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Originally Posted by teamsprock
Thanks for the comments on my cage, I appreciate the concern. I did not weld this, If I did there would be lots of reason for concern since I suck at welding. I had it inspected by the local NHRA inspector and he went through a pretty thorough inspection and said it looked great.
that doesn't mean he can identify a proper structural weld.
Most of the professional welders who have seen it in real life have also said the same. The color looks much worse because I was taking pictures in my garage with long exposures and cheap flood lights.
The colours of the welds are bad.. Its the red "dust" coming off a fwe of them. this indicates it's either contaminated. Or the torch was pulled away quickly while an arc was still present.
But I appreciate your concern and will look more into it. I have had a few of the really well known welders on here tell me it looked great so I was pretty happy but if I should be concerned I will have more people inspect it and see if I need something done to correct it. Before the door bars were finished it was certified to go 8.50's. The door bars are just being finished as this obviously is not a drag car. Again thanks for the concern and I will have a close friend who has been welding for 30+ years stop by and look at it and see what he thinks.
Just because he's been a welder for 30+ years doesn't mean he's good either... I've seen people with 30 years welding experience and fail simple weld tests. I have even tested people with more welding experience than twice my age. And I failed them...
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Again. I'm not trying to come off as a dick. I'm offering my opinion as a professional certified TIG welder. And by the standards that I set for myself.
(Also going back to school to start my weld inspector training this Nov)
7.4.2 of this years FD rule book. (I believe this also covers D1 or whatever?) I know we use these rules for DMCC (Drift Mania Canadian Championship)
Welding shall conform to American Welding Society D1.1:2002, Structural
Welding Code, Steel Chapter 10, Tubular Structures.
Based on those standards I would reconsider those welds.
Again. This is just my opinion. And I'm NOT trying to come off as an arrogant asshole. Just trying to state my thoughts in a friendly professional manner, lol :P