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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 06:35 AM
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Worst welding ever

This has got to be the worst weld job ever on any vehicle. (Warning a bit of of fowl language here and there.

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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 09:07 AM
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Those guys shouldn't make fun of my welding skills like that. Oh, I guess that isn't my truck, I've never had a yota truck.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 09:38 AM
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it started out a Toyota car, but after you weldered it.... that is what it turned into.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 07:01 AM
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The bigger the glob the better the job I guess?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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WOW!! I even know how to weld not great but a heck of a lot better than that.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 09:37 AM
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thats now welding... Thats Burning... lol thats what we call guys in the service around here that think they can weld... theyre not welders theyre burners...
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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That is cute Sparky, I never looked at it like that before.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 09:44 AM
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That is cute Sparky, I never looked at it like that before.
yup... i dont have any real world experience.. other than my lil projects.. and what i got from school and my welds are way better than that... heck ive had complements from people that have been in the field for 20+ yrs on how good mine are... alot of them are surprised at how long ive been doing it..
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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How can you not get better when welding? Those are in a league by themselves.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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How can you not get better when welding? Those are in a league by themselves.
same way ya dont in any other field... they dont care to learn to do it the right way.. so they just stick with what they think works... from the looks of those welds there it looks like the guy was running the amps way too cold..
 
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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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Funny thing is I think there are 2 different welders. One wire and one stick... so he got them both wrong? Wow.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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yup... that or he just got a pine needle stuck under the paint in that one picture...
 
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