Before and After

By rcwelding (***)

Date 01-30-2011 18:34

That looks pretty good but yours doesn't have that cool none slip texture to it.. What the heck..?? LOL..!!

By empire welding (**)

Date 01-30-2011 18:43

They must have charged extra for that. The only thing I could think is that they were using inner-shield with out changing polarity. Job Security:)

By Iron Head 49 (***)

Date 01-30-2011 18:56

Nice job there empire welding! I know what you mean about the quality of work done by some.

Watch the very end of this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcifJkhXpMM

By Pickupman (***)

Date 01-30-2011 20:18

Beautiful weld empire, I have no doubts about the quality of YOUR work, the hook itself though I dunno. It has that cheesy, somewhat foreign look. Like it was made oversees someplace.:-)

By empire welding (**)

Date 01-31-2011 05:22

Thats a genuine chinese handi-work there. I usually use Gunnebo brand but my supplier was out of stock. Thanks for all the compliments. I have learned a lot from everyone here.

By DaveBoyer (*****)

Date 01-31-2011 01:12

If that lug pulled off, I am pretty sure it would leave a mark where ever it hit...

By weldstudent (**)

Date 01-30-2011 20:16

Well the welds will hold but im not too sure about the hook from CHINA LMAO. looks better than it did.

By DaveBoyer (*****)

Date 01-31-2011 01:18

The old hook looks like they used solid wire, C02 gas & globular transfer, and not enough "I give a sh_t".

Yours looks like You gave a sh_t.

As to the integrity of the new hook itself [others commented on it], if the customer requested or supplied it, You pretty well have to use it.

By Cumminsguy71 (*****)

Date 01-31-2011 22:21

You nailed it there Dave, "globular". Looks like somebody spilled a bag of bb's.

By DaveBoyer (*****)

Date 02-01-2011 02:52

At thhe auto frame plant the heavy weldments were all welded with CO2 and globular transfer. This gives a hot deep penetrating arc, but leaves a mess to clean up afterwards.

The weld deposits were fine, but the weldments did look like someone painted them with super glue then dumped a bag of shot on them.

That was at a well paid, unionised, northern plant that hired no Mexicans and few Portoricans, and those were Yankee farmers & coal crackers doing the weklding...

By awspartb (***)

Date 01-31-2011 23:57 Edited 02-01-2011 00:03

Looks like some of the welding I saw working down South years ago. Was that lug welded on one of those "English is a second language" jobs? I bet the wage was around $14.26 an hour or less?
Wrong polarity for sure. I see you cut it off and replaced it. Nice work with the corners. Very nice welds but I would have put another 4 passes on it to bring it up to the edge. Can't say I like seeing CHINA on the new hook but what are you going to do? Everything is made over there these days and I deal with it all the time. Even steam boiler tubes are made in Mexico these days.