Welding Fail! post pics here.

[Bls repair]

Pretty welds don’t mean a good weld

[Joegreen02]

Pretty welds don’t mean a good weld

Terex machine? I’ve fixed a group of these quick hitches with similar issues


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[Bls repair]

Cat branded

[motolife313]

my dad broke this and he is 65 years old. I made sure it wouldn’t come off again

[smithdoor]

Great photos
This why you do not to use solid wire.

Dave

Pretty welds don’t mean a good weld

[motolife313]

Just gota turn up the heat

[Selana Santuci]

It is not welding. It is like sponge. You can find any kind of weld defects including gas pore, under cut, less penetration, cracks...))

[SlowBlues]

Don't even need to gouge or grind that one out, just peel it off like slag.

I bet a cold chisel or air hammer could take that weld out in one solid caterpillar (pun intended). I would mail it to CAT corporate and tell them to frame it as a monument to their proud heritage of craftsmanship (sarcasm intended).

[CrookedRoads]

This guy told me he paid some shop a hundred bucks to reweld the expanded metallic on his drop-down ramp because it had come loose last year....... It didn't last very long.

[bfjou812]

He took one bead at a time in a whole new way.

Sincerely,

William McCormick

I read a little of the original post, at least the person owns the welds
as being terrible . Gotta give him some credit for that...............

[OPUS FERRO]

Bls repair

Pretty welds don’t mean a good weld

This is classic 'Hinge [joint] Failure' - the weld peeled,
because it was unrestrained = welded on the wrong
side . . .

Pretty . . . and not uncommon on OEM equipment . . .



motolife313

. . . I made sure it wouldn’t come off again

An 8X+ . . . 'wash-pass with under-cut' on sections
this thin = guaranteed/refailure . . .

hth


Opus



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[California]

This guy told me he paid some shop a hundred bucks to reweld the expanded metallic on his drop-down ramp because it had come loose last year....... It didn't last very long.

Good grief.

[smithdoor]

It look great for next welder.
I too have had repair bad welds on trailers.
Easy money for a good welder.

Dave

This guy told me he paid some shop a hundred bucks to reweld the expanded metallic on his drop-down ramp because it had come loose last year....... It didn't last very long.

[Bls repair]

What I do is start the puddle on the tube then quickly drag the puddle to the stretched steel then quickly pull out of the puddle.

[CrookedRoads]

What I do is start the puddle on the tube then quickly drag the puddle to the stretched steel then quickly pull out of the puddle.

I don't think the guy who welded it knows what a puddle is.

[12V71]

I don't think the guy who welded it knows what a puddle is.

That wasn't a guy... That was a bird.

[ckr427]

Nice tow hook

Sorry the pictures loaded sideways

[jniolon]

[sea2summit]

Nice tow hook

Sorry the pictures loaded sideways

Someone tried overhead 7018 the first time right there me thinks.

[jay gill]

Someone tried overhead 7018 the first time right there me thinks.

I vote for an idiot with a MIG/FC welder who watches too many interweb videos of other ****ty welders making a bunch of tack welds and calling it a good weld instead of laying a nice long bead (thin sheet metal work not withstanding but in that case I could argue to get a pulsed MIG welder or use TIG)

[davec]

Well the first pick of the tow hook had me worried but then the second pic made it all better!

[Shootr]

I feel (almost) compelled to reply "Wasn't me" to a lot of these...

[John T]

New coping method.


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[jmm03]

it hasn't failed yet...

[California]

it hasn't failed yet...

WTF???

MIG except he didn't have any gas?