Reply With QuoteYeah that looks a bit ordinary. What was the guys trade? Im guessing his main line of work isnt aluminum.
Recently had some welding done by a trades person. This quality as its best.
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Is this standard for alloy welding. I was expecting to see fish scales at the joins, not grind out shit.
Yeah that looks a bit ordinary. What was the guys trade? Im guessing his main line of work isnt aluminum.
Actually marine fabrication .Originally Posted by Matt76
Maybe he should find another line of work!
If you wernt happy with it? Did you pay for it? And did you question it? If these welds are on a canopy rocket launcher etc. There has to be good penetration on both surfaces to make a strong weld other wise they will crack . . . eventually. In your first picture where the weld is gappy up top it looks as if that's where the weld started as the material was cold Then he has better penetration further down the weld as the material heats up. Some welders are funny with aluminium. My experience has been that I heat up the surfaces which Im welding Which gives you a hot weld from the start resulting in more consistency and better penetration.
Pretty bloody average!
Most welders are crap at ally & stainless as they are only used to doing 10mm thick mild steel, etc. This guy should be a bit better than that though seeing as he is in the marine fab biz.
Are those sections under any stress or weight? If they are just to hang some stuff off like sounders, or brackets on rails, etc, they should be fine.
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Honestly I was expecting fish scale welds as its a show piece.
Why didn't you get some one to tig it up?
I will shoot one specific question: On the second photo, where the weld has been sanded back... Is there a weld on the other side?
In any case can you show the overall job please in another photo
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Mate that honestly isn't up to standard. You may as well have kept the "show price money" in your pocket and done a home job.
I would take it back and ask to if they think it represents their companies standards. I would hope not and the owner (hopefully not the welder) should sort it out . Good luck and let us all know if the outcome isn't satisfactory. The power of a forum may help too.
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Timmdo, why don't you tell us the story (without naming anyone) and you will get better feedback and suggestions I am sure.
Otherwise this thread is going to be pathetic.
Was this done on up on the trailer boat for $20? Or was it part of an organised and designed fabrication?
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Tim you may be right. Looks like an apprentice may have been given the job. I'd be taking it back and getting redone and if he won't then advertise his quality of work on here.
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Poor workmanship to offer that work, poor ethics to take your money for that effort and poor skills with aluminium to get that result.
Aluminium is actually very easy to weld once the prep and the settings are right, it is not a black art at all.
Jack.
Looks like my Stessco with that welding and I've almost sunk 3 times due to dodgy welds..
Haha whoa, then yes I'd be a bit upset too. I'm a sheety by trade and am not too bad at ally but am sure I could do a lot better than that! Good on the company for giving (hopefully) the apprentice a go, but they should not have let that leave the factory. Regardless of how strong it may be, it will never be a good advertisement for their business.
Also to be honest I wouldn't take it back to get fixed. I would cut my losses and take it somewhere else.
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