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Hello welders of Reddit. I am having a problem welding a T-Joint. I’ve got two pieces:
- 30” length of square tubing that’s 3/16” thick.
- 8” piece of square tubing that’s 1/8” thick.

I’m trying to weld the end of the 8” length to the center of the 30” piece — a butt joint — basically creating a “T.”

I’m using 3/32” 7018 electrodes and running at the lowest my autoset will run at (manually cranking power down to 60A for 1/8” steel and 3/32” rods).

I’m approaching the weld at a 45 degree angle, and dragging the welding rod by 15 degrees.

I am burning holes in the 1/8” thick tubing.

As I’m typing this, It occurred to me that I have my ground clamped to the 8” piece and not the 30” piece to let current flow through the joint I’m trying to weld. Fuck me. Did I just figure it out? Today, I went out and bought 3/16” for both pieces.

Any thoughts/tips/suggestions for me?

Here’s a pic. And I did grind the paint off the 30” length. :-)

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//SOLVED//
TLDR - my 6 year old rice and beans are bad because I did not store them properly. Thanks to everyone that responded!

I bought three 20lb bags of Jasmine rice and a bunch of bags of beans at the beginning of COVID — so about 6 years ago. It’s been in the basement up on a rack, far off the floor and cool/dry throughout. I didn’t freeze it before storing it. Is it safe to keep? And a 10 lb bag of Krusteze instant pancake mix too.

Reason for asking is that we had an infestation of Indian Pantry Moths at work — originated on the other side of the building but it was from an opened bag of peanuts that were left behind in a drawer for several months before anyone realized what was happening. I don’t want to endure the same. Thanks!

I decided to cancel my membership - instead, a group of us from work are joining a highly rated gym/pool/courts/ice rink/rec center with over 90 group classes, (muscle) recovery programs, saunas, etc.

So I go to the Tonal panel — I don’t see a way to terminate my membership.

I go to tonal.com — I don’t see a way to terminate my membership.

I open the app — I don’t see a way to terminate my membership.

I call Tonal’s customer service number and ask them to tell me how to cancel.

He wants my name. Sure.

What’s my zip code? Uh … Why?

He says he needs to validate me as a user. I said bullshit. I’m in the app. And I’m standing at my Tonal machine. I need basic instructions—just tell me how to cancel my membership.

Would you believe that we went back and forth 5 times with my asking for a supervisor and him saying he cannot escalate me until I verify. I said this was bullshit predatory behavior and that I was starting my call recording.

The iPhone counted down and announced that the call was being recorded. I summarized my request with the fact that I couldn’t find where to terminate my membership and that I was simply asking for instructions using my iOS Tonal app, or my Tonal console, to terminate my membership. I asked if he could provide me with instructions to do so. I had already given my name and phone number. This time, being recorded, he said he would escalate me to a manager.

While he was doing so, I found on the Tonal panel’s screen how to cancel my membership. I did. I hung up. Raging.

What predatory bullshit! I paid them $59.95 per month for nearly 4 years and they played hardball with me to try to keep me from canceling.

I will tell EVERYONE I know about my experience with this company. Sad.

EDIT: Okay. I hear you all. I’m the ass. But can any one of you that said I’m the ass tell me why it’s necessary for the service agent to validate me when I am not asking them to terminate my membership? That I’m logged into the app and into the Tonal console and want to do it myself? And that I’m just asking support to tell me how? They wanted my info to hard-sell me and keep me from canceling.