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xenab987mo ago
Oh man, tell me about it. I spent an hour yesterday tweaking the alignment on a simple lap joint, using every clamp I own. The whole time I'm nudging it half a millimeter, checking with a square, nudging it back. Then finally, when it's perfect, I zip the weld bead across in like ten seconds. It's almost insulting how much prep time vanishes into that one little spark. Makes you wonder if we're all just professional fitters who weld occasionally.
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the_piper7mo ago
Welding's just a spark after all that fit-up (agree, @caleb_fisher44).
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caleb_fisher447mo ago
See that prep as building the foundation, not lost time. The weld is just the quick, final seal on all that careful work.
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hugoj127mo ago
That "professional fitters" line from @xenab98 hit me. Maybe we should just bill by the clamp-hour and call the actual weld "admin time.
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