Time to give it up?

[Jeff]

they werent a roll of dimes because it was mig welded. you can tell by the gas marks. its not a bad way to weld... you can do rigid welds with it that will hold up to a ton of stress. there are several big issues with the tops of the shocks and the penetration of the welds on the tubes. it seems like the welder didnt adjust the machine for the different thickness of metal and definately didnt go from thick metal to thin metal to make sure there is penetration. Miter cutting some of the stuff would have really helped keep it clean and rigid as well.

tight roll of dimes = pull tig... lose roll = push tig.... dome weld with grey/brown color 1-2 inches on each side = mig.

they no longer do structural welds with a stick welder btw... they use flux core and multiple passes (up to 40). they'd probably use a mig but they would burn through so much gas it wouldnt be cost effective. They use a roll of flux core that can be unrolled from one end of the US to the other... could you imagine letting that thing unravel accidently?

Very informative, I learned more from that post then I have anywhere else about welding... I need to take a class.