r/BadWelding • • Apr 16 '24

26,000 Member!

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Hey all, thanks for helping this community grow! Big thanks to all of you for being good people and being active.

As some of you know there are a bunch of spam post and post that don’t belong here and I , as the only mod can’t keep up with 26,000 people. If a couple of you are interested in helping out, please send me a message and some details on why you think you could help out with this community.

Thanks all!


r/BadWelding • • 53m ago

Some welds from my coworkers

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These are actual welds I’ve had to repair on this project I’m working on. It baffles me these guys showed up & got paid to “weld”for a few weeks.


r/BadWelding • • 2h ago

what i am doing wrong?

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6 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 16h ago

Rate my ketchup weld

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78 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 16h ago

When the customer knows a guy that can do it cheaper

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26 Upvotes

Days like this make me wish I took the easy option and became an office worker


r/BadWelding • • 1d ago

Rate these elevator frame welds (I didn’t do this, just saw it at the job site)

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33 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 16h ago

First month of MIG. Downhill. What do you think?

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6 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 2d ago

Dug into my $300 go cart and found this

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340 Upvotes

Dude said he was tired of working on it all the time


r/BadWelding • • 14h ago

Circular saw cutting wedge prestressing clips

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Wedge parts are easy to slip while cutting. This setup produces clean cuts with little burr, less grinding needed for batch work.


r/BadWelding • • 1d ago

Is this normal?

1 Upvotes

Is it normal for this plug to be wobbly even if collar fully tightened. Cigweld blue venom 186. Vid in comments


r/BadWelding • • 3d ago

These welds on a 100.000$ tesla model S...

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244 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 4d ago

Guy came in for a weld test

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2.6k Upvotes

Said it had been a while, I’m not really sure what he was aiming to do exactly


r/BadWelding • • 3d ago

New To Stick welding

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38 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 3d ago

Please rate

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47 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 3d ago

Just laid this weld.. I sneezed in the middle of the weld tho 😕

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23 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 3d ago

Could anyone suggest where I should look for a job?

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r/BadWelding • • 4d ago

Farmer weld on aluminum tank

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63 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 4d ago

Not welding, but sanding. Check out this horrendous sanding job I saw at the zoo a while back.

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73 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 5d ago

Gate and window-grille fabricators: would a simple Android cut-list tool help your workflow?

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r/BadWelding • • 6d ago

Help, my welder seems a bit tense

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4.4k Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 5d ago

Welding aids/ jigs

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Hey I’m a product design student currently working on a product for new/ diy welders to help them learn the skill more proficiently I’m am winding any one has used any jigs or aids to do do this, or what you found most difficult when it came to learning the skill, thank you any discussion are welcome just looking for some conversation.


r/BadWelding • • 6d ago

Rust and its consequences.

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We took two new packs of welding wire, but after a few clean layers, we found rust inside. We struggled with the settings for a long time until we looked inside and realized what was causing the problem.


r/BadWelding • • 7d ago

How'd I do?

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32 Upvotes

First time ever welding with no prior training/experience guided with 15 minutes of YouTube tutorial. Also for people telling me to grind the paint before hand, I already did. Just did a terrible job at the weld it self


r/BadWelding • • 8d ago

New to friction stir welding. How am I doing?

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461 Upvotes

r/BadWelding • • 8d ago

I think the light on my ground needs work

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67 Upvotes

Cheap machine with a shitty ground that I've already repaired a few times, really just need to rebuild it with twice the size.