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Welding aluminum is still one of my goals. My brand new never used tig welder got flooded so that learning curve got kicked back. One day....
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Photos do not show everything. The welds were done like this for a reason.
What the picture angle did not show was the radiator mounting hole that needed clearance that a weld would have blocked so by welding this way you can mount the radiators.
The weld at the top would have been welded to the fitting and if you whacked the radiator it could rip a hole in the fitting.
If no one in the build process noticed that and fixed/rejected them, what does that say about the rest of the product.
As far as weld quality, you can’t have that bad of a looking weld without having issues in a pressure environment. Bad looking welds CAN get the job done, but not on a consistent basis.
I don’t necessarily mean to put lumpy on blast here, but based on his comments, he doesn’t understand what a quality weld looks like and/or how a visually bad looking weld is also a functionally bad weld as well. It’s either that or he’s ignorant to the quality of these radiators.
There is no defending that bad of a weld quality.
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