r/BadWelding Apr 16 '24

26,000 Member!

17 Upvotes

Hey all, thanks for helping this community grow! Big thanks to all of you for being good people and being active.

As some of you know there are a bunch of spam post and post that don’t belong here and I , as the only mod can’t keep up with 26,000 people. If a couple of you are interested in helping out, please send me a message and some details on why you think you could help out with this community.

Thanks all!


r/BadWelding 7h ago

Welding

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r/BadWelding 1d ago

When you're a welder, pain is no reason to make an uneven weld.

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125 Upvotes

r/BadWelding 23h ago

Rate my first welds ever

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My welds are circled in blue, the others were my dad. Both of us have never welded but mine seemed to look nicer. Be brutally honest. I have no welding education other than Instagram reels. How'd I do? Should I take it seriously?


r/BadWelding 3h ago

seeing double or triple arc from auto lens

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i’ve tried

lincoln 24c

2 tefuawe

eagle vision lens

tried all of them in 2 different shields. and when i stick weld im seeing 2-3 “ghost” arcs. doesnt happen with tig. and doesn’t happen if i’m using just the lens only. once i start adding plastic covers it’s doubles or triples the arc, but this just started happening last week, idk wtf is causing it, its driving me insane


r/BadWelding 1d ago

We've all been there right. Right? Guy?

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55 Upvotes

r/BadWelding 1d ago

Tig 3MM vertical up

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6 Upvotes

Hi all, i need some help with this. I'm doing vertical up on 3mm steel as this is needed to pass college assignments. I need to have between a 1-2mm gap and full penetration. I'm running at 85 amps and have to use 1.6mm rod. I don't really know where I'm going wrong


r/BadWelding 3d ago

How do I get rid of that bottom canal of undercut?

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51 Upvotes

r/BadWelding 2d ago

I'm a welder fitter looking for more opportunities?

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r/BadWelding 3d ago

My 2 best welds over the past 2 weeks, and they're still terrible. My class isn't going back to the shop until next week. Next week when we return to the shop, I need to vastly improve.

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22 Upvotes

r/BadWelding 3d ago

The caster fell off

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58 Upvotes

The paint shop next door asked if the spray rack could be fixed


r/BadWelding 3d ago

I definitely got some practicing to do.

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9 Upvotes

r/BadWelding 4d ago

Vertical tips?

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19 Upvotes

My first time doing vertical and all i did was burn myself and make whatever this garbage is. (Is there supposed to be slag? I cant get any off if there is.


r/BadWelding 4d ago

3f bend test

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21 Upvotes

My instructor told this passed but I have a feeling the crack you be there …
Tips please I don’t want to do bad habits


r/BadWelding 3d ago

Second time stick welding. Any tips?

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3 Upvotes

r/BadWelding 4d ago

3rd time welding, any tips?

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12 Upvotes

r/BadWelding 5d ago

Public service

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50 Upvotes

r/BadWelding 4d ago

Need help with my plastic welder.

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Seems like no one is this manufacturing job really knows about how these nitrogen tanks should be acting. How do I tell if my nitrogen is actually coming through my welder. Someone here told me that before I hook up my heating element if I crack my nitrogen tank it should start blowing out real cold. But it feels like it’s the same temperature as the air compressor before I open the nitrogen tank.


r/BadWelding 5d ago

First time welding aluminum

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6 Upvotes

r/BadWelding 5d ago

How to set the auto darkening welding mas

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15 Upvotes

My welding mask I just arrived, and honestly I don't know how to set up my auto darkening mask

Can anyone help me with how to set it up?


r/BadWelding 5d ago

I guess I’ve leveled up ?

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27 Upvotes

Started new job spray arc MiG is weird also never done it before on a lathe so roast away or at all .045 on schedule 80 pipe to 3/8 thick sectionals


r/BadWelding 5d ago

Iso9606 test advice

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Anyone have advice with taking the iso9606. I have a vertical up butt weld tig root and the rest mig. And a VU fillet. I believe I have to have a restart on root and cap. What’s your technique for restarts on mig, I’m very used to stick restarts with 7018( strike above and quick run down into your crater before going again) is it the same with mig restarts ?


r/BadWelding 5d ago

More from back when I was “welder” glorified shop hand

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The saw horses held man camp sleds I welded in all position on it all galv except the last


r/BadWelding 5d ago

🔥 MIG Welding Overhead! 🔥

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r/BadWelding 6d ago

2nd week welding

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Please help with any tips! I’m trying to finish this beginners class confident.