r/BadWelding

I feel like I’m going too fast but also I’m having trouble keeping a steady arc length. Any help? Any tips? Thank yall!!

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Oi there people of this reddit. I would like some feedback in my welds. As the title asks. I know they arent pretty but they do be solid (non structural - simple 0.7mm Sheet metal welding).

I am welding 0.7mm sheet metal with a 1mm wire (don't have anything else). It's done with flux core wire btw.

Do these welds look acceptable? (Sry for bad 3

Englando and lack of freedom units)

Hard to believe that this entire set up cost me upwards of one hundred dollars if you count my grinder and helmet

Can i get a welding job as a second class welder / trade assistant if i weld like this in WA?

I am self taught, mig welding in 1F, 2F, 3F and 4F positions.

2nd and 3rd photos are one beam, on 3rd i weld over the weld bc don’t have a lot of metal

It’s so difficult.

First time welding. 6010 1/8th inch sticks. How bad do I suck?

I work at a scrap yard. We buy steel and cats. This beauty came in today.

Reminds me of a comment I saw years ago. Looks like Hellen Keller and Michael J Fox had a baby, and that shaky little blind bastard tried welding this.

Ok, who forgot to turn the gas on? These were welded by another shop, we are just blanchard grinding them in our machine shop. Unfortunately these are a food service item and I know damn well this is NFG.

So i just started messing around with stick welding after work and these are my first beads ever on some scrap plate. No idea if theyre decent or complete garbage so figured id ask the people who actually know.

For context i dont weld for a living, just picked it up as a hobby and im doing it after my shifts. Dont have much gear yet so the usual beginner stuff everyone builds (tables, chairs, fire pits) is a bit much for me right now.

few questions:

how bad is it?

what should i actually practice with a limited setup? like any drills that dont eat up a ton of rod/metal

if i wanted to eventually go pro whats worth focusing on -structural, pipe... no clue where to even start

any tips appreciated 🙏

Is there any videos you recommend or technique advice? This was all within about 3 hours of my first time touching a welder

im trying to practice a tighter weave & to go slower since teach said its all over the place and I go way too fast, but I still feel like theres other issues that I dont know how to control or fix, any tips?

I thought I owned a rifle.

Turns out, my orange cat had claimed it as his personal bathroom.

I’ve kept this .300BLK in a Pelican case for years with the lid open so moisture doesn’t get trapped inside. Never had a problem. Then I took about a month off from shooting and went downstairs to check on everything.

That’s when I discovered that this orange menace had apparently been peeing in the case.

Not once.

Not twice.

Repeatedly.

And not just near the rifle.

Directly on it!

At first I was pissed and just thought, “Okay, gross, I’ll clean it up.”

As I cleaned deeper, I realized the charging handle wouldn’t move. The takedown pins were completely locked up. This tiny orange criminal somehow created what I can only describe as a calcium piss weld around the entire gun.

I had to use a rubber mallet just to get the pins out and release the charge handle.

Finally got it apart…and this is what I found.

(pics)

I’ve seen plenty of dirty guns before, but I have never seen anything like this. The inside was coated. Corroded. Violated. Absolutely disrespected by a creature with one shared brain cell and zero remorse.

To be fair, I can label myself with one brain cell as I did leave it out...oops

So now I’m left with one question:

Did my orange cat just give me the most expensive excuse possible to build another rifle?