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Overheard a foreman at the Portland job site say 'a clean weld is a strong weld' and it finally clicked for me
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evaw181mo ago
My third week on the job, my foreman said the same thing to me (and I never forgot it).
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the_fiona2mo ago
Wait, they just figured that out now? That's like Welding 101, the first thing you learn. A messy weld with spatter and undercut is full of weak spots and stress points. The clean bead means good heat control, steady hand, the filler metal fused right. It's wild to hear a foreman say it like it's some big revelation.
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