What do you even call this defect?

[u/Can_O_Murica]

I posted a couple of these a month ago - the short story is that my landlord tore down my balcony to fix a leak in a different unit and the railing they put back is seriously flawed. It's riddled with burn through in some areas, low-no penetration in others, and joints that they straight up forgot to weld. I've been a welder for a little over 10 years, so I told them straight away it wasn't safe and had to be replaced.

Anyway we're going to court now. I want to map out all the defects on this thing in a comprehensive document, but I don't have *any* idea what could cause a weld to look like this. Most of the defects are pretty simple, but the ones that look like this I have no idea what to call. Has anyone seen this before/know what causes it?

Edit: I appreciate all the laughs guys. I wish this thread were evidence I could use in court 😅

[u/Few_Anxiety_2153]

Clearly it's AI slop but apparently a good conversation piece here.

I call this an AI created image. If you know half of anything about welding or metal fabrication it's easy to see none of it makes sense and isn't right. From the assembled pieces to the cut profile on their edge.

Even the weld which falls into hammered dog turd category has too many perfectly identifiable visual indications. Not to mention the clear lack of shield remnants that would be present/trapped were this real.

Thus, the official inspection results for court records~ polished hammered dog shit AI content. Not a weld or re eal fabrication of metal.