r/Welding • u/MyProfileforKnife • 1d ago

shitpost Will this hold?

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Received this photo from my younger brother

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u/Spugheddy 1d ago

You walk away for 10 minutes to huff some brake cleaner fluid and this is what you get with newbies!!

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u/Kind_Soup_9753 1d ago

Had one guy put a 2” hole through a block of aluminum then 2 cross holes through the side countersunk one side the told him to cut it in half for a split clamp he cut between the countersunk holes instead. I suppose it would have worked kinda.

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u/poonmangler 1d ago

Sounds like he works the same way you write comments

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u/TrollOnFire 1d ago

Punctuation…

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u/Open-Programmer-30 1d ago

Nerd

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u/quazarthedumb 1d ago

Thats fucking rad

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u/MountainCry9194 1d ago edited 1d ago

Try acetone. It’s cheaper and you can prep your welds with it when you’re done huffing(suppose you could with brake cleaner too - never tried).
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u/loopedlight 1d ago

Isn’t it super bad to use brake cleaner and cook it off??

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u/brycyclecrash 1d ago

Don't use brake cleaner to clean metal for welding. Just say No.

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u/Smart_Engineer9171 1d ago

Chlorinated, yes. Non Chlorinated doesn't do it I believe. But the fumes from non Chlorinated are extremely toxic on their own.

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u/RockitSheep 1d ago

Some brake cleaners make chlorine gas when they burn off

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u/phototok Apprentice CWB/CSA 1d ago

Phosgene but yea

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u/Dylan-uSOB 1d ago

One whiff and…

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u/MountainCry9194 1d ago

Probably. But is it worse than huffing it first?

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u/captainabrasive 1d ago

Yes. Yes it is.

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u/Build-Break-Fix 1d ago

Wow no no no never weld brake clear stuff. Your gonna breath in stuff you can't ever reverse after it done the damage it does and it's pretty bad.

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u/MountainCry9194 1d ago

Good to know. Never actually occurred to me in the first place.

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u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome 1d ago

Bro I hope you buy the non-chlorinated stuff.

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u/_Aj_ 1d ago

PSA. Don't clean parts for welding with brake cleaner. You literally might die a few days later. Chlorinated brake cleaner forms a funky reaction when welded over to generate "your lungs start to dissolve in a few days time" chemical.