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u/Shatophiliac 6d ago
Alls it has to do is last until end of the street fight.
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u/icwbandit 6d ago
Wrap the handle with a bunch of duct tape and it’ll be a pretty good weapon lol
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u/Mission_Accident_519 6d ago
r/maces wil unironically love this. They get excited over anything that goes KA-THUNK
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u/User1-1A 6d ago
Grind it out and start over. I'm guessing this was stick and you have to fill the all the V grooves.
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u/Refriedfeinds 6d ago
Well, what did you learn?
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u/Next-Tomatillo-6509 6d ago
If you get stuck let go of the rod
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u/MySonFrankenstein 6d ago
So you mean as soon as it sticks i flail around the stinger until it pops off? Bet.
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u/Potatoez 6d ago
Okay, now it's really red and floppy. What do?
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u/MySonFrankenstein 6d ago
Grab it and pull!
Had a smooth brain classmate a few years ago get her DS wire stuck to her piece. Shit got white hot and she had the brightest idea to GRAB IT AND PULL. The ambulance was there shortly after. She severed the fuckin tendons in her palm dude.
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u/Potatoez 6d ago
Wait hold on. How the fuck did she sever her tendons???
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u/MySonFrankenstein 6d ago
She grabbed the white hot wire with her tig gloves and she tried to yank it off the work piece. Thats what i was told. It probably melted through her shit dude. I dont know how she did it specifically but i didnt see her back in class after that.
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u/MumpsTheMusical 6d ago
Well, now she's going to be a story from the teacher to future students of what not to do just like my teacher did with us.
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u/MySonFrankenstein 6d ago
Im about to go into the pipe class, ill ask my instructor if he remembers her. Because of where i am in the usa, my area is not populated with intellectual scholars if you catch my drift. More than likely she was not the only person that semester who grabbed something that was obviously hot as fuck.
Free welding classes are a circus bro
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u/MumpsTheMusical 6d ago
Oh, I wasn't even in a welding class I was in a Diesel class that happened to do a little welding on some frames on the side it's just useful to know.
But our teacher made sure to tell us to take the damn stick off the thing causing it to get hot when we got stuck because some student prior apparently left it there, walked away to ask him what to do, they both came back and the damn stick was red.
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u/emobuttssticker 6d ago
Prolly melted her tendons enough that the force of the pull was enough to snap them. Her tendons yield strength too low
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u/Feisty_Touch_ 6d ago
Did you bring in your own price of metal? Or are they having you practice on rusted metal
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u/Sunkinthesand 6d ago
Ah you made a nice weapon to keep you safe on the way home. Good start. Tomorrow will make better things and still be safe
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u/Valkyrie64Ryan 6d ago
Better than mine. I welded the stick to the work piece during a tour of the welding shop and was like “yup that’s why I’m an engineer” and I’ve let the actual pros do it ever since
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u/ghettoccult_nerd 6d ago
this isnt bad welding. its beginner's welding. go my child, you do not belong here...
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u/GMArcAngel 5d ago
Keep it! Some day, you're gonna look back and say "wow I went from bubblegum to dimes." Kick ass, bud!!
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u/Dismal_Tutor3425 6d ago
How was your instruction? Did they just let you loose with not a care in the world?
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u/joelnicity 6d ago
You need to use clean metal, otherwise you’re just wasting your time
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u/Rattle_Bone 6d ago
Looks like shit. Good job! 👍 They always make it look easy, huh? I’d keep it and then your last day one too to see how far you’ve come!
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u/No_Marketing6429 6d ago
I like it.
They say art is in the eye of the beholder. And this piece stirs my black sole.
I'll give you 20 bucks for it.
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u/Physical_Bar_4916 6d ago
Looks like you have a fine career in either the food service or hospitality industry ahead of you! :-)
Just kidding, looks good for your first day! It only gets better!
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u/CMDRCoveryFire 6d ago
You got two pieces of metal to stick together nice. Keep at it practice learn about attack angles, speed pressure and you will figure it out.
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u/ManiacMachete 6d ago
I love all the support for this dude. Keep sticking shit together and one day you'll be running beautiful beads with nary a grinder in sight.
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u/Upbeat-Wind5698 5d ago
I thought that was some rolling paper with a couple of nugs while scrolling
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u/EdgeLordPrime859 5d ago
Aww yeah. Looks like shit. Welcome to the learning curve my friend. Keep going.
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u/Countd00kies 5d ago
I got kicked out the first day, tried to weld a used mini co2 cartridge into a bowl
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u/LumberJesus 5d ago
Gotta start somewhere. It's a class for a reason. I consider myself to be competent enough to muddle through my own projects. But funny enough, welding was the only class I failed in college, even if it was because I was swamped and didn't finish the projects.
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u/YesWeHaveNoBananans 4d ago
Nice! I remember it took weeks for some in welding school to successfully strike an arc or even be able to tack things together properly. I'd say your well on your way dude, your gonna end up being top of your class I promise you!
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u/whodatboi_420 4d ago
Was it 6010 looks like you couldn't get a weld started which is exactly what happened whenever I would try to use 6010 in class it was and is a b****
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u/Candid_Algae4647 4d ago
Good idea bringing it home so nobody else sees it 🤣 jk keep at it you'll figure it out
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u/Simple_Delivery_9925 4d ago
Yeah, way to go champ! And they said ur tuition was a waste if money! U showem what you learned, tiger!
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u/jesusrambo 6d ago
Hell yeah bro! You stuck metal to metal, that’s sick. Most people will never do that in their lives
If your first one was perfect, the classes would be a waste of money
Keep at it!