Close up pic of weld

My Dad is visiting with me for a while, and is a photography nut. So he is taking lots of pictures. I found this one really interesting and hope you guys do too. This is a close up of a mig weld. It has not been brushed or cleaned up, but I love the rings you can see in each puddle.

Lookin' good!!!

Bonehead said:

This is a close up of a mig weld. It has not been brushed or cleaned up, but I love the rings you can see in each puddle.

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Bonehead,
That looks really sweet! Are all your welds that good? ; - >

BoB

I had a 16 year old kid workin for me a while back and he was learning to weld. I gave him a stack of stuff that required the same weld over and over. Pretty soon he starts getting sloppy. I told to be a good welder, you have to make every weld like you were going to show it off. Besides, If it is a pretty weld you don't have to grind it.

I can only hope!!!

Bonehead said:

If it is a pretty weld you don't have to grind it.

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Hope I get there 1 day!!! ; - >

Bonehaed,
I’d rather see a good looking weld bare or under paint. Than a ground smoothed out weld any day.
I can’t help it being a weld by trade but to think what was wrong with the weld to start with. I know some people smooth their welds for looks. But I still like a good weld better.

I agree, grinding welds is usually cause you cant weld. There can be exceptions though.

Interesting pic and a nice weld. the rings sort of look like growth rings on a cut tree when photographed close up like that.

heres a pic of my frame this is un grounded and just painted .....when i first did it i had a friend come over that does it everyday for a living and he gave me some pointer my beads were thin and the he showed me how to penetrate the metal and work it back and fourth to get a nice wide weld on it for strenght ....what do ya think ....never mind cant get any of my pics to load up

Bonehead said:

My Dad is visiting with me for a while, and is a photography nut. So he is taking lots of pictures. I found this one really interesting and hope you guys do too. This is a close up of a mig weld. It has not been brushed or cleaned up, but I love the rings you can see in each puddle.

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If I count all those rings do I get your age? lol. just kidding. Truly nice weld though.

I may need to build a bigger puddle.

hahaha.... No comment.