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Got my lesche welded back together this morning?

A wire feed welder would have done a better job, less splatter,
Should re-enforce the back side give it some back bone,
by a sampson
 
A gorilla weld means it's ugly as hell but strong. That weld is just ugly as hell. Get him enrolled in Tulsa welding school ASAP:laughing:
 
Well something was very wrong. The filled hole is mostly slag no strength there. It's just a guess but I think the filler metal was not a very good match to the parent metal. I'm new to the tools but I think I read the digger is high carbon and heat treated this could cause problems too.
I never say anything bad about a welder I do not know, many things play into a good or bad weld, sometimes it's just working with a metal type your not used to.
 
Hughie said:
Well something was very wrong. The filled hole is mostly slag no strength there. It's just a guess but I think the filler metal was not a very good match to the parent metal. I'm new to the tools but I think I read the digger is high carbon and heat treated this could cause problems too.
I never say anything bad about a welder I do not know, many things play into a good or bad weld, sometimes it's just working with a metal type your not used to.
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That's okay, the rest of us had plenty of opinions of our own LOL

But ask yourself seriously....can you even call someone that does THAT a "welder?"
 
You were one of those kids that could break a cannonball, weren't you. :laughing:

I could break the bead on a truck tire with my Letche.
 
I want to see video of the next few hunts and digs... oh what am I saying, the NEXT hunt will work since I'd bet you'll only get a few holes out of that "repair". :lol:
 
NectarDetector said:
That's okay, the rest of us had plenty of opinions of our own LOL

But ask yourself seriously....can you even call someone that does THAT a "welder?"
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ND, there's TECHNICIANS and then there's guys with tools... I'd say this guy is barely in the latter category. :laughing:
 
Wasn't this guy was it???
 

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Holy cow......:shock: He was running the stick way too hot. Should've used a Mig or Tig. Hope it holds up.......
 
:shock:OMG, I'm not even sure what to say:shock:

I'll be the first to say I'm a poor welder....but that job makes my worst job, look like a pro.

Way the dude happy with his results?

If I had done that for you, I would have volunteered to buy you a new one, and probably offer you 100.00 not to show or tell anyone that I did that.

Sorry, I normally not this critical, and if you had said you had done it yourself, I wouldn't have said anything. But I even googled bad weld jobs and didn't see anything that horrific. I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry for the dude. If that's your welder, he needs a desk job.
 
It looks to me like your welder guy sneezed on it, just saying. If I tried to repair your Lesche and the outcome looked like that, I'd break out my wallet and buy you a brand new one. There isn't any way that I'd give you something like that back.
 
Well,,based on the gent"'s welding job,,,I'd give him a cigar.

Pure rotten.

Hope the gent has a day job besides welding.
 
Maybe he just needs more practice. You could send all of your broken diggers to Jsparks. I don't think you could break my Hori-Hori knife.
 
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