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   Message 214,497 of 215,319   
   Bob La Londe to Jim Wilkins   
   Re: Outdoor Welding   
   25 Jun 25 16:56:32   
   
   From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 6/25/2025 3:50 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:103hbhd$2tfs6$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > On 6/25/2025 10:19 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> To a certain extent that is self deprecation, and to some extent I   
   >> know what a "pretty" weld should look like.  I really don't think 48   
   >> inches of weld will fail catastrophically all at once without warning   
   >> causing both jacks to suddenly fall off under load.   
   >   
   >   
   > I am concerned my shade tree engineering may have been wrong and I may   
   > have to cut them off and reweld them higher.  LOL.  We shall see.  That   
   > could also just be my inner pessimist.   
   >   
   > Bob La Londe   
   > CNC Molds N Stuff   
   >   
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   >   
   > That's the sort of rework that convinced me to not do things I couldn't   
   > undo. To remind myself to at least think twice I put a pencil eraser on   
   > the end of my Xacto knife.   
   >   
   > I've noticed very skilled machinists avoiding old fashioned freehand   
   > metal working like the plague, so I wrote that how-to in case you   
   > hesitate to try it. They left me those jobs, such as laying out and   
   > drilling hole patterns on sand castings.   
   >   
      
   Snag, Richard, Clare, Leon, Everybody... did I just read that right?   
   Did he just call me a machinist?   
      
   I HAVE ARRIVED.   
      
   LOL   
      
      
      
      
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