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Todd, no,  not when you know how to weld ! Ha ha ! Your good weld looks good ! As you found out after the sledge test. Ed is right, and angle grinder makes everything better again ! Flux core welding sucks ! The worst part of a flux weld is trying to re-weld over it. The old flux gets in steel of the new weld and just doesn't look good, ever. Remember also that welding on a bench usually comes out OK but in the real world, welding upside down trying to do a vertical weld that transitions into an overhead weld is not as easy. Especially when you're underneath all of it. Pick your welding tasks in an order that minimizes this.  I think I fried 2 long sleeve shirts, some socks and set one shoe on fire when fabricating some stuff on my speedster. I had even duct taped my sleeve cuffs to keep slag from going up into my armpit............All for the love of this Madness !................Bruce

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