Welding observation
Is it just me or has anybody else noticed that general welds on things are starting to be of poor quality? I don’t mean on structural things like bridges and buildings but more so on smaller items. Hand carts, dumpsters, and things such as that. I know that where I live we have vocational welding high school. It seems like if these kids have just an inkling of skills they are pretty much hired at our local John Deere manufacturer. A nephew of mine had one year of welding in school no other experience and was sent off to a J. D sponsored school to help further his skills.
It just seems like to me that the quality of the welds I see are getting worse. I look at a frame on a 70’s era Honda and they are dam near perfect. I don’t have much welding experience other than high school back in 1980 but even at that I do remember the importance of not only a functional weld but a good flowing and looking weld.
90 nickolson Bored and Stroked "The Good"
Big Bore 110 Pauter frame "The Bad"
90 Bored and Stroked “vey’s frame” "The Ugly"
110 JSC frame Bored and Stroked
flat track build. “Shop trike”
1974 original 90 X 2
1974 Original 70.