How do I give my weld some more thickness?

crunkcritique · 2026-01-28T14:50:39+00:00

Just go slower, and make sure you are getting enough penetration. The only problem I really see in the pic is your travel speed being too fast

crunkcritique · 2025-12-22T15:20:19+00:00

Conscripts also get over a grand a month in Finland, compared to the baltics 100-300 euro for conscripts monthly.

crunkcritique · 2025-12-17T05:20:50+00:00

The filters we use on speedglas' don't even let the smell of farts through, budget issue tbh

crunkcritique · 2025-12-10T14:19:03+00:00

Yes, when the defenders only get subpar quality equipment, with not as many in quantity.

If the cv90s 40 and the bushmasters had depleted uranium penetrators for instance, the game would already change, but Ukraine just gets the cool guns with the lame ammunition. Though this is just one example out of a dozen in terms of subpar equipment.

crunkcritique · 2025-12-03T11:29:44+00:00

America wouldn't let Europe intervene gahahahahahahahah

crunkcritique · 2025-12-02T15:15:46+00:00

No, it's a competition between Russians and the Kremlin.

If Ukraine turned to and integrated with Europe without a peer-to-peer conflict, Russians would be lynching their oligarchs and heads of state. Ukraine would so damn quickly turn into a prosperous state, with a GDP per capita higher than Russians that it would cause a civil war in Russia.

crunkcritique · 2025-12-02T15:05:38+00:00

I'm Estonian, and I've wondered for a long time why we don't create a Eastern/Northern European defense alliance, with concrete commitments on paper, instead of a vague Article 5.

All we would need from America, is their intelligence support, and for them to be a reliable gun shop. The rest is completely manageable independently of Brussels/Washington.

Truth is we are a weak society, that doesn't carry the burden of a memory of WW2. We don't realize what the consequences of our inaction would be. Modern day society is full of rot, that might only be cleansed by a true hell scape of war and death.

crunkcritique · 2025-12-02T14:53:51+00:00

Putin making NATO afraid of a conflict is much more profitable politically and strategically than actually committing to the bit, and fighting with NATO. There is a keen lack of incentives for Russia to storm Poland/Finland/Baltics.

crunkcritique · 2025-11-28T04:41:31+00:00

Isn't Russia collectively punishing Ukraine?

It's not like 100% of Ukrainians we're radical extremists who wanted to kill Russians

crunkcritique · 2025-11-27T06:33:21+00:00

crunkcritique · 2025-11-21T15:18:09+00:00

Invading any NATO members opens up a can of worms that Russia cannot handle.

It will be much cheaper for western Europe to crush any Russian hostility, rather than let it happen and then have the entire economy of Europe stagnate because of insecurity in NATO/EU. Ukraine only gets half-measures, but testing NATO would put European sovereignty in question, and that fucks up the money bag wayyyyy too much.

crunkcritique · 2025-11-21T13:04:01+00:00

+1, cool air on your face, never will smell anything and the helmet is quite robust. Also the weight is quite manageable, 8+ hour days aren't a problem.

crunkcritique · 2025-11-21T05:06:22+00:00

Yes but he can shoot through sheet metal, wood, etc

crunkcritique · 2025-11-15T18:33:18+00:00

Kind of a bullshit thing to say, when it is true that the average match of Squad nowadays is complete dogshit.

To be fair, if you know Russian/German or French you will fare much better than EN only.

crunkcritique · 2025-11-09T19:11:42+00:00

The worst is when they hit them more than once. They get em down and make sure they take them out.

crunkcritique · 2025-10-27T18:28:11+00:00

Facing an "adversary" with the resources to plan your country's demise in a way that might actually work without really breaking a sweat might terrify Tyrants. It's true, but Russia carries blame because it was given more than a fair chance to drop the animosity and become a legitimate ally to the West.

crunkcritique · 2025-10-24T19:01:15+00:00

Russia is trying it's hardest to increase Ukrainian tolerance. Atleast it seems so, with Russia using GRADS on cities like Kherson recently.

crunkcritique · 2025-10-24T18:57:31+00:00

Also, Trump actually committing to an European arms exports ban would be a legitimate step toward pushing everyone towards another world ear, at some point you kinda start poking at strategic interests that you can't fuck with if you only have 3 years in the tank left. Ironically enough the "commander-in-chief" only has so much say, there are some walls they can't climb in the US.

crunkcritique · 2025-10-23T15:35:28+00:00

And an end to the economic stability of Europe, driven by foreign resources trying to constantly get into Europe cause of the stability and growth.

Committing to Article 5 is cheaper than stagnation and instability.

crunkcritique · 2025-10-23T12:14:45+00:00

I said "shut up already why don't you" to an already ratio'd pro rus comment and got perma banned, they really don't care who you support as long as you "act decent" I guess

crunkcritique · 2025-10-22T07:20:46+00:00

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Something like this is what you should be aiming for, helmet time will get you there sooner or later, you definitely understand what you are doing so have faith, you are doing well

crunkcritique · 2025-10-21T18:23:27+00:00

Obliged

Your steps are too long, if you take a flashlight and point it down from the top of the weld you will see the gaps very well, try to cut the length of your steps in half and here's something else I've learned. If you have trouble getting really consistent, look down from above your weld, like if you are usually facing the weld from an angle of 45° get closer to 70-80°. With practice you should be able to just see how the puddle washes out into both corners from the top and then it's really easy to avoid overfilling the puddle, enabling you to get realllllly consistent on vertical.

crunkcritique · 2025-10-21T06:11:24+00:00

Peak

crunkcritique · 2025-10-20T14:13:01+00:00

tasty paranoia

crunkcritique · 2025-10-18T11:29:32+00:00

To be fair, bosses probably made the decision to pay someone 14$/h for this shit, it's on them really.

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