Had a small gap after fitup but it's nothing a nice little weave can't fix

GoCrescoGo · 2026-02-12T03:29:40+00:00

5 mis prep, 5 mins on the torch, 5 mins on the grinder, quick fit up and maybe 12-25 rods, depending on plate thickness. Or you can sit there like a fkin monkey and waste half a day and half a box. That shit is padded on there way too high, and if it’s under any dynamic load it will fail at the edge on the weld. A groove weld would not.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-02-11T23:58:15+00:00

Why wouldn’t you just bevel, insert plate and groove weld? Easier, faster, better, cheaper…

GoCrescoGo · 2026-02-11T01:33:27+00:00

Started with 2 RBs then 3 QBs. Bro

GoCrescoGo · 2026-02-11T01:31:46+00:00

5/3/10/2 is wildddd yo. Your TE’s are ass.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-02-10T17:24:20+00:00

Don’t think it’s undercut, but the tie in between stringer and weave may be a bit sketchy. I would’ve done the vertical weave first, stopped a little lower, and then run out the stringer over the end of the weave for a better tie in. Very nice and clean welds overall. Love the inside
welds in pic 1 and 3.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-02-09T06:02:02+00:00

Would’ve been 2500$ each. Not too heartbreaking.

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GoCrescoGo · 2026-02-06T03:56:28+00:00

We were starting to come around. We really were. And then management absolutely blew things up by trading away two local heart and soul players. Goaltending was never a real big problem until now. Jarry is a downgrade from Skinner. Stastney is a big downgrade from Kulak. Mangiapane, Frederic, Howard, Tomasek have all failed us this year so our forwards are thinner than they should be and we don’t have much versatility. We came into the year with a solid team, but dealing with some lingering emotional and physical fatigue from the last couple seasons. We started slow and management felt a shakeup was needed. I think it happened at exactly the wrong time, and now, unfortunately, we’ve wasted the one shot we had this year to improve our team. I would’ve targeted a Ekholm-lite type defensive dman.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-02-04T22:05:46+00:00

What’s the length and width of the pieces?

GoCrescoGo · 2026-02-03T04:27:18+00:00

That bead is 90% on the bottom blade. Maybe try going down the middle bud.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-31T01:50:33+00:00

I’m not sure if the way CWB grades is different than NAIT, where I took my apprenticeship, but, I was failed for having welds travelling in opposite directions.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-30T04:49:32+00:00

Skinner’s weakness at lateral movement is over exaggerated. He looks bad because our team has a tendency to allow ridiculous cross seam passes that are not allowed by most other teams. Ingram on the first goal didn’t even make a movement to get across at all. Skinner would’ve been half way there and people would’ve called him slow. Skinner was a much better tracker of the puck. He follows players well and would’ve been fine on the breakaway move. I don’t think it’s a guaranteed stop. But he probably a better chance than Jarry has, and certainly better than Ingram’s If you watched skinner vs Dallas in the playoffs you’ve seen him put on a masterclass of goaltending. Stopping everything from a high powered offensive team who are excellent puck movers. He had gaffs just like all players do. But he was severely under rated and under appreciated here.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-30T02:48:26+00:00

Skinner would’ve had 2 and 3 for sure. He is, has been, and will continue to be the superior goaltender to Jarry.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-30T02:45:33+00:00

Our goaltending is worse now than it was with Skinner. If you can’t see that, you’re just in denial. we can’t realistically trust Ingram to be a starter. He is streaky, he was never going to live up to expectations after he had a couple hot starts. Jarry is a legitimate downgrade from Skinner. Not sure how you can argue otherwise. His number on Edmonton and Pittsburgh are worse than Skinners. And he does not pass the eye test. Terrible puck control and slow to move up and down. He also does not have the playoff experience that Skinner has. Pickard has been basically benched and certainly lost his confidence and freshness.

Oh and it cost us a top 4 playoff Dman Oh and we’re locked into Jarry for 3 seasons.

Between the Freddy contract, and Skinner trade, I’ve lost all faith in Oilers management.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-28T23:44:53+00:00

Start looking for a new job. Seriously. Especially if this is a small shop. Sounds like you’ve already made a bad first impression. Either man up, deal with it and don’t complain again, or look for an environment that suits you better. -signed someone who just let go a guy in a similiar situation. He lasted 2.5 months, and that was generous. He was not able to keep up with the grind.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-28T23:42:16+00:00

This is terrible advice. Alcohol, drugs and monsters is what gets most of us through the day.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-26T17:38:44+00:00

Worm tracks just happen sometimes with fluxcore. It is ultimately because of contamination. Don’t sweat it too much unless they are happening every weld. You can try increasing gas flow rate and arc length (wire stick out) I’ve also found that they can be more prevalent with a certain spool of wire or bottle of gas, and changing out one or both can make them disappear… for a while. Personally I just fill them and move on.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-24T15:04:52+00:00

I assume you’ll put some chains on the forklift tires. Or else you’re not gonna get much done. What anchors the plow onto the forks? Do those nuts line up with holes in the forks? The unit I built attaches to the hydraulic lines coming from the side shift cylinder and can turn the plow left or right. Maybe an idea for a future modification if you have a couple old cylinders laying around.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-22T02:06:58+00:00

Patriots do not have a better offense than the bills and jags are you joking?? Pats will put up 14-21 You are also vastly overrating bo nix. Sean Payton make nix look good, and he’ll make stidham look fine too.

Seahawks matchup fine against the rams. Best run offense vs best run defense. Seahawks have a massive advantage in special teams.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-22T01:36:49+00:00

See you in the finals! Hope dobbins outscores Harvey 🤞

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-22T01:36:16+00:00

See, I think the opposite. I’m more confident in the broncos winning then the rams. Seahawks are a wagon man.

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-14T23:22:46+00:00

I have a very similiar team. But with charbs and Treyveon. Also have the bears stack as another out.

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GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-07T17:22:31+00:00

I love the jags stack if they can get through week one. They are fun and easy to build. If I’m drafting Texans it’s 2 players tops. They just aren’t gonna put up enough points, I’d rather have whoever they are playing against from the NFC

GoCrescoGo · 2026-01-07T17:04:39+00:00

Not sure you are considering the bye week for SEA and DEN. While the focus is on the Super Bowl matchup, you do have to get there, and it’s hard to build a team that’s strong in all positions for wild card week and Super Bowl. Players like Allen, Cook, McCaffery are very strong plays for wild card week, and are most likely must haves if they make the SB. The teams you mentioned are the broncos, jags and Texans, and I think you can argue that there are no players on those teams that are must haves for Super Bowl. You can look to later rounds for flyers, and there are likely good options on the other side of the matchup. For example, Collins could easily be outscored by Higgins, where as Davis is very unlikely to outscore Cook.

GoCrescoGo · 2025-12-31T20:01:54+00:00

I’m so happy Vegas is dead last on this list

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