re-make a couple of my older videos. The channel is really growing with everyone's support, and I'll have more videos here soon

Yeah, Jody's really cool, I watch his videos too... He knows everything about TIG that I need to learn lol