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Perhaps, but he didn't even use the right technique. Specified TIG multiple times. And he MIG'd it. Honestly, I don't know how you even let something like that out of your shop. If it were mine I'd be embarrassed as hell and not let it go to the customer.
I dunno...maybe this line right here from your opening post?
Other shop's biz has grown (surprise, huge demand for quality craftsmanship, lol) and I wanted it done sooner than a month out. Again, I know the "new" guy, and had no idea it would turn out this way. ....like the post title says, right?
You wanna see the text exchanges and hear the call audio where I shared how I felt about the work? Gimme a break.
You posted this on the internet. You gave one side of the story and only part of it. If you didn't want to share it, why did you post it at all?
Not to toot my own horn but since no one else does it's up to me. Here's some pics of a few of my TIG welds from a few years ago while I was still a working stiff!! First one is carbon to carbon, next two are stainless to stainless. The guy that did those welds on that differential would never have even passed a test in my old shop!!!
Sorry, I didn't think any of that was relevant. Now if I had called the guy out by name and address, that's a different story.
Well… I’d like to quote the meme that says “Fast-cheap-quality choose only two:
If there's spatter, it ain't TIG. I wouldn't bother tig welding a center section. I've done many with my stick that look just as good and much easier and faster.
Very nice work! That looks like the stuff our pipe fitters/welders do at work. In a shop full of morons, the welders are the only real pros we have. That's why the two other smart machinists and I just hang out with the welders all day, I can't remember last time I ate lunch with the other machinists or hung out with any of them outside work. Hah, that's probably why my welding hasn't gotten any better, if I am fabricating something I have friends who will produce artwork like this for me so there's no need for my ugly booger welds, and in exchange I machine stuff for them whenever they're making something that they would've probably tried to do with a dremel tool and a hack saw
I guess it's probably my writing style. But honestly, I'm not uptight, upset, resentful, disappointed, or whatever adjective people want to throw related to the opinions on this thread. The only thing I was disappointed in was the quality of work, period. I have been around long enough to know that whatever goes on a public forum is open game for any and all comments. But that also allows me the freedom to engage and push back where I choose. The dialogue of forums is what makes them great.
One problem with posting on a forum is that the person reading what you type cannot see your facial expression and cannot hear your tone of voice. Something typed can carry a meaning completely different from what the poster meant to say.
