Slap Stick
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No, a grinder is a big ol sammich.
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....hoagie?
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No, a hoagie is an actor/musician.
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That would be a Hoagie (Carmichael).
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I like weld wheels! What's wrong with yours? Are they dirty?
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I do agree. I want to be better at this stuff.
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Gee, and stop all the fun we've had all day long??
Never tried even though I've had flux core wire along with a machine with gas but have been told that using flux core with gas can make a good looking weld. Can't brag right now on mine because my last welding job looked like crap but I know there was good penetration. Just don't weld enough these days to keep in practice of doing a good weld and making it look good too.
Sometimes the popcorn looking weld is due to dirty surfaces. If you want to pull out your hair, try TIG. Everything needs to be clean clean clean. You see the guys on TV doing decent looking TIG welds but what they don't show is the prep work. About the only thing that's more forgiving to dirty stuff is SMAW!
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My stuff doesn't break but it doesn't always look good.
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First time for me to strike up an arc was 1969. I've done a lot of welding and there were very few that I thought were really really nice but most of the time, the more you do, the better you get. Position has a lot to do with it too....at least for me it does. Welding round stuff has always been my Achilles heel but the more I do it, the better the welds look. The last rear end shortening job I just did looked like crap but I didn't grind it.
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Pretty doesn't = strong.. just remember that 'till the day ya die! Fitment and cleanliness is key to any good weld... TIG or MIG. Dropping "dimes" doesn't guarantee a good time! 58 thou... have we drifted this thread far enough yet.. LOL
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Quite possibly a "South Philly Grinder" ... one of the best sandwiches ever!
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Ya, that's what i remember calling them, growing up in Connecticut, back in the dinosaur days.
Think that was a regional, geographical, name for them, though.
.....in the Marines, the grinder....was the black asphalt parade deck.
I wish I could do this.
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Wow, just........wow.
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Better than the alternative.....?
Looks like machine made....but I've seen some of that done by hand but only in vids. We had one good welder at work but even he could make it look that perfect. He showed me some stuff when I got my MIG machine but we had both retired by the time I got my TIG machine.....
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